Fort Walton Beach surf break

Fort Walton Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 CDT
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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
22.4° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fort Walton Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Fort Walton Beach at 11AM is: 0.3m 5s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)1ft (0.3m)5s
Afternoon (17 Apr)1ft (0.3m)4s
Evening (17 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)3s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.3
SW
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.1
SE
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.6
N
0.7
N
0.8
NNE
Period(s) (?)555444355533233333444444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)444442132111112432111000
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
NE
5
SE
15
S
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
W
15
NNW
30
N
25
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:28AM
0.19
11:06AM
0.21
11:57AM
0.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:48PM
-0.02
10:05PM
-0.02
11:28PM
-0.03
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise-6:16-------6:15-------6:13------
Sunset-----7:14-------7:15-------7:15--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212022232322212121212222232221212019161922221916
Feels °C (?)232123222121212121212220222221212015121415151310
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