Fort Walton Beach surf break

Fort Walton Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 25 Feb 2026 CST
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Fort Walton Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fort Walton Beach sea temperature is
16.5° C
(Which is 1.8°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fort Walton Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Fort Walton Beach at 3PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am February 25). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)3ft (0.9m)5s
Afternoon (25 Feb)3ft (0.9m)5s
Evening (25 Feb)3ft (0.9m)5s

Table - waves today at Fort Walton Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)555556666667777777777776
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)403536384774841001071077073996975779484666242301715
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
10
W
5
NW
5
SW
10
SW
5
WNW
5
ENE
5
NE
15
NE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
ononononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:07PM
0.17
6:20PM
0.18
7:26PM
0.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:01AM
-0.07
5:57AM
-0.07
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise6:16-------6:15-------6:13-------
Sunset--5:40-------5:42-------5:43-----
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------134453123-
Temp. °C192020202020202121222221212121201919202019181717
Feels °C (?)151616181817171818192020212121202020202120191717
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