Fort Walton Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.38° N 86.51° W

Fort Walton Beach, United States Weather Observations

Issued: 12 pm 19 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fort Walton Beach sea temperature is
30.0°C
2.2° 

Fort Walton Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Current weather conditions and live observations for Fort Walton Beach based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Fort Walton Beach right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near Fort Walton Beach

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

Destin Airport

4 km ENE218 m above sea level

2 hours ago
clearClear
10
light winds from the N
(9 km/h at 1°)
32.2 °C16
16


Destin wx

4 km NE8 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
5
calm
(5 km/h at 186°)
10
32 °C-
-
-
-
0

Eglin Air Force Base/Valparaiso Airport

9 km N217 m above sea level

2 hours ago
clearClear
10
light winds from the SSW
(11 km/h at 200°)
33.4 °C16
16


Seminole wx

12 km NE18 m above sea level

2 hours ago
dry
5
calm
(3 km/h at 236°)
5
34 °C-
-
-
-
0

Valparaiso

13 km N2 m above sea level

36 minutes ago
dry
5
light winds from the SW
(6 km/h at 214°)
20
32 °C-
-
-
-
0

Hurlburt Field Airport

16 km W215 m above sea level

2 hours ago
clearClear
15
light winds from the S
(13 km/h at 190°)
32.9 °C16
16


Niceville wx

17 km N21 m above sea level

41 minutes ago
dry
0
calm
(0 km/h at 163°)
0
33 °C-
-
-
-
0

Santa Rosa Beach

27 km E12 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
5
calm
(5 km/h at 234°)
10
32 °C-
-
-
-
0

Navarre

28 km WSW4 m above sea level

33 minutes ago
dry
0
calm
(2 km/h at 192°)
5
32 °C-
-
-
-
0

Duke Field/Eglin Airport

28 km N218 m above sea level

2 hours ago
clear-
5
light winds from the E
(6 km/h at 100°)
35.9 °C16
16
few

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to Fort Walton Beach and within an acceptable time window.

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