Fort Walton Beach, United States
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About Fort Walton Beach
Fort Walton Beach is a town in Florida, United States. From Fort Walton Beach you can reach 2 surf spots and 14 dive sites. The nearest is Beach Access #4 Reef, a dive site 1.3 km from the centre. Overture lists 93 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites. The nearest airport is VPS, 13 km away.
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Staying in Fort Walton Beach
- 93 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
- Nearest airports: VPS, 13 km, DSI, 14 km, PNS, 55 km
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Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Fort Walton Beach.
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Surf within 20 km
The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for beginner surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. The best of the spots that stay in Fort Walton Beach each day wears a ★ Best badge, only on a Good day.
Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate
| Spot | Sun 18 | Mon 19 | Tue 20 | Wed 21 | Thu 22 | Fri 23 | Sat 24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Walton Pier2.2 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up | 2 ft11 kJwind from the north-east, 11 knots, offshore | 2 ft18 kJwind from the north-east, 9 knots, offshore | 2 ft8 kJwind from the north-east, 6 knots, offshore | 2 ft7 kJwind from the north-north-east, 6 knots, offshore | 1 ft2 kJwind from the north-north-east, 5 knots, offshore | 1 ft1 kJwind from the north-north-east, 6 knots, offshore | 2 ft15 kJwind from the east-north-east, 10 knots |
All readings for Fort Walton Pier: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day | |||||||
| Okaloosa Pier3 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up | 2 ft11 kJwind from the north-east, 11 knots, offshore | 2 ft18 kJwind from the north-east, 9 knots, offshore | 2 ft8 kJwind from the north-east, 6 knots, offshore | 2 ft7 kJwind from the north-north-east, 6 knots, offshore | 1 ft2 kJwind from the north-north-east, 5 knots, offshore | 1 ft1 kJwind from the north-north-east, 6 knots, offshore | 2 ft15 kJwind from the east-north-east, 10 knots |
All readings for Okaloosa Pier: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day | |||||||
Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Fort Walton Beach, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).
Dive near Fort Walton Beach
- Beach Access #4 Reef 1.3 km · stays here
- Beach Access #6 Reef 1.5 km · stays here
- Beach Access #2 Reef 1.8 km · stays here
- Beasley Park Reef 3.7 km · stays here
- Barrel Barge 5 km · stays here
- Brown Barge (aka Fort Walton Barge) 5.7 km · stays here
- FH-14 6 km · stays here
- Charles H. McClenahan Memorial Reef (Mac's Reef) 8.7 km · stays here
- White Hill Ledge 10.9 km · stays here
- Thomas Hayward (SS Thomas Heyward) 11.2 km · stays here
- Chepanoc 28.8 km · stays here
- Belize Queen 29.3 km · stays here
- Deborah 31.3 km · stays here
- Angelina B. 31.4 km · stays here
Places to eat near Fort Walton Beach
- Rick's Crab TrapSeafood · 0.2 km from the centre
- The ShackBar and grill · 0.2 km from the centre
- Captain D'sSeafood · 0.3 km from the centre
- WhataburgerBurger · 0.3 km from the centre
- Slim ChickensChicken · 0.4 km from the centre
- FireCraft SeafoodSeafood · 0.6 km from the centre
Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits