Fort Walton Beach surf break

Fort Walton Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 04 Apr 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
21.5° C
(Which is 1.6°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 9AM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (04 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (04 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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 (?)
0.6
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)677777677777766666666665
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)258886102666255848682635743292018121314137733
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
E
20
ESE
20
SE
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SW
20
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:58AM
0.17
12:34PM
0.18
1:20PM
0.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:52PM
-0.01
12:01AM
-0.01
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
Sunrise-6:31-------6:30-------6:28------
Sunset-----7:06-------7:07-------7:07--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----------33221---------
Temp. °C212122242422222222222322221818161413151819181616
Feels °C (?)2120222424232324242424222317161298101414141212
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