Gulf Breeze, Florida

Gulf Breeze, Florida
City
City of Gulf Breeze
Entrance sign and median in Gulf Breeze, FL heading East on Hwy 98, July 2013
Location in Santa Rosa County and the state of Florida
Coordinates: 30°21′26″N 87°9′50″W / 30.35722°N 87.16389°W / 30.35722; -87.16389
Country	United States
State	Florida
County	Santa Rosa
Incorporated	August 10, 1961
Government
• Type	Council-Manager
• Mayor	Cherry Fitch
• Mayor Pro Tem	Tom Naile
• City Council	JB Schluter, Randy Hebert, and Todd Torgersen
• City Manager	Samantha D. Abell
• City Clerk	Leslie A. Guyer
Area [1]
• City	22.14 sq mi (57.34 km2)
• Land	4.68 sq mi (12.12 km2)
• Water	17.46 sq mi (45.22 km2)
Elevation	16 ft (5 m)
Population  (2020)
• City	6,340
• Density	1,354.70/sq mi (523.10/km2)
• Metro	509,905 (Pensacola metropolitan area)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	32561, 32562, 32563[2]
Area code	850
FIPS code	12-28000[3]
GNIS feature ID	283485[4]
Website	https://cityofgulfbreeze.us/

Gulf Breeze is a city in Santa Rosa County, Florida. It is a suburb of Pensacola, and is in the Pensacola—Ferry Pass—Brent, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 6,340 at the 2020 census, up from 5,763 at the 2010 census.

Gulf Breeze is located just north of Pensacola Beach, and south of Pensacola. Gulf Breeze is on the Fairpoint Peninsula, and is bordered by Navarre to the east.

Gulf Breeze provides utility services to South Santa Rosa County and Pensacola Beach over 33 square miles. The surrounding unincorporated area is known as Greater Gulf Breeze.