Fort Walton Beach surf break

Fort Walton Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 26 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
19.1° 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 1AM is: 0.1m 4s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)4s
Afternoon (27 Mar)1ft (0.3m)2s
Evening (27 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)3s

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


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Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
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
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
S
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.3
SW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.6
W
0.2
WSW
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.9
E
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
Period(s) (?)4--4444-2334355666646667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10011110137911111110901039477
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
5
NW
10
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
W
20
NW
25
N
30
N
35
NNE
25
NNE
25
NE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
25
E
20
E
20
E
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:52PM
0.20
7:00PM
0.19
8:03PM
0.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:29AM
-0.04
6:08AM
-0.03
6:33AM
-0.01
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise-----6:41-------6:39-------6:39--
Sunset-7:00-------7:00-------7:01------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212020201919212423222221171515202218151615141416
Feels °C (?)212021212020232421212019139713181291099913
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