Panama City Beach surf break

Panama City Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 19 Mar 2026 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
18.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Panama City Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Panama City Beach at 6AM is: 0.1m 7s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)--
Afternoon (19 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)5s
Evening (19 Mar)--

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


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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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 (?)
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.3
NE
0.2
NNE
0.2
E
0.1
SE
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)66722-54-------233333344
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)111000210000000113333477
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NE
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
10
NE
5
ESE
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
W
15
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:53AM
0.18
11:36AM
0.20
11:42AM
0.27
12:11PM
0.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:19AM
0.14
7:23PM
0.02
8:56PM
-0.04
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise---6:48-------6:47-------6:46----
Sunset------6:52-------6:53-------6:53-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131211111217191817171615161918181818181819202019
Feels °C (?)9866713161514151412141614151616171717171717
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