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Fort Walton Pier surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 17 Jan 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
17.7° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Fort Walton Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Fort Walton Pier at 10PM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)--
Afternoon (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Evening (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)6s

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

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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.1
SE
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.4
NW
0.5
NW
0.4
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.2
N
—
0.3
NNW
0.4
N
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.5
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
Period(s) (?)5666666555533333-2333333
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1415151583311110000000000000
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
25
N
30
N
25
N
35
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
20
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:54PM
0.65
8:33PM
0.64
9:11PM
0.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:32AM
0.04
7:02AM
0.06
7:25AM
0.10
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise------6:43-------6:43-------6:41-
Sunset5:08-------5:09-------5:10-------
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light snow
snow showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-2114-------------------
Temp. °C149965114765321271010875327
Feels °C (?)11320-3-5-5-300-1-3-4-5-4256320-3-50
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