Fort Walton Beach surf break

Fort Walton Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 14 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
15.4° C
(Which is 2.6°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 5AM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm February 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Feb)7.5ft (2.3m)7s
Afternoon (15 Feb)7ft (2.1m)7s
Evening (15 Feb)5ft (1.5m)7s

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

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Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SE
0.8
SSE
1
SSE
1.5
S
2.3
SSW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.3
S
0.6
SE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)445677777777777776666454
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2926511674765244594402501991461259769654534202012610197
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
20
SE
30
SSE
30
S
35
SW
35
WSW
40
WSW
25
W
30
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
5
ENE
5
SW
5
WSW
0
NW
10
E
10
ESE
10
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:33PM
0.15
9:18PM
0.14
10:04PM
0.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:33AM
-0.06
7:57AM
-0.05
8:16AM
-0.04
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise----6:26-------6:24-------6:24---
Sunset------5:34-------5:34-------5:35-
clear
part cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
mod rain
rain showers
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--2371------------------
Temp. °C161718211920202017151413131819181816151616161716
Feels °C (?)131515181414131612111110101819171915141614141515
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