Fort Walton Beach surf break

Fort Walton Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 02 Apr 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
20.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fort Walton Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Fort Walton Beach at 2AM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Evening (03 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)6s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
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 (?)
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.7
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)566666666665667777777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)415845333325273320181810174370966360757779826362
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
15
SSE
5
SSE
10
SE
10
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SW
5
WSW
5
S
10
S
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:32AM
0.16
11:58AM
0.17
12:34PM
0.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:57PM
0.00
9:53PM
-0.00
10:52PM
-0.01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise-----6:33-------6:31-------6:30--
Sunset-7:05-------7:05-------7:06------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222122212121222323222222212122232321212121212222
Feels °C (?)212123202019212323222323212122232422232323232423
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