Fort Walton Beach surf break

Fort Walton Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 08 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
19.4° C
(Which is 1.0°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 1AM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Afternoon (09 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Evening (09 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)6s

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


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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
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 (?)
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSE
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
SSE
0.2
S
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)666666556665555565555555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)38262417161010101011109984444444727
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
SSW
5
S
10
ESE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
5
S
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
crossglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:05PM
0.13
2:53PM
0.14
3:54PM
0.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:38AM
-0.02
2:56AM
-0.02
4:07AM
-0.03
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise------7:03-------7:01-------7:01-
Sunset6:49-------6:50-------6:50-------
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C222222222121222222222121212122222221212121212223
Feels °C (?)232323242322232223242323242424222323222323222223
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