What are the current surf conditions at Fort Walton Beach?

Fort Walton Beach currently has varying wave conditions. Check the live forecast above for real-time wave heights, wind conditions, and tide information updated every 6 hours.

What's the best time to surf Fort Walton Beach?

The best time to surf Fort Walton Beach is typically when swell comes from the SW direction. Check the tide charts and wind forecasts above for optimal surfing conditions.

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Surf Quality: FAIR

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🌬️ WIND

7
kt

🌊 SWELL

0.4
ft

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SWELL
HEIGHT

0.4ft

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SWELL
PERIOD

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WIND GUSTS

14kt

🌡️

AIR TEMP

24°C

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SECONDARY
SWELL

0.3ft @
5s

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PRECIPITATION

0.4mm

SURF QUALITY

Fair conditions - still worth a paddle. Tiny waves under 1ft with mixed swell with very light winds

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Sunday

Nov 9

POORCheck individual hours

🌊 0.3-1.2ft 💨 5-14kt 🌡️ 12-26°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	FAIR	0.9ft	5s	S	5kt	WSW	13kt	21°C	21°C	0mm
1:00 AM	FAIR	0.7ft	5s	S	5kt	WSW	13kt	21°C	21°C	0mm
2:00 AM	POOR	0.7ft	5s	S	5kt	WSW	13kt	21°C	21°C	0mm
3:00 AM	POOR	0.6ft	5s	S	5kt	WSW	12kt	21°C	21°C	0.1mm
4:00 AM	POOR	0.6ft	5s	S	5kt	WSW	12kt	21°C	21°C	0.1mm
5:00 AM	POOR	0.5ft	5s	S	5kt	WSW	13kt	21°C	21°C	0.1mm
6:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	5s	SSE	5kt	WSW	14kt	21°C	20°C	0.1mm
7:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	5s	SSE	5kt	W	15kt	20°C	20°C	0.1mm
8:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	5s	S	6kt	W	14kt	22°C	21°C	0.2mm
9:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	6s	S	7kt	W	14kt	23°C	23°C	0.3mm
10:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	6s	S	7kt	W	14kt	24°C	24°C	0.4mm
11:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	6s	S	8kt	WNW	13kt	25°C	26°C	0.4mm
12:00 PM	POOR	0.4ft	5s	S	8kt	WNW	12kt	25°C	27°C	0.4mm
1:00 PM	POOR	0.4ft	5s	S	9kt	NW	11kt	26°C	28°C	0.4mm
2:00 PM	POOR	0.7ft	5s	SSW	9kt	NW	12kt	25°C	27°C	0.3mm
3:00 PM	POOR	1ft	4s	SW	10kt	NW	13kt	25°C	26°C	0.2mm
4:00 PM	POOR	1.2ft	4s	WSW	11kt	NNW	14kt	24°C	25°C	0.2mm
5:00 PM	POOR	1ft	4s	SW	12kt	NNW	17kt	22°C	22°C	0.1mm
6:00 PM	POOR	0.7ft	5s	SSW	13kt	NNW	19kt	19°C	20°C	0.1mm
7:00 PM	POOR	0.4ft	5s	S	14kt	NNW	22kt	17°C	18°C	0.1mm
8:00 PM	POOR	0.4ft	5s	S	14kt	NNW	23kt	16°C	16°C	0.1mm
9:00 PM	POOR	0.4ft	5s	S	14kt	NNW	24kt	14°C	15°C	0mm
10:00 PM	POOR	0.3ft	5s	S	14kt	NNW	26kt	13°C	14°C	0mm
11:00 PM	POOR	0.3ft	6s	S	14kt	NNW	25kt	12°C	13°C	0mm

