Fort Walton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.38° N 86.51° W

Fort Walton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fort Walton Beach sea temperature is
30.2° C
0.9° 

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 (16 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 5s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 3s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 4s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Fort Walton Beach at 6PM is: 0.6m 3s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)5s
Afternoon (16 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)3s
Evening (16 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 33°C on Thu afternoon, min 25°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
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
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
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
SSE
5
0.2
SSE
5
0.4
WSW
3
0.6
WSW
3
0.7
WSW
4
0.5
W
4
0.6
W
4
0.5
WSW
4
0.4
WSW
4
0.4
WSW
4
0.5
WSW
4
0.7
WSW
4
0.6
WSW
4
0.7
W
4
0.6
W
4
0.4
WSW
4
0.4
SW
4
0.4
SW
5
0.4
WSW
5
0.7
WSW
4
0.7
WSW
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3
3
3
8
14
7
9
9
5
6
10
13
11
15
11
5
4
5
7
13
15
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
10
W
20
W
25
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
W
10
SW
10
S
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
W
20
WNW
15
W
15
N
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
off
High Tide
12:45PM0.24m
1:30PM0.20m
2:13PM0.16m
Low Tide
11:32PM0.00m
11:35PM0.03m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:54
5:54
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:49
7:47
7:47
 mm
1
1
1
1
4
Temp °C
29
32
33
30
29
29
27
27
30
33
32
31
27
27
27
26
28
33
32
30
27
Feels °C
31
32
32
30
30
30
29
29
31
34
34
33
27
28
28
28
29
35
32
31
28
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