Fort Walton Beach surf break

Fort Walton Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 04 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
21.5° C
(Which is 1.6°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 9PM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (04 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (04 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
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 (?)
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)777767777766666666666656
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)70936664598686656260412819121112138773333
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
NW
15
NNE
20
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:58AM
0.17
12:34PM
0.18
1:20PM
0.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:52PM
-0.01
12:01AM
-0.01
1:16AM
-0.01
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise-------6:30-------6:28-------6:28
Sunset---7:06-------7:07-------7:07----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------3232------------
Temp. °C222524222222212223222218181715141417181816151514
Feels °C (?)232524232323232424242317161210991213141312119
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