Monday

Nov 10

POORCheck individual hours

🌊 0.2-1.3ft 💨 8-14kt 🌡️ 3-11°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	POOR	0.3ft	6s	S	14kt	NNW	25kt	11°C	12°C	0mm
1:00 AM	POOR	0.2ft	7s	S	14kt	NNW	24kt	10°C	11°C	0mm
2:00 AM	POOR	0.2ft	7s	S	13kt	NNW	24kt	9°C	10°C	0mm
3:00 AM	POOR	0.2ft	7s	S	12kt	NNW	24kt	8°C	10°C	0mm
4:00 AM	POOR	0.2ft	7s	S	11kt	NNW	24kt	7°C	9°C	0mm
5:00 AM	POOR	0.2ft	7s	S	11kt	NNW	24kt	6°C	8°C	0mm
6:00 AM	POOR	0.2ft	7s	S	12kt	NNW	24kt	6°C	8°C	0mm
7:00 AM	POOR	0.2ft	7s	S	12kt	NNW	23kt	5°C	7°C	0mm
8:00 AM	POOR	0.2ft	7s	S	12kt	NNW	22kt	6°C	8°C	0mm
9:00 AM	POOR	0.2ft	7s	S	13kt	NNW	21kt	6°C	10°C	0mm
10:00 AM	POOR	0.2ft	7s	S	14kt	NNW	20kt	7°C	11°C	0mm
11:00 AM	POOR	0.2ft	7s	S	14kt	NNW	20kt	8°C	12°C	0mm
12:00 PM	POOR	0.2ft	7s	S	14kt	NNW	20kt	9°C	13°C	0mm
1:00 PM	POOR	0.2ft	7s	S	14kt	NW	20kt	10°C	15°C	0mm
2:00 PM	POOR	0.2ft	6s	SSW	14kt	NW	20kt	10°C	14°C	0mm
3:00 PM	POOR	0.3ft	6s	SSW	14kt	NNW	20kt	11°C	14°C	0mm
4:00 PM	POOR	0.4ft	6s	SW	14kt	NNW	21kt	11°C	13°C	0mm
5:00 PM	POOR	0.4ft	6s	SW	13kt	NNW	21kt	9°C	11°C	0mm
6:00 PM	POOR	0.4ft	6s	SW	12kt	NNW	21kt	8°C	10°C	0mm
7:00 PM	POOR	0.3ft	5s	SW	11kt	NNW	21kt	7°C	8°C	0mm
8:00 PM	POOR	0.7ft	5s	WSW	10kt	NNW	21kt	6°C	7°C	0mm
9:00 PM	FAIR	1ft	5s	W	9kt	NNW	20kt	5°C	7°C	0mm
10:00 PM	FAIR	1.3ft	5s	W	8kt	NNW	20kt	4°C	6°C	0mm
11:00 PM	FAIR	1.1ft	5s	W	8kt	N	19kt	3°C	5°C	0mm

Tuesday

Nov 11

FAIRCheck individual hours

🌊 0.2-1.0ft 💨 1-8kt 🌡️ -1-14°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	POOR	1ft	5s	W	8kt	N	18kt	2°C	4°C	0mm
1:00 AM	POOR	0.8ft	5s	W	8kt	N	17kt	2°C	4°C	0mm
2:00 AM	FAIR	0.7ft	5s	W	8kt	N	16kt	1°C	3°C	0mm
3:00 AM	FAIR	0.6ft	5s	W	7kt	N	15kt	1°C	3°C	0mm
4:00 AM	FAIR	0.5ft	5s	W	6kt	N	14kt	—°C	2°C	0mm
5:00 AM	POOR	0.4ft	5s	W	6kt	N	14kt	—°C	2°C	0mm
6:00 AM	POOR	0.3ft	5s	W	6kt	NNE	13kt	-1°C	2°C	0mm
7:00 AM	POOR	0.3ft	5s	W	6kt	NNE	13kt	-1°C	2°C	0mm
8:00 AM	POOR	0.2ft	5s	W	6kt	NNE	11kt	2°C	5°C	0mm
9:00 AM	FAIR	0.2ft	4s	W	6kt	NNE	9kt	4°C	8°C	0mm
10:00 AM	FAIR	0.2ft	4s	W	5kt	NNE	7kt	7°C	11°C	0mm
11:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	4s	NW	4kt	NNW	6kt	9°C	14°C	0mm
12:00 PM	FAIR	0.6ft	3s	NNE	3kt	WNW	4kt	11°C	17°C	0mm
1:00 PM	FAIR	0.8ft	3s	ENE	1kt	SW	2kt	14°C	20°C	0mm
2:00 PM	FAIR	0.7ft	3s	ENE	3kt	SW	3kt	13°C	19°C	0mm
3:00 PM	FAIR	0.6ft	3s	ENE	4kt	SSW	4kt	13°C	17°C	0mm
4:00 PM	FAIR	0.5ft	3s	ENE	6kt	SSW	5kt	13°C	15°C	0mm
5:00 PM	FAIR	0.5ft	3s	E	5kt	SSW	5kt	11°C	13°C	0mm
6:00 PM	FAIR	0.4ft	3s	E	5kt	SW	6kt	10°C	11°C	0mm
7:00 PM	FAIR	0.3ft	3s	E	5kt	SW	6kt	8°C	9°C	0mm
8:00 PM	FAIR	0.3ft	3s	E	5kt	SW	6kt	8°C	9°C	0mm
9:00 PM	FAIR	0.3ft	3s	ESE	5kt	SW	5kt	9°C	9°C	0mm
10:00 PM	FAIR	0.2ft	3s	ESE	5kt	SSW	5kt	9°C	10°C	0mm
11:00 PM	FAIR	0.2ft	3s	ESE	5kt	SSW	5kt	10°C	10°C	0mm

