Fort Walton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.38° N 86.51° W

Fort Walton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 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 (12 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 4s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Fort Walton Beach at 4AM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am July 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Afternoon (12 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Evening (12 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 41mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Warm (max 31°C on Sun morning, min 24°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun afternoon, fresh winds from the W by Mon afternoon).

Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
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)
0.7
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.5
SSE
6
0.5
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.8
SW
4
0.9
WSW
4
0.8
WSW
4
0.7
WSW
5
0.7
WSW
5
1.1
SW
4
1.7
WSW
6
1.7
WSW
6
1.7
WSW
6
1.5
WSW
6
1.3
WSW
6
1.1
WSW
5
1.3
WSW
5
1.4
WSW
6
1.5
WSW
6
1.4
WSW
6
1.7
WSW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
30
15
13
24
23
15
14
17
29
23
19
19
46
180
173
213
172
109
66
86
114
129
114
181
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
15
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
20
SSW
5
SSE
10
S
20
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
20
W
35
W
35
W
30
W
25
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
20
W
5
WSW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
on
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
9:08AM0.28m
10:09AM0.29m
11:06AM0.29m
Low Tide
8:46PM-0.04m
9:43PM-0.04m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:52
5:52
5:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:50
7:50
7:50
 mm
1
1
2
13
4
4
1
2
3
1
4
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
29
29
28
30
31
28
28
29
29
28
26
27
25
29
28
25
24
25
26
28
28
27
26
26
Feels °C
32
33
32
33
32
32
31
30
31
30
29
28
23
26
25
23
24
25
26
26
26
26
27
29
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