Here are two parts of the County website you can use to get alerts and additional information.
You can sign up for "alerts" to be automatically sent to your e-mail or phones at the following:
http://www.co.okaloosa.fl.us/ps/alert
You can see the "Daily Situation Report" at the following:
http://okaloosafl.com/ps/daily-situation-report
Here's the current weather and forecast from Accuweather.com. There is also an interactive radar map.
Farther down the page are some Webcams showing realtime pictures of the beach.
Click on the link to view the webcam. In some cases, you may have to scroll down the page to see the live webcam image.
Webcam at the Crab Trap on the Boardwalk
Webcams around the area from gulfcoastbeachcams.com
Webcam and surf information from Island Surf on the Boardwalk
Webcam from the Wyndham Garden on the Island
Webcam from the Breakers Condominium on the Island