Wednesday

Nov 12

FAIRCheck individual hours

🌊 0.2-1.1ft 💨 1-9kt 🌡️ 9-21°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	FAIR	0.2ft	3s	ESE	5kt	SSW	5kt	10°C	11°C	0mm
1:00 AM	FAIR	0.2ft	3s	ESE	5kt	SSW	6kt	11°C	11°C	0mm
2:00 AM	FAIR	0.2ft	3s	ESE	4kt	SW	5kt	11°C	11°C	0mm
3:00 AM	FAIR	0.2ft	4s	ESE	3kt	W	4kt	11°C	11°C	0mm
4:00 AM	FAIR	0.2ft	4s	ESE	1kt	WNW	3kt	11°C	10°C	0mm
5:00 AM	FAIR	0.5ft	4s	SSE	2kt	NNW	3kt	10°C	10°C	0mm
6:00 AM	POOR	0.8ft	3s	S	3kt	N	4kt	10°C	10°C	0mm
7:00 AM	FAIR	1.1ft	3s	SSW	3kt	NE	5kt	9°C	9°C	0mm
8:00 AM	FAIR	1ft	3s	SSW	3kt	ENE	4kt	11°C	13°C	0mm
9:00 AM	FAIR	1ft	3s	SSW	2kt	E	3kt	14°C	16°C	0mm
10:00 AM	FAIR	1ft	3s	SW	2kt	ESE	2kt	16°C	20°C	0mm
11:00 AM	FAIR	0.7ft	3s	S	3kt	SSE	4kt	18°C	21°C	0mm
12:00 PM	FAIR	0.5ft	3s	SSE	5kt	S	7kt	20°C	22°C	0mm
1:00 PM	FAIR	0.2ft	4s	ESE	7kt	SW	9kt	21°C	24°C	0mm
2:00 PM	FAIR	0.2ft	4s	ESE	8kt	SW	9kt	21°C	23°C	0mm
3:00 PM	POOR	0.2ft	4s	ESE	9kt	SW	9kt	21°C	22°C	0mm
4:00 PM	POOR	0.2ft	4s	ESE	9kt	SW	10kt	21°C	21°C	0mm
5:00 PM	POOR	0.2ft	4s	ESE	8kt	SW	11kt	19°C	20°C	0mm
6:00 PM	FAIR	0.2ft	4s	ESE	7kt	WSW	11kt	18°C	18°C	0mm
7:00 PM	FAIR	0.2ft	4s	ESE	6kt	WSW	12kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
8:00 PM	FAIR	0.2ft	4s	SE	6kt	WSW	10kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
9:00 PM	FAIR	0.2ft	4s	SE	5kt	W	9kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
10:00 PM	FAIR	0.2ft	4s	SE	5kt	W	7kt	15°C	15°C	0mm
11:00 PM	FAIR	0.2ft	5s	SE	5kt	WNW	6kt	15°C	15°C	0mm

