Fort Walton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.38° N 86.51° W

Fort Walton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 20 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fort Walton Beach sea temperature is
29.5° C
0.3° 

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 (20 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fort Walton Beach at 12PM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am July 20). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jul)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (20 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (20 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 19mm), heaviest on Tue morning. Warm (max 31°C on Mon afternoon, min 25°C on Mon night). Mainly strong winds.

Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SE
6
0.5
SE
6
0.6
SE
6
0.7
SE
6
1
ESE
6
1.3
ESE
6
1.4
SE
7
1.2
SE
7
1.4
SE
7
1.3
SSE
7
1.7
SE
7
1.9
SE
7
2
SSE
8
2
SSE
8
1.9
SSE
8
2
S
8
2.2
S
8
2.2
S
8
1.8
S
8
1.7
S
7
1.5
S
7
1.1
SSE
6
1.3
S
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
21
16
31
41
75
130
194
135
183
154
293
386
441
487
463
539
624
609
371
298
193
85
128
Wind (km/h)
15
NE
20
NNE
25
NE
30
ENE
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
ENE
30
ENE
35
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
Wind State
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
4:39AM0.16m
4:52AM0.18m
5:21AM0.20m
Low Tide
3:09PM0.05m
4:07PM0.03m
4:58PM0.02m
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:56
5:56
5:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:46
7:46
7:45
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
25
25
29
30
31
29
27
27
26
25
28
28
28
27
27
27
28
27
28
28
28
28
28
Feels °C
26
25
29
29
31
29
28
27
26
24
26
26
26
25
26
26
27
25
27
27
27
29
29
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

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 locationNearest