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Destin Oil Spill Effects

The Destin oil spill effects appear to have cleared up for the most part in Destin and Walton County. When visiting the beaches, you will likely not know the oil was here. After storms you might find small weathered tar balls if you look hard enough. Some oil is in the sand and although you [...]

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Sant Rosa Beach updates on the oil spill

Santa Rosa Beach The beaches are open and no smell of oil. No current threat for the oil to come. You might see some tarchips while there 2010/07/16 at 3:26 pm Just got back from Destin! We wanted to THANK YOU so much for updating us daily since the spill!! If we didn’t have your [...]

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Destin and Okaloosa Island Beach update

Okaloosa Island and Fort Walton Beach are currently clear and the beaches are open. 2010/07/14 at 11:45 am [...] I am on Okaloosa Island. We’ve been here since the 3rd. I promise that I would not even know there had been an oil spill if I hadn’t watched the news before coming here. I have [...]

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Vistors comments and Follow up on Stay in Destin and Okaloosa Island

Here is some feedback from some of our viewers on their stay (thanks for the updates ) 2010/07/07 at 1:53 pm Just wanted to let everyone know, we stayed at Edgewater in Miramar Beach week of June 26 – July 3. We did have tar balls that would come in with the late afternoon tide. [...]

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Beach updates from Destin to Rosemary Beach

According to the latest NOAA report, strong winds from the SE will continue for the foreseeable future, moving oil further westward.  No Florida impacts are forecast through at least Wednesday. Unfortunately that means some rain this week for us, but helps 1) Weather the oil 2) push it west County and DEP and the EPA [...]

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Walton County and Destin area updates on oil Spill (water Quality info )

Walton County beaches are open and no health advisories have been issued. THE BIGGEST CONCERN ON THE WWW.DESTINOILSPILL.COM  IS  WATER QUALITY  WE ARE PUTTING SERIOUS EFFORT INTO FINDING THE BEST ANSWERS. We(my family) live here, breath here, swim here and eat here it is important to all of us. Walton County has worked to get [...]

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Beach updates visitors comments

The reports I am getting there might be tarballs and new term, tar chips in our area for the next couple days coming in in sporadic areas, not from the main oil spill, but break aways streaks that are on the water. We will be videoing as much as we can I can see a [...]

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Update from Destin Vacationer (thanks)

Comment: Been in Destin since June 11 – no signs of oil or tar balls on the beaches. Went on a Dolphin Cruise last night. We left from Destin Harbor (East Pass area) and we went about 3-4 miles out….no sign of oil. In any case….we have had an awesome time. Beaches and food have [...]

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Destin Oil Spill update from the Destin Log

‘WE WILL BE READY TO BOOM’ The city’s latest emergency update May 06, 2010 2:43 PM Special to The Log This is the latest update from the City of Destin Web Site at cityofdestin.com Many of you are calling Destin City Hall and asking about the oil spill and the conditions of Destin’s beaches. As [...]

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