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Gulf Place Caribbean

144 Spires Ln, Gulf Place, FL 32459

Walton County · Gulf Place

By Josh Parish, Founding Editor · Updated 08/28/2026

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Gulf Place Caribbean is a Gulf-View building in Gulf Place, FL, built in 1996, standing 4 stories with 59 condos. Short-term rentals are allowed, recent sale prices fall in the $450K–$725K band, and on-site amenities include a pool and tennis courts.

1996
Built
59
Units
4
Stories
Gulf View
Frontage
Allowed
Rentals
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Amenities
  • —Pool
  • —Elevator
  • —Tennis
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Closest by car: public beach access — Ed Walline RBA #39 (0.2 mi); grocery — Publix - South Walton (2.2 mi); town center — Gulf Place (0.2 mi); hospital — Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast (4.9 mi); airport — Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS) (21 mi).

Customary Use
Customary Use

Gulf Place Caribbean looks out over the Gulf from just back of the beach. Along this coast, the wet sand below the mean high-water line is always open to the public. Where a beach has been rebuilt with public money, that open stretch can reach farther up, to a marked Erosion Control Line. The nearest public beach walkover is a short distance away. Reflects the public record as of June 2026.

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County and court records. Editorial assessments are the author's own. Not legal advice.

Geographic Overlays
Geographic Overlays
FEMA flood zone (parcel): X
FIRM panel: 12131C0676H, effective 12/30/2020
Coastal Barrier Resources System (CBRS): Outside all three
Coastal Construction Control Line (CCCL): Landward
Evacuation zone: B
Critically eroded shoreline: Critical. Florida DEP designates the Dune Allen and Blue Mountain Beach shoreline (R41 to R64) as critically eroded — the state's term for a beach where erosion now threatens buildings, roads, parks or habitat. A restored beach keeps that designation so it stays eligible for state money to maintain it. Part of this stretch carries the designation to protect the design of the county's proposed beach restoration. The nearest point of that stretch sits about 1,300 feet from this building.
Structural Integrity Reserve Study (SIRS): Not in the DBPR dataset (as of 07/31/2026).
A structural integrity reserve study is a state-required engineering study of a building's big-ticket parts and the money set aside to replace them.
Florida law requires a structural integrity reserve study at least every 10 years for each residential condominium building three habitable stories or higher. Section 718.112(2)(g)1., Florida Statutes (2025).
Source: Florida DBPR SIRS Reporting Database (D7) — pre-July-2025 + July-2025-and-after lists, searched 2026-07-31 · as of 07/31/2026
Source: FEMA NFHL (https://hazards.fema.gov/arcgis/rest/services/public/NFHL/MapServer) layer 28 Flood Hazard Zones — flood zone, SFHA and base flood elevation; layer 3 FIRM Panels — FIRM panel and effective date. USFWS/USGS CBRS Mapper (https://gis1.wim.usgs.gov/server/rest/services/CBRSMapper/CoastalBarrierResourcesSystem/MapServer) layer 3 CBRS Units — CBRS status. Florida DEP (https://ca.dep.state.fl.us/arcgis/rest/services/OpenData/COASTAL_ENV_PERM/MapServer) layer 2 Coastal Construction Control Lines — CCCL position; layer 3 Coastal Critical Erosion Areas — critically eroded shoreline, read against FDEP's Critically Eroded Beaches in Florida, August 2025, in which Okaloosa and Walton were last revised June 2014. Florida DEM (https://services.arcgis.com/3wFbqsFPLeKqOlIK/ArcGIS/rest/services/Evacuation_Zones_20230608/FeatureServer) layer 12 Evacuation_Zones_20240226, last edited 2024-02-26 — evacuation zone. · as of 2026-07-27
County parcel record
Gulf Place Caribbean — Parcel parcel record
Parcel08/20/2026Walton County · FDOR 2025 · Esri/Maxar
Gulf Place Caribbean — Block parcel record
Block08/20/2026Walton County · FDOR 2025 · Esri/Maxar
Gulf Place Caribbean — Area parcel record
Area08/20/2026Walton County · FDOR 2025 · Esri/Maxar
Association & Recorded Documents
Association: The Gulf Place Caribbean Owners' Association, Inc.
Declaration: Declaration of Condominium recorded 11/12/1996, OR Book 1547 Page 203 (instrument #537459)
Use Rules
Minimum rental term: No minimum lease term; daily/short-term rental expressly permitted - Declaration Art. XII Sec. 1: rental 'may be daily or for a longer term.'
Common Questions

Can you rent short-term at Gulf Place Caribbean?

Yes. No minimum lease term; daily/short-term rental expressly permitted - Declaration Art. XII Sec. 1: rental 'may be daily or for a longer term.'. The declaration is the property's recorded rulebook, filed in the county records. Source: Walton County official records, instrument #537459.

What is the owners association at Gulf Place Caribbean, and when was its declaration recorded?

The association of record is The Gulf Place Caribbean Owners' Association, Inc. Recorded declaration: Declaration of Condominium recorded 11/12/1996, OR Book 1547 Page 203 (instrument #537459). Source: Walton County official records.

Official site · Gulf Place Caribbean — official site

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