Fort Walton Beach surf break

Fort Walton Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 02 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
20.2° C
(Which is 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 4AM is: 0.5m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Afternoon (02 Apr)3ft (0.9m)5s
Evening (02 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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 (?)
0.6
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)665666556666666666667777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26151538475848554547383647513029404155601271028868
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
20
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:15AM
0.14
11:32AM
0.16
11:58AM
0.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:53PM
0.02
8:57PM
0.00
9:53PM
-0.00
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise---6:33-------6:33-------6:31----
Sunset-------7:05-------7:05-------7:06
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------------1--
Temp. °C222121202222222121212121222423222222212121232221
Feels °C (?)232020192120212121212120212323222322202120222222
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