Fort Walton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.38° N 86.51° W

Fort Walton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Fort Walton Beach sea temperature is
24.8°C
0.7° 

Fort Walton Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Fort Walton Beach today (27 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 6s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fort Walton Beach at 10PM is: 0.1m 5s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 27). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Oct)--
Afternoon (27 Oct)1ft (0.3m)6s
Evening (27 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Thu afternoon, min 19°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SE
6
0.2
ESE
6
0.1
SE
5
0.6
E
3
0.1
SE
4
0.1
SE
5
0.1
SE
5
0.4
ESE
5
0.4
SE
6
0.3
SE
6
0.1
SE
6
0.7
ENE
4
0.8
ENE
4
0.8
ENE
4
0.1
SE
5
0.2
ESE
6
0.3
ESE
6
0.2
ESE
6
0.2
ESE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5
3
1
0
1
1
1
11
9
6
1
0
0
0
1
4
7
4
4
Wind (km/h)
10
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
Wind State
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
High Tide
11:34PM0.28m
00:33AM0.29m
Low Tide
11:04AM-0.00m
12:24PM-0.01m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
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Temp °C
24
23
21
20
19
19
20
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25
23
22
20
19
19
20
24
27
26
24
Feels °C
22
19
17
16
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15
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19
20
18
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15
16
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22
26
25
23
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