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Fort Walton Beach Surf Forecast
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Fort Walton Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 08 Apr 2026 CDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
21.7° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than 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 6AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (CDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (08 Apr) | 4ft (1.2m) | 6s |
| Afternoon (08 Apr) | 3ft (0.9m) | 7s |
| Evening (08 Apr) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 5s |
Table - waves today at Fort Walton Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 4 PM | 7 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |  |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 4 | 7 | 88 | 110 | 23 | 73 | 81 | 82 | 109 | 170 | 185 | 153 | 136 | 94 | 67 | 43 | 24 | 7 | 55 | 77 | 69 | 61 | 43 | 34 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:17PM 0.19 | 4:18PM 0.19 | 5:17PM 0.18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:24AM -0.01 | 3:20AM -0.02 | 4:04AM -0.02 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 08 | Thursday 09 | Friday 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | 6:26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:24 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:08 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:09 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 21 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 20 |
| Feels °C (?) | 16 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 19 |
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