Fort Walton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.38° N 86.51° W

Fort Walton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 11 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fort Walton Beach sea temperature is
31.0° C
1.8° 

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 (12 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fort Walton Beach at 12AM is: 0.8m 4s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jul)--
Afternoon (12 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (12 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 39mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 31°C on Sun morning, min 24°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Mon morning, calm by Tue morning).

Sat
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SSE
6
0.6
S
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.8
S
4
0.6
S
5
0.5
S
6
0.6
SSE
6
0.6
S
6
0.5
SSE
6
0.4
SSE
6
0.9
SW
4
1.1
WSW
5
0.8
WSW
5
0.7
WSW
5
0.6
WSW
4
1
SW
4
1.5
SW
5
1.4
WSW
5
1.5
WSW
6
1.3
WSW
6
0.9
WSW
6
0.8
WSW
5
1.1
WSW
4
1.3
W
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
22
25
11
20
20
16
32
29
22
14
28
52
27
19
15
34
117
103
130
117
59
36
46
88
Wind (km/h)
20
S
25
SW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
20
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
W
35
SW
25
WSW
30
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
Wind State
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
glassy
High Tide
9:08AM0.28m
10:09AM0.29m
11:06AM0.29m
Low Tide
7:43PM-0.03m
8:46PM-0.04m
9:43PM-0.04m
clear
clear
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
thunderstorm
<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
7:50
 mm
1
3
3
8
4
1
2
4
8
2
1
2
Temp °C
30
29
29
29
29
28
30
31
30
30
27
25
26
26
27
27
25
25
24
24
24
24
24
24
Feels °C
31
30
31
32
33
31
33
32
30
30
29
28
29
28
29
25
24
23
25
25
25
24
26
27
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