Panama City Beach surf break

Panama City Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 22 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
18.1° C
(Which is 1.3°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 7PM is: 0.4m 4s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)4s
Afternoon (22 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Evening (22 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)4s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
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
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
W
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.3
SSE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)444444444444444444433444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)66655988871213191306331179149
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NNE
15
NE
10
ENE
10
S
20
S
10
SSE
20
E
20
E
15
ESE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
onononcrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:58PM
0.39
1:59PM
0.42
3:09PM
0.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:01AM
-0.11
1:33AM
-0.13
2:54AM
-0.15
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise-------6:43-------6:41-------6:41
Sunset--6:54-------6:55-------6:55-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202121202019191920222120202020182023202018151414
Feels °C (?)202020202018191919201918192019161822181915121112
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