Fort Walton Beach surf break

Fort Walton Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 22 Mar 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
18.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Fort Walton Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Fort Walton Beach at 10PM is: 0.5m 4s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)--
Afternoon (22 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Evening (22 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)4s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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 (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
SW
0.2
WSW
0.1
W
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.3
SE
0.6
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)344344444444445444444555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6666677519222094111112924303221
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
10
NW
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
5
SE
15
S
15
SE
15
SE
20
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:12PM
0.18
2:13PM
0.19
3:23PM
0.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:37AM
-0.03
2:09AM
-0.04
3:30AM
-0.05
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise-----6:46-------6:45-------6:43--
Sunset6:58-------6:59-------6:59-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212019191918202323202121181719232119191716141619
Feels °C (?)192018181818192120172120161416211818191414111418
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