Pelican Bay Realty

Choctawhatchee Bay is the perfect place to spend a day kayaking, jet or water skiing, or just enjoying a carefree day on the bay watching as dolphins swim by. Nestled between Fort Walton Beach, Destin, Niceville, and Freeport in the northwestern panhandle of Florida, Choctawhatchee Bay is a boater's delight.

Encompassing Okaloosa and Walton counties, Choctawhatchee Bay has a surface area of over 129 square miles, is more than 27 miles long, and ranges between one and six miles across. Water depths range anywhere from wading depth to 43 feet. The Bay’s only access to the Gulf of Mexico is through Destin’s East Pass, or a 40-mile trip through the Santa Rosa Sound to Pensacola Bay.

Fishing Paradise

Because of the twice daily exchange of salt and freshwater through the pass and the Santa Rosa Sound, a wide variety of marine life lives in the bay. Fishermen can look forward to salt and freshwater game fish such as Striped Bass, Redfish, Speckled Trout, Black Drum, Largemouth bass, Bluefish, Spanish Mackerel, Jack Crevalle, tarpons, flounder, and grouper. Dolphins, Sharks, and Alligator Gars may also be seen.