Thursday

Nov 13

FAIRCheck individual hours

🌊 0.2-0.8ft 💨 2-7kt 🌡️ 14-24°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	FAIR	0.2ft	7s	SSE	5kt	WNW	5kt	15°C	15°C	0mm
1:00 AM	FAIR	0.2ft	9s	S	4kt	WNW	4kt	14°C	14°C	0mm
2:00 AM	FAIR	0.3ft	8s	S	4kt	NW	4kt	14°C	14°C	0mm
3:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	7s	SSW	4kt	NW	4kt	14°C	14°C	0mm
4:00 AM	FAIR	0.6ft	6s	SSW	4kt	NW	4kt	14°C	14°C	0mm
5:00 AM	FAIR	0.6ft	5s	SW	3kt	NW	4kt	14°C	14°C	0mm
6:00 AM	POOR	0.7ft	4s	WSW	3kt	NW	3kt	14°C	14°C	0mm
7:00 AM	POOR	0.8ft	3s	WSW	2kt	NW	3kt	14°C	13°C	0mm
8:00 AM	POOR	0.7ft	3s	WSW	3kt	WNW	3kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
9:00 AM	POOR	0.6ft	3s	WSW	3kt	W	3kt	18°C	20°C	0mm
10:00 AM	FAIR	0.5ft	3s	WSW	3kt	WSW	3kt	21°C	23°C	0mm
11:00 AM	FAIR	0.5ft	3s	WSW	3kt	SW	4kt	22°C	24°C	0mm
12:00 PM	FAIR	0.4ft	3s	WSW	3kt	SW	4kt	23°C	26°C	0mm
1:00 PM	FAIR	0.4ft	3s	WSW	4kt	SSW	4kt	24°C	27°C	0mm
2:00 PM	FAIR	0.4ft	3s	SW	5kt	SSW	7kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
3:00 PM	FAIR	0.3ft	4s	S	6kt	SSW	9kt	22°C	23°C	0mm
4:00 PM	FAIR	0.3ft	5s	SE	7kt	SW	11kt	21°C	21°C	0mm
5:00 PM	FAIR	0.3ft	4s	SE	6kt	SW	10kt	20°C	20°C	0mm
6:00 PM	FAIR	0.3ft	4s	SE	6kt	WSW	8kt	19°C	19°C	0mm
7:00 PM	FAIR	0.3ft	4s	SE	5kt	WSW	6kt	18°C	18°C	0mm
8:00 PM	FAIR	0.3ft	4s	SE	4kt	W	6kt	18°C	17°C	0mm
9:00 PM	FAIR	0.3ft	4s	SE	4kt	W	5kt	17°C	17°C	0mm
10:00 PM	FAIR	0.3ft	4s	SE	3kt	WNW	4kt	17°C	16°C	0mm
11:00 PM	FAIR	0.4ft	4s	S	3kt	WNW	4kt	16°C	16°C	0mm

Friday

Nov 14

FAIRCheck individual hours

🌊 0.4-0.6ft 💨 2-7kt 🌡️ 14-23°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	3s	SW	4kt	WNW	4kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
1:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	2s	WSW	4kt	NW	4kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
2:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	3s	SW	4kt	NW	4kt	15°C	15°C	0mm
3:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	4s	SSW	4kt	NNW	4kt	15°C	15°C	0mm
4:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	5s	S	4kt	NNW	4kt	15°C	15°C	0mm
5:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	6s	S	4kt	N	4kt	15°C	15°C	0mm
6:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	6s	S	3kt	N	3kt	14°C	14°C	0mm
7:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	7s	S	3kt	N	3kt	14°C	14°C	0mm
8:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	7s	S	3kt	NE	3kt	16°C	17°C	0mm
9:00 AM	POOR	0.4ft	7s	S	2kt	E	3kt	19°C	21°C	0mm
10:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	7s	S	2kt	SE	3kt	21°C	24°C	0mm
11:00 AM	FAIR	0.4ft	7s	S	3kt	SSE	4kt	22°C	25°C	0mm
12:00 PM	FAIR	0.4ft	8s	S	5kt	SSE	5kt	22°C	25°C	0mm
1:00 PM	FAIR	0.5ft	8s	S	7kt	S	7kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
2:00 PM	FAIR	0.5ft	8s	S	7kt	S	6kt	22°C	25°C	0mm
3:00 PM	FAIR	0.5ft	8s	S	6kt	S	6kt	22°C	24°C	0mm
4:00 PM	FAIR	0.6ft	8s	S	6kt	S	6kt	22°C	23°C	0mm
5:00 PM	FAIR	0.6ft	8s	S	5kt	S	5kt	21°C	21°C	0mm
6:00 PM	FAIR	0.6ft	8s	S	5kt	S	5kt	19°C	19°C	0mm
7:00 PM	FAIR	0.6ft	8s	S	4kt	S	4kt	18°C	18°C	0mm
8:00 PM	FAIR	0.6ft	8s	S	5kt	S	5kt	18°C	17°C	0mm
9:00 PM	FAIR	0.6ft	8s	S	5kt	S	5kt	18°C	17°C	0mm
10:00 PM	FAIR	0.6ft	8s	S	5kt	S	5kt	18°C	17°C	0mm
11:00 PM	POOR	0.6ft	8s	S	5kt	S	5kt	18°C	17°C	0mm

