Fort Walton Pier surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 09 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
21.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Fort Walton Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Fort Walton Pier at 10AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (09 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Evening (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)7s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
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 (?)
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.3
ESE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)776777745677666666666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1681441041605130221440737361493119189982637222118
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
15
E
5
ESE
5
E
10
NE
15
ESE
15
E
20
ENE
20
E
15
SE
15
S
10
SSW
5
NNW
10
NE
15
ENE
15
E
15
ESE
15
SSE
20
S
10
SSW
0
WSW
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassoffcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:12PM
0.54
3:19PM
0.52
4:35PM
0.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:29AM
0.10
2:03AM
0.11
2:30AM
0.12
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise-6:26-------6:24-------6:24------
Sunset-----7:09-------7:09-------7:10--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151417222423212018161922232021211919202322202121
Feels °C (?)9912192322191816131620212021191618182120192121
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