State assisted-living licensing record · Florida AHCA · record as pulled September 11, 2026· Not the federal nursing home survey
The Opal at Bluewater Bay
1551 Merchants Way, Niceville, FL 32578 · Okaloosa County · 65 licensed beds
AHCA file number 11964709 · licence 9189 · licensed, in litigation through June 27, 2026 · first licensed December 2023
The licence
Licensed by AHCA · Assisted Living Facility · For-Profit
Emergency power plan, as filed with AHCA
- Emergency Power Supports: Air Conditioning
- Yes
- Emergency Power Supports: Heating Systems
- Yes
- Emergency Power Supports: Life Safety Systems
- Yes
- Emergency Power Supports: Lights
- Yes
- Emergency Power Supports: Refrigeration
- Yes
- Plan Approval: Approval Date
- Jun 13, 2018
- Implementation Date: Implement Date
- Mar 07, 2019
- Implementation Extended Until: Extension End Date
- Jan 01, 2019
- Cooling Method: Air Conditioner
- Yes
- Cooling Method: Fans
- Yes
- Areas Cooled: Common Areas
- Yes
- Areas Cooled: Dining Room
- Yes
- Areas Cooled: Hallway
- Yes
- Areas Cooled: Living room
- Yes
- Areas Cooled: Other Area
- No
- Areas Cooled: Resident Rooms
- Yes
- Areas Cooled Location: Within Facility
- Yes
- Square Footage Cooled: Sq Ft Cooled
- 2700
- Number of People to use Cooled Space: Number of people
- 46
Position within Florida
3 citations — more than 34% of the 3,013 licensed assisted living facilities in Florida. Compared only within Florida: a citation from AHCA means what it means in Florida, and there is no national assisted living record to compare to. Counted over 5 years, which holds two or three routine inspections. How this is calculated
Not in this record
Fire and life safety. In Florida the fire safety inspection of an assisted living facility is done by the local fire authority under the Florida Fire Prevention Code, not by AHCA, and those reports are not part of this record. What AHCA does cite about the building — physical plant, emergency management and emergency power — is here.
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How that compares
Compared with the median licensed assisted living facility in Florida. Within-state only.
| Measure | Citations |
|---|---|
| This facility | 3 |
| Median facility in Florida | 5 |
Visit history
| Visit | Type | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| April 13, 2022 | routine licensure inspection | 0 |
| September 28, 2022 | monitoring visit | 0 |
| July 25, 2024 | routine licensure inspection | 0 |
| August 26, 2024 | expansion | 0 |
| September 22, 2025 | complaint investigation | 3 |
| October 16, 2025 | complaint investigation | 0 |
| June 10, 2026 | routine licensure inspection | 0 |
What the citations cover
- Medication 2
- Resident care 1
| Category | Citations |
|---|---|
| Medication | 2 |
| Resident care | 1 |
Every visit on file since September 2021
As published by AHCA, newest first, including visits that cited nothing. The wording and the classes are AHCA’s own.
June 10, 2026 — routine licensure inspection, nothing cited
October 16, 2025 — complaint investigation, nothing cited
September 22, 2025 — complaint investigation, 3 citations
August 26, 2024 — expansion, nothing cited
July 25, 2024 — routine licensure inspection, nothing cited
September 28, 2022 — monitoring visit, nothing cited
April 13, 2022 — routine licensure inspection, nothing cited
AHCA also holds 8 older citations for this facility from before September 2021, outside the 5-year window these pages use. They are on the state’s own record.
Reflects the AHCA record as pulled September 11, 2026. A recent visit may not appear yet. This is the Florida state licensing record; it is not the federal nursing home survey and the two are never combined.