Fort Walton Pier surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 18 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
22.9° 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 9AM is: 0.1m 5s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)3s
Afternoon (18 Apr)1ft (0.3m)4s
Evening (18 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)3s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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 (?)
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSE
0.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
1.1
NNW
1
N
0.8
N
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NE
0.8
ENE
0.1
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
Period(s) (?)533443333444434444463366
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)211232345000000000012243
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
WSW
15
W
20
NNW
35
N
30
N
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:34AM
0.61
10:18AM
0.67
11:08AM
0.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:51PM
0.03
9:19PM
-0.00
10:44PM
-0.02
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise-6:16-------6:15-------6:13------
Sunset-----7:15-------7:15-------7:15--
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------1-------------
Temp. °C212122232322222220151321222219151312172225252423
Feels °C (?)22222122212122231910713151613976111620202018
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