Fort Walton Pier surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 12 Apr 2026 CDT
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Fort Walton Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fort Walton Pier sea temperature is
20.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fort Walton Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Fort Walton Pier at 10AM is: 0.3m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)1ft (0.3m)5s
Afternoon (12 Apr)2ft (0.6m)4s
Evening (12 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)5s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SSE
0.5
SE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)555644556655666667766666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)77618816202230343444406057454738342322343534
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
ENE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
5
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSW
0
NE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:55PM
0.47
7:16PM
0.44
9:08AM
0.32
8:44PM
0.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:50AM
0.15
3:04AM
0.18
3:08AM
0.23
2:02PM
0.28
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
Sunrise-6:22-------6:20-------6:20------
Sunset-----7:10-------7:12-------7:13--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212021222220202121202121212020202019212222212120
Feels °C (?)222120202019202221202019202020212218202122212220
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