Fort Walton Beach surf break

Fort Walton Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 25 Aug 2025 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
30.3° C
(Which is 1.1°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 3PM is: 0.5m 5s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 25). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Aug)1ft (0.3m)5s
Afternoon (25 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Evening (25 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)5s

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

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Monday
25
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
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 (?)
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
SSW
0.5
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.2
N
0.2
NNE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
Period(s) (?)555555555555554333---232
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)5913995422222222000000000
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
NW
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
15
NE
5
NE
5
NNW
5
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
5
NNE
5
NW
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassoncross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offglassglassoffoffoffoffoffoffglassglassoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:17PM
0.17
1:49AM
0.16
3:00PM
0.14
1:46AM
0.19
2:01AM
0.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:52PM
0.09
9:25AM
0.08
5:23PM
0.09
11:13AM
0.07
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Sunrise-------6:18-------6:18-------6:20
Sunset---7:16-------7:15-------7:15----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C283031302926242326293130282423222428302928262423
Feels °C (?)303232313024222024283131272119182025292926242221
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Florida - Gulf

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Fort Walton Beach (calm at Destin wx 3 km from Fort Walton Beach). 0.5m 5s windswell from the S with a 0.5m 5s windswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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