Panama City Beach surf break

Panama City Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 27 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
19.5° 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 2AM is: 0.4m 3s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)5s
Afternoon (28 Mar)--
Evening (28 Mar)--

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
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 (?)
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
WSW
0.4
W
0.5
WNW
0.7
NNW
0.1
S
0.5
NNE
0.5
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.1
SE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)233344543446447766635666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12130010000113121211141011425333021
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
20
N
25
N
30
NNE
25
NNE
30
NE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
15
E
5
E
5
NE
15
ENE
20
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:46PM
0.41
7:49PM
0.37
8:52PM
0.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:32AM
-0.09
5:57AM
-0.03
6:04AM
0.05
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise-----6:37-------6:35-------6:35--
Sunset6:58-------6:59-------6:59-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232121201916162022161614131314182120201817171823
Feels °C (?)2221212017119141710108889152019181515161721
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