Fort Walton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.38° N 86.51° W

Fort Walton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 17 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fort Walton Beach sea temperature is
30.0° C
0.8° 

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 (17 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 6s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 3s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 4s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Fort Walton Beach at 7AM is: 0.4m 3s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am July 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)6s
Afternoon (17 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)3s
Evening (17 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)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 35°C on Fri afternoon, min 25°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
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
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
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
W
4
0.4
W
4
0.2
SSE
6
0.2
SSE
6
0.3
W
3
0.5
W
3
0.6
WSW
4
0.5
W
4
0.5
W
4
0.3
WSW
4
0.3
WSW
4
0.1
S
11
0.3
WSW
4
0.4
WSW
4
0.5
WSW
3
0.4
SW
4
0.4
WSW
3
0.4
W
4
0.1
S
11
0.2
WSW
3
0.1
S
10
0.1
S
10
0.1
S
9
0.4
SW
3
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6
4
4
3
2
5
10
7
6
2
2
2
4
8
6
4
4
4
2
1
2
2
2
3
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
10
NW
10
NNW
5
N
5
SW
20
SW
10
S
20
ESE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
on
on
cross
High Tide
1:30PM0.20m
2:13PM0.16m
5:18AM0.12m
3:02PM0.11m
Low Tide
11:32PM0.00m
11:35PM0.03m
10:52PM0.05m
12:13PM0.07m
8:08PM0.06m
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:54
5:54
5:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:47
7:47
7:47
 mm
1
2
2
1
1
6
Temp °C
29
27
26
29
33
35
34
31
30
29
28
31
33
32
31
28
27
25
25
29
32
30
30
25
Feels °C
31
29
28
30
34
34
33
32
32
30
29
33
34
34
33
30
30
27
27
33
36
31
33
25
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