Fort Walton Pier surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 17 Feb 2026 CST
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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
16.6° C
(Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Fort Walton Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Fort Walton Pier at 4AM is: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)2ft (0.6m)4s
Afternoon (18 Feb)2ft (0.6m)4s
Evening (18 Feb)2ft (0.6m)4s

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

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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
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 (?)
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)554444444444455555656666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1013971213131415151516172433466485816646537795
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononononcross-
on
onononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:14PM
0.53
12:13PM
0.25
9:59PM
0.47
10:50AM
0.30
10:50PM
0.39
10:57AM
0.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:06AM
0.20
12:38PM
0.25
5:49AM
0.25
3:43PM
0.26
5:04AM
0.29
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise----6:24-------6:22-------6:22---
Sunset------5:36-------5:37-------5:37-
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----------------1-1-1111
Temp. °C161819192021222121212121222323222222222122232322
Feels °C (?)151618191920212020212121222223232222232324242323
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