Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Destin, FL

UPDATE
Issued at 619 AM CST Sat Feb 28 2026

Latest night fog satellite product and marine observation platforms are showing areas of dense fog occurring across the western half of Mobile Bay into the eastern portion of the Mississippi Sound. This fog is the result of light north winds this morning over coastal Alabama advecting the radiational fog south over these marine areas. This dense fog will dissipate through the mid-morning hours, and a marine Dense Fog Advisory will remains in effect until 10am. /22

DISCUSSION
Issued at 1016 PM CST Fri Feb 27 2026

The main forecasting headache as we head through the weekend will be patchy to areas of dense fog that develop each night, lingering into the early morning hours. Light winds, clear skies, and ample surface cooling will allow for fog development over the next few hours across much of southwest Alabama into south-central Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. This fog will likely reduce visibility at times below a quarter of a mile, necessitating a dense fog advisory with this forecast package. Dense fog will be most likely between midnight and 7am when the advisory goes into effect. Fog will again be possible late Saturday night into Sunday morning with a similar overall setup, so I would not be surprised if another night of dense fog occurs again for much of the area.

Dry weather conditions will prevail otherwise throughout the weekend into next week. Anomalously warm weather will be here to stay for the foreseeable future as highs stay in the middle to upper 70's this weekend before returning to lower and middle 80's for next week. Lows will be in the middle 40's to lower 50's this weekend before returning back to middle 50's to lower 60's mid to late next week. A Low risk of rip currents today will continue through Monday, becoming a High risk for strong rip currents once again Tuesday and at least a Moderate risk continuing into Wednesday. MM/25

AVIATION
(12Z TAFS)
Issued at 544 AM CST Sat Feb 28 2026

Latest night fog satellite product and area surface observations are showing areas of dense fog occurring across much of southeast Mississippi, southwest and south-central Alabama, and northwest Florida. This dense fog will dissipate by mid-morning, and a Dense Fog Advisory remains in effect until 9am. VFR flight categories will prevail after 15z. Another night of fog, locally dense, is possible late tonight into Sunday morning, although confidence on coverage and density is not very high at this time. Winds will remain light and variable through the forecast. /22

MARINE
Issued at 1016 PM CST Fri Feb 27 2026

A light easterly to northeasterly flow today becomes easterly Sunday. Light to moderate easterly flow Monday becomes moderate to strong southeasterly flow late Monday night into Tuesday. A Small Craft Advisory may be needed for Monday night into Tuesday morning. Light to occasionally moderate southeasterly flow continues the rest of the week. MM/25

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
Mobile 76 51 79 51 / 0 0 0 0 Pensacola 72 56 76 54 / 0 0 0 0 Destin 72 56 74 56 / 0 0 0 0 Evergreen 76 47 81 48 / 0 0 0 0 Waynesboro 75 46 80 49 / 0 0 0 0 Camden 72 47 79 49 / 0 0 0 0 Crestview 75 48 80 49 / 0 0 0 0

MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
AL...Dense Fog Advisory until 9 AM CST this morning for ALZ052>060- 261>266.

FL...Dense Fog Advisory until 9 AM CST this morning for FLZ201>206.

MS...Dense Fog Advisory until 9 AM CST this morning for MSZ075-076- 078-079.

GM...Dense Fog Advisory until 10 AM CST this morning for GMZ630>632.