Fort Walton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.38° N 86.51° W

Fort Walton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 13 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fort Walton Beach sea temperature is
30.8° C
1.6° 

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 (13 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 4s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 4s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Fort Walton Beach at 11PM is: 0.9m 4s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm July 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jul)--
Afternoon (13 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Evening (13 Jul)3ft (0.9m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 30°C on Wed afternoon, min 25°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thu
16
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
WSW
4
0.9
WSW
4
0.9
WSW
4
1
W
4
0.8
WSW
4
0.7
WSW
4
0.6
WSW
4
0.9
WSW
4
0.9
WSW
5
0.8
WSW
5
0.8
WSW
4
1
WSW
4
0.9
WSW
4
0.8
WSW
4
0.7
WSW
4
0.5
W
4
0.6
WSW
4
0.6
WSW
4
0.5
W
4
0.3
SSE
6
0.3
SSE
6
0.2
SSE
6
0.2
SSE
5
0.2
SSE
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
21
28
31
40
25
18
14
31
42
29
17
37
36
27
19
9
10
11
7
7
6
3
3
3
Wind (km/h)
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
15
W
20
W
15
WNW
15
W
25
W
25
W
20
WSW
15
W
25
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
20
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
High Tide
11:06AM0.29m
11:58AM0.27m
12:45PM0.24m
Low Tide
9:43PM-0.04m
10:31PM-0.04m
11:08PM-0.02m
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part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:52
5:54
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:50
7:50
7:49
7:49
 mm
3
2
1
1
Temp °C
27
27
26
25
25
25
27
27
28
28
28
27
26
25
27
29
30
29
29
28
26
25
28
30
Feels °C
27
27
25
26
26
27
28
26
26
27
28
25
26
26
28
28
28
29
29
30
27
25
28
30
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