Fort Walton Beach surf break

Fort Walton Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 10 Mar 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 1.7°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 10PM is: 0.3m 3s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)--
Afternoon (10 Mar)1ft (0.3m)5s
Evening (10 Mar)1ft (0.3m)3s

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


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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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 (?)
0.4
SSE
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
1
S
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.1
SE
0.2
ESE
Period(s) (?)533334344555566666666664
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)82222236922365510312374483712743312
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
SSE
10
S
15
S
10
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
20
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
40
WSW
30
NNW
35
N
35
N
35
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:54PM
0.14
5:03PM
0.15
6:11PM
0.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:07AM
-0.03
5:06AM
-0.03
5:52AM
-0.04
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise------7:01-------7:00------6:58--
Sunset6:50-------6:51-------6:52-------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------124----------
Temp. °C222121212121222324232423221912161715131110111315
Feels °C (?)2323232223232324242424231716599875561013
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