Fort Walton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.38° N 86.51° W

Fort Walton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fort Walton Beach sea temperature is
27.9°C
2.2° 

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 (09 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 18ft (5.5m), 12s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Fort Walton Beach at 2AM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (09 Oct)7ft (2.2m)13s
Evening (09 Oct)18ft (5.5m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 83mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Thu afternoon, min 18°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (gales from the ENE on Fri morning, light winds from the WNW by Sat night).

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
7
0.9
ESE
6
1.3
ESE
6
1.3
ESE
6
1.6
ESE
6
2.1
ESE
6
1.2
SE
7
1
SSW
12
2.2
SSW
13
4
S
13
5.5
S
12
5
S
11
3.5
S
9
2.5
SSW
8
1.7
S
8
1.3
S
8
1.1
S
8
0.9
SSE
7
0.8
SSE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
15
0
97
120
190
320
152
323
1568
5400
8939
5272
2021
871
373
208
135
89
65
Wind (km/h)
25
ENE
25
E
25
E
25
E
35
E
40
ENE
55
ENE
65
ENE
60
E
65
SE
60
S
40
SSW
30
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
10:49PM0.18m
10:36PM0.21m
Low Tide
5:29PM0.10m
6:25AM0.08m
7:46AM0.06m
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20
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Temp °C
27
25
24
23
23
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21
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26
25
24
24
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24
25
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24
25
Feels °C
26
24
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19
15
13
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18
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23
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