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Fort Walton Pier surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 11 Mar 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
20.9° C
 (Which is 2.4°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 3AM is: 1.3m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 11). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (12 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (12 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)6s

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

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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 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
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.9
S
1.3
SSW
1.4
SW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
S
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.1
SE
0.3
ESE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
SSE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)455556666666666466665555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9152539781205745251277331355654537
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
S
20
S
25
SSW
30
SW
30
NNW
35
N
30
N
30
N
30
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
15
ESE
10
SE
5
S
5
WSW
5
NW
0
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
E
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		glassoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:21PM
0.55
4:32PM
0.55
5:40PM
0.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:20AM
0.09
3:51AM
0.09
4:19AM
0.10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise------7:00------6:58-------6:58--
Sunset6:51-------6:52-------6:52-------
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---124------------------
Temp. °C242323232316121517151211101012151716161615151720
Feels °C (?)242323222112589876679141716161614131519
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