Fort Walton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.38° N 86.51° W

Fort Walton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 12 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fort Walton Beach sea temperature is
30.9° C
1.7° 

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 (13 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 4s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 4s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 6s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Fort Walton Beach at 1AM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm July 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jul)2ft (0.6m)4s
Afternoon (13 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)4s
Evening (13 Jul)6ft (1.8m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Sun night. Warm (max 29°C on Sun afternoon, min 24°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Tue afternoon, light winds from the NW by Tue night).

Sun
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.7
WSW
4
0.6
WSW
4
0.5
WSW
4
0.7
WSW
4
0.8
WSW
4
1.1
WSW
4
1.7
WSW
6
1.9
WSW
7
1.5
WSW
7
1.2
WSW
6
0.9
WSW
6
0.9
WSW
5
1.1
WSW
5
1.7
WSW
6
1.4
WSW
6
1.1
WSW
5
1
WSW
5
0.9
WSW
5
0.7
WSW
4
0.6
W
4
0.4
WSW
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
29
14
13
12
11
9
13
21
50
187
320
204
103
50
51
71
175
122
59
47
37
21
13
7
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
25
W
30
W
20
W
25
W
25
WNW
15
W
20
W
15
WNW
15
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
W
20
SW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
10:09AM0.29m
11:06AM0.29m
11:58AM0.27m
Low Tide
8:46PM-0.04m
9:43PM-0.04m
10:31PM-0.04m
cloud
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:52
5:52
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:50
7:50
7:50
7:49
 mm
2
4
2
1
2
1
1
Temp °C
29
29
29
28
28
26
27
26
26
27
26
25
25
24
27
29
29
29
28
26
26
25
27
29
Feels °C
30
30
31
30
30
28
26
24
26
26
26
27
26
25
28
27
26
28
28
27
28
27
30
29
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