Latitude Margaritaville Watersound is Northwest Florida's premier 55+ active adult master-planned resort community, located along the Intracoastal Waterway at 9201 State Road 79 in West Panama City Beach, Bay County, Florida (ZIP 32413, Local Sales & Builder Center: 850-940-4504 / Toll-Free: 866-464-4753). Developed through a landmark partnership between Minto Communities, LLC (Florida Sunbiz Doc# L12000030373, Active) and The St. Joe Company (Florida Sunbiz Doc# 136465, Active) and governed under Florida Statutes Chapter 720 and the federal Housing for Older Persons Act (HOPA 55+) by Latitude at Watersound Homeowners Association, Inc. (Sunbiz Non-Profit Doc# N20000006497, Active) and Latitude at Watersound Amenity Association, Inc. (Sunbiz Non-Profit Doc# N21000003016, Active), the community is planned for approximately 3,500 single-level Conch Cottages, Caribbean Villas, and single-family Beach, Island, and Vista Collection homes.

Centered around the vibrant Latitude Town Square along the Intracoastal Waterway, 55+ residents enjoy a thatched-roof bandshell with live concerts, the Last Mango Theater, the two-story Latitude Bar & Chill restaurant and rooftop Overlook Bar, the lagoon-style Paradise Pool with beach entry and Tiki Island, the Fins Up! Fitness Center with an indoor lap pool and spa, the Workin' N' Playin' Center (featuring the Clayground Pottery Studio and Hangar Workshop for woodworking and golf carts), Barkaritaville Pet Spa, lighted pickleball, tennis, and bocce ball courts, and miles of golf-cart-friendly nature trails. Because every villa and single-family home is owned fee-simple in Bay County, full-time Florida residents qualify to file with Bay County Property Appraiser Dan Sowell, CFA (860 W 11th St, Panama City, FL 32401, phone 850-248-8401) for the $50,000 Florida Homestead Exemption, the 3% Save Our Homes cap and portability, the Additional $50,000 Senior Homestead Exemption (age 65+), and military veteran property tax exemptions. The community sits just 5 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico beaches on Scenic Highway 30A and Front Beach Road, 8 miles from Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (ECP), and 10 minutes from the Sacred Heart / Watersound Town Center medical campus.