Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Fort Walton Beach today (10 Jul):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 8s period with S swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 7s period with SSE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 6s period with SSE swell.
The current surf forecast for Fort Walton Beach at 5AM is: 0.1m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am July 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (CDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (10 Jul) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (10 Jul) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 7s |
| Evening (10 Jul) | 1ft (0.3m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Fort Walton Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Warm (max 31°C on Sun morning, min 26°C on Sun afternoon). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 10 | Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 3 | SW 3 | SW 3 | S 8 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | S 5 | S 7 | S 7 | S 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | S 6 | S 5 | S 5 | S 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SW 4 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 10 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross | glassy |
High Tide | 7:07AM0.23m | 8:05AM0.26m | 9:08AM0.28m | |||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:37PM-0.02m | 7:43PM-0.03m | 8:46PM-0.04m | |||||||||||||||||||||
 | |  | |  |  | |  | | | | | | | |  | | |  | | |  |  | | |
 | — | 5:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:50 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 8 | 12 | — |
Temp °C | 29 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 28 | 26 | 27 |
Feels °C | 32 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 32 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 29 | 27 | 30 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | S 5 | S 7 | S 7 | S 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 |
| kJ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 7 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | S 6 | SE 6 | S 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSE 5 | SE 7 | — | — | — | S 9 |
| kJ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | S 8 | SE 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 3 | SW 3 | SW 3 | — | — | SSW 2 | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | — | — | — | — | SSW 2 | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | S 6 | — | — | S 6 | SW 3 | SW 3 | SW 4 |
| kJ | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | 22 | — | — | 19 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 492 | 507 | 492 | 514 | 1325 | 1358 | 491 | 499 | 490 | 514 | 514 | 567 | 766 | 818 | 490 | 492 | 491 | 497 | 514 | 491 | 491 | 768 | 491 | 492 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Gulf Coast, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Fort Walton Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest