Surf Forecasts:
Fort Walton Pier surf forecast from 31 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Sunday 2 Aug, 7PM (local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 6s period, SW swell with 228 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Fort Walton Pier this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Fort Walton Pier in the next 16 days are 1.8m 6s and forecast to arrive on Sunday (Aug 02) at 7PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives.
| Wave Type | Time (CDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 7PM (Sun 2nd Aug) | 6ft (1.8m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Fort Walton Pier over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here. First up, I gotta be straight with you – the outlook for the next sixteen days is a bit of a bummer. We’ve got a real flat spell settling in, so don't bother waxing up just yet. The first shot at any kind of surf doesn't show up until Friday the 31st of July, and even then, it's a tough sell.
Looking at Fort Walton Pier, the start of the period is a write-off. Friday morning on the 31st, we’ve got a tiny 2ft of swell out of the southwest, but the wind is a messy cross-on from the WSW at 6 mph, and it’s accompanied by a risk of thunderstorms. The wave energy is weak (18). The afternoon gets worse with the wind cranking up to 16 mph. The weekend is no better – Saturday the 1st of August stays choppy and messy with that cross-on wind, and though the swell bumps up to 4ft, the wind’s up to 12 mph, making for a bumpy, poor surface. Sunday the 2nd sees a bit more size at 4ft out of the southwest, with combined energy climbing to a moderate 114, but the wind is onshore from the south at 9 mph in the morning and then swinging to a stronger 16 mph from the SW in the afternoon. It’s just not clean.
We drift into a near-flat pattern from the 3rd of August onward. There’s a moment of calm on Tuesday the 4th with glassy conditions in the morning, but the swell is a pathetic 1ft. Wednesday the 5th is even smaller at 0.7ft, and by Thursday the 6th, we’re down to a whisper of 0.3ft. The wind does go clean and cross-off from the east on Thursday morning, but there’s simply no energy to work with. The combined energy reading is a measly 1.
This poor stretch runs all the way through the second week. We see a few more clean mornings with cross-off winds on the 7th of August and again on the 14th, but the swell never gets above 1ft, and the wind often turns onshore in the afternoons. The water temp is about average for this time of year, so no drama there, but it won't matter if you're just sitting on a flat ocean. The small wave energy values, all in the single digits or low teens, tell the whole story – there’s just nothing to get excited about. This is a classic summer flat spell, folks. Sometimes you just gotta wait for the next front or tropical ripple to spin something up. The forecasts can change, so keep an eye out, but for now, leave the boards in the car.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 101mm), heaviest during Sun morning. Warm (max 31°C on Fri morning, min 24°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 30°C on Mon morning, min 26°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 31 | Saturday 1 | Sunday 2 | Monday 3 | Tuesday 4 | Wednesday 5 | Thursday 6 | |||||||||||||||
AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 5 | SW 4 | SW 5 | SW 5 | WSW 5 | SW 5 | SW 6 | SW 5 | SW 6 | WSW 6 | SSW 6 | SW 5 | SSW 5 | SSW 5 | SW 4 | SSW 4 | SSW 4 | SW 4 | SW 6 | S 6 | S 6 |
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 kJ | 18 | 28 | 23 | 58 | 66 | 96 | 112 | 107 | 124 | 37 | 40 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | on | cross | glassy | on | on | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-on | cross |
High Tide | 10:36AM0.53m | 11:09AM0.47m | 11:38AM0.40m | 1:47AM0.35m | 11:55AM0.33m | 2:02AM0.42m | 2:35AM0.49m | 3:21AM0.55m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:58PM0.18m | 7:40PM0.22m | 7:06PM0.26m | 7:29AM0.31m | 6:07PM0.27m | 4:01PM0.24m | 2:30PM0.16m | 2:58PM0.08m | |||||||||||||
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 | 6:03 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — |
 | — | 7:40 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:38 | — | — | 7:38 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:36 | — |
mm | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
Temp °C | 31 | 30 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 28 |
Feels °C | 32 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 29 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 30 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 32 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 5 | — | — | — | WSW 5 | — | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | SW 6 | S 5 | SW 5 | SSW 5 | S 5 | SW 4 | SSW 4 | SE 4 | SW 4 | SW 6 | — | S 6 |
| kJ | 18 | — | — | — | 66 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 9 | S 6 | S 9 | — | S 6 | SE 5 | SE 4 | SE 4 | SE 4 | SE 4 | — | SE 4 | SE 4 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 23 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 6 | SW 5 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SW 4 | SW 5 | SW 5 | SW 5 | SW 5 | SW 6 | SW 5 | SW 6 | WSW 6 | SSW 6 | — | — | SSW 5 | — | — | SSW 4 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | 28 | 23 | 58 | 60 | 96 | 112 | 107 | 124 | 37 | 40 | — | — | 9 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1034 | 1165 | 1188 | 1034 | 659 | 523 | 516 | 513 | 92 | 25 | 500 | 501 | 1165 | 523 | 832 | 1770 | 1214 | 1194 | 1165 | 930 | 693 |
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