Panama City Beach surf break

Panama City Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 18 Aug 2025 CDT
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Panama City Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Panama City Beach sea temperature is
29.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Panama City Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Panama City Beach at 8PM is: 0.4m 3s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Aug)--
Afternoon (18 Aug)--
Evening (18 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)3s

Table - waves today at Panama City Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Monday
18
Tuesday
19
Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
ENE
0.4
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.3
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
Period(s) (?)-33---2-23------22-33333
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)051000002200000011011111
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
5
SW
5
NW
10
N
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
5
E
15
SSE
10
SSW
5
W
5
NNW
10
N
10
NE
5
E
10
SSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
W
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:37AM
0.62
8:41AM
0.62
9:37AM
0.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:58PM
-0.00
6:56PM
-0.01
7:42PM
0.01
Monday
18
Tuesday
19
Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Sunrise-----6:11-------6:11-------6:13--
Sunset-7:21-------7:20-------7:19------
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Rain (mm)
----11--------------111-
Temp. °C323130292726293231292929282729313030302929283031
Feels °C (?)343434323028303432323233302932333132343232313231
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Florida - Gulf

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Panama City Beach (calm at Panama City 9 km from Panama City Beach). 0.2m 3s local chop from the SSE to make surfable waves.

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3 km/h
WSW
Clean
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