Fort Walton Pier surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 21 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
23.1° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than 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 7PM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)4s
Afternoon (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Evening (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)6s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)455666655466677776666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)176121214961053860807974546336423833394347
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
20
S
20
SSW
10
SSW
5
NW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
ESE
15
S
15
SSE
20
S
15
SE
10
SE
5
SE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:05PM
0.69
1:09PM
0.66
2:20PM
0.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:00AM
-0.02
1:04AM
0.01
1:55AM
0.06
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise-------6:11-------6:11-------6:09
Sunset---7:16-------7:17-------7:17----
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------1--------------
Temp. °C212323212222201922232222212020202223232221212121
Feels °C (?)171819202120171721212021212119192021222221222221
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