Panama City Beach surf break

Panama City Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 22 Jan 2026 CST
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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
15.2° C
(Which is 3.3°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Panama City Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Panama City Beach at 12PM is: 0.3m 5s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)5s
Afternoon (22 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Evening (22 Jan)1ft (0.3m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sun
25
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
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 (?)
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.3
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.3
SSE
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
E
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)675555555545544423334445
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)353477444442411100251012108
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
5
SE
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
5
E
5
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:05AM
0.20
1:06AM
0.11
3:26PM
0.07
3:05AM
0.03
3:09PM
0.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:14AM
-0.09
8:27AM
-0.02
10:47PM
0.02
6:29AM
0.01
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sun
25
Sunrise--6:37-------6:37-------6:37-----
Sunset----5:10-------5:10-------5:12---
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151515181817171717171718181816141414152020191817
Feels °C (?)121212161616161616151516171613111211131817171615
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