Fort Walton Pier surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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
28.4° 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 7PM is: 0.1m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)7s
Afternoon (18 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)6s
Evening (18 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)6s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
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 (?)
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.4
WSW
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
Period(s) (?)766666655553666555544444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)111112222222433311111111
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
SSE
20
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
10
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
5
WSW
10
SW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
W
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crossglassonononononglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:22AM
0.56
8:22AM
0.52
9:18AM
0.47
9:40PM
0.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:16PM
0.13
5:30PM
0.20
5:19PM
0.26
2:38AM
0.24
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise-------6:31-------6:33-------6:33
Sunset--6:47-------6:46-------6:45-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272929282727262427302928272725252730292727272626
Feels °C (?)282927292929272528312828282827272931282830303030
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Florida - Gulf

  1. weather stationWind Update Onshore wind has changed to cross-on at Fort Walton Pier (light winds from the WSW at Ft Walton Beach 4 km from Fort Walton Pier). 0.2m 3s local chop from the SE with a 0.2m 2s local chop from the SSW and a 0.1m 6s windswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 40 min ago

13 km/h
WSW
Cross-On
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