Saturday

Nov 15

FAIRCheck individual hours

🌊 0.5-0.6ft 💨 3-9kt 🌡️ 16-23°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
12:00 AM	POOR	0.6ft	8s	S	4kt	SSE	5kt	18°C	17°C	0mm
1:00 AM	POOR	0.6ft	8s	S	4kt	SSE	4kt	18°C	17°C	0mm
2:00 AM	POOR	0.6ft	8s	S	4kt	SSE	4kt	18°C	17°C	0mm
3:00 AM	FAIR	0.6ft	8s	S	3kt	SE	4kt	17°C	17°C	0mm
4:00 AM	FAIR	0.6ft	8s	S	3kt	SE	3kt	17°C	16°C	0mm
5:00 AM	FAIR	0.6ft	8s	S	4kt	SE	4kt	17°C	16°C	0mm
6:00 AM	FAIR	0.6ft	8s	S	4kt	ESE	5kt	16°C	16°C	0mm
7:00 AM	FAIR	0.6ft	8s	S	5kt	E	5kt	16°C	15°C	0mm
8:00 AM	FAIR	0.6ft	8s	S	5kt	E	7kt	18°C	18°C	0mm
9:00 AM	FAIR	0.5ft	8s	S	6kt	ESE	8kt	19°C	20°C	0mm
10:00 AM	FAIR	0.5ft	8s	S	7kt	ESE	10kt	21°C	23°C	0mm
11:00 AM	FAIR	0.5ft	8s	S	8kt	SE	9kt	22°C	24°C	0mm
12:00 PM	FAIR	0.5ft	8s	S	8kt	SE	9kt	22°C	25°C	0mm
1:00 PM	FAIR	0.5ft	8s	S	9kt	SSE	9kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
2:00 PM	FAIR	0.5ft	8s	S	8kt	SSE	9kt	23°C	25°C	0mm
3:00 PM	FAIR	0.5ft	7s	S	8kt	SE	9kt	22°C	24°C	0mm
4:00 PM	FAIR	0.5ft	7s	S	7kt	SE	9kt	22°C	23°C	0mm
5:00 PM	FAIR	0.5ft	7s	S	7kt	SE	10kt	21°C	21°C	0mm
6:00 PM	FAIR	0.5ft	7s	S	6kt	SE	11kt	20°C	20°C	0mm
7:00 PM	FAIR	0.6ft	7s	S	6kt	SE	12kt	19°C	18°C	0mm
8:00 PM	FAIR	0.6ft	7s	S	6kt	SE	11kt	19°C	18°C	0mm
9:00 PM	FAIR	0.6ft	7s	S	6kt	SE	10kt	19°C	18°C	0mm
10:00 PM	FAIR	0.6ft	7s	S	6kt	SE	9kt	19°C	18°C	0mm
11:00 PM	FAIR	0.5ft	7s	S	7kt	SE	11kt	19°C	19°C	0mm

Forecast Summary

Best Day:Check forecast for optimal conditions

Average Swell:0.5ft @ 6s

Wind Conditions:5-14kt WSW

Water Temperature:5-28°C

Local Knowledge & Surf Guide

Local Knowledge

Fort Walton Beach in Florida is an exposed beach and jetty break with consistent surf, especially during winter. The best conditions occur when offshore winds from the north-northeast align with south-southwest swells. Waves break both left and right, and the spot offers good surf at all tide stages. It's usually not too crowded, even when the surf is up. Rips and sharks are the primary hazards. The most consistent clean waves are typically found in winter, with February being the prime month.

Best Swell Direction: SW

Bottom Type: Sand

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