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Pelican Bay Homes for Sale
Pelican Bay is a Santa Rosa Beach subdivision in Walton County, approved in 1993 as 79 lots on 42 acres and recorded on two phased plats.
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Living in Pelican Bay
Walton County's Board of County Commissioners approved Pelican Bay Subdivision on October 26, 1993, following its Planning Commission's recommendation, and the minutes of that meeting put the project at 42 acres and 79 lots. The recommendation also asked the developer to keep negotiating with the District 5 road crew over paving East Mack Bayou Road. County parcel records now cite two plats: Phase 1 at Plat Book 10, Page 28, carrying Lots 1 through 18, and Phase 2 at Plat Book 11, Page 8, carrying Lots 19 through 79. The board approved the Phase 2 final plat on August 9, 1994, in a vote whose minutes note that the roads within the subdivision are private.
The state's 2026 parcel roll files every Pelican Bay parcel under Santa Rosa Beach, ZIP 32459. On that roll, every Phase 1 house is addressed on Shelter Cove Drive, while the Phase 2 houses are addressed on Pelican Bay Drive, Wind Spray Court, Morning Sun Court and Sandy Bay Court. Houses in both phases carry build years from 1996 through 2022, none of them dated 2007 through 2009, and a handful of lots in each phase are classed as vacant residential land. Phase 1 lots held singly measure about 11,500 to 14,900 square feet, and Phase 2 lots range from about 10,900 to 37,700 square feet.
Two county records deal with particular ground inside the subdivision. In December 2004 the county commission approved, by resolution, a petition to abandon 25 feet of a 50-foot wetland buffer zone recorded on the Phase 2 plat, for a property at the end of the Morning Sun Court cul-de-sac. Read that plat for buffer lines before sketching a house on any Phase 2 lot. County parcel records also carry a common-area parcel whose legal description starts with the property the Phase 1 plat shows as Lot 7A, a bay amenity. The same record lists Pelican Bay Owners Assoc Inc as owner of record.
HOA & Fees
What is the HOA fee at Pelican Bay?
As of November 11, 2026, Pelican Bay homes for sale that report a fee on the MLS list these HOA fees:
- Single-family homes: $52 a month (4 listings)
Fees vary by home type and section. Some homes also belong to a sub-association for their section, and a listing's fee may cover only one association, so confirm every association a home belongs to and what each one charges.
Based on 4 active MLS listings that report an HOA fee. Fees billed quarterly, twice a year or yearly are shown as a monthly equivalent.
- Lot 7A, the bay amenity parcel on the Phase 1 plat
Live Inventory
Homes for Sale in Pelican Bay
4
Active Listings
$849K
Median List Price
$345
Avg Price / Sqft
Live from today's Pelican Bay MLS file. This count covers condos, townhomes and single-family homes only, the same dwelling basis the market page uses, so lots and land are left out. The median and $/sq ft beside it cover the same 4 listings.

$799,000
74 Pelican Bay Drive
Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459

$995,000
20 Wind Spray Court
Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459

$675,000
543 Shelter Cove Drive
Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459

$899,000
98 Wind Spray Court
Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459
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Pelican Bay FAQ
How much is the HOA fee at Pelican Bay?
As of November 11, 2026, Pelican Bay homes for sale that report a fee on the MLS list these HOA fees: single-family homes, $52 a month (4 listings). Fees vary by home type and section. Some homes also belong to a sub-association for their section, and a listing's fee may cover only one association, so confirm every association a home belongs to and what each one charges.
Which Pelican Bay lots are on the Phase 1 plat and which are on Phase 2?
County parcel records put Lots 1 through 18 on the Phase 1 plat, Plat Book 10, Page 28, and Lots 19 through 79 on the Phase 2 plat, Plat Book 11, Page 8. The 2026 state roll addresses every Phase 1 house on Shelter Cove Drive, and the Phase 2 houses on Pelican Bay Drive and on Wind Spray, Morning Sun and Sandy Bay Courts. One parcel covers Lots 1, 2 and 3 with an exception, another holds a portion of Lot 1 described to approximately mean high water, and Lots 33 and 34 share a parcel, so match a listing's lot numbers to its parcel.
What happened to the wetland buffer on the Pelican Bay Phase 2 plat?
At a land use hearing on December 7, 2004, Walton County's planning coordinator presented a petition to abandon 25 feet of a 50-foot wetland buffer zone recorded on the plat of Pelican Bay Phase 2. The minutes place the property on Morning Sun Court at the end of the cul-de-sac. With the Planning Commission and planning staff recommending approval, the commissioners approved it by a resolution the minutes number 2004-87, on a 5 to 0 vote. The minutes describe that single property, so for any other Phase 2 lot, read the plat itself to see whether a buffer line crosses it.
Are Pelican Bay's streets private or county maintained?
The county's minutes of August 9, 1994, recording the board's approval of the Pelican Bay Phase 2 final plat, state that the roads within the subdivision are private, without naming them. The county's street centerline file holds a single entry for Shelter Cove Drive, marked county maintained and covering addresses 1 to 710, a range that also takes in addresses outside Pelican Bay. It leaves the maintainer blank for Pelican Bay Drive and the Wind Spray, Morning Sun and Sandy Bay Courts. Neither record shows who maintains the pavement in front of a given Pelican Bay lot, so read both recorded plats before relying on either.
What is Lot 7A, the bay amenity parcel in Pelican Bay?
Among the parcels whose legal descriptions name Pelican Bay, it is the one the county classes as common area. Its legal description opens with the property shown on the Phase 1 plat as Lot 7A, being a bay amenity, and the same record lists Pelican Bay Owners Assoc Inc as owner of record, while the state roll gives it a Pelican Bay Drive address and about 141,000 square feet of land. The legal text breaks off after those words, and neither record says what the parcel holds. The Phase 1 plat at Plat Book 10, Page 28 is the document to read.
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Sources
- Walton County Board of County Commissioners, Regular Meeting minutes, October 26, 1993 (accessed September 24, 2026)
- Walton County Board of County Commissioners, Regular Meeting minutes, August 9, 1994 (accessed September 24, 2026)
- Walton County Board of County Commissioners, Land Use Hearing minutes, December 7, 2004 (accessed September 24, 2026)
- Walton County open planning service, parcel layer: parcels whose legal descriptions name Pelican Bay (accessed September 24, 2026)
- Florida Department of Revenue statewide cadastral: parcels over Pelican Bay (accessed September 24, 2026)
- Walton County open planning service, streets layer: maintenance entries for the five Pelican Bay street names (accessed September 24, 2026)
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