Fort Walton Beach surf break

Fort Walton Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 20 Nov 2025 CST
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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 slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Fort Walton Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Fort Walton Beach at 1AM is: 0.2m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)0.5ft (0.2m)5s
Afternoon (21 Nov)0.5ft (0.2m)5s
Evening (21 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)4s

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

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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
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 (?)
0.1
S
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)766665555344444444444444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14433333236121516161215161397332
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
W
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:41PM
0.23
10:26PM
0.23
11:13PM
0.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:09AM
-0.01
10:05AM
-0.02
10:57AM
-0.02
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise------6:16-------6:16-------6:18-
Sunset4:46-------4:45-------4:45-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222121212121222223232323232324252422232322191923
Feels °C (?)232222222323242324232323232324252421242422161622
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