Panama City Beach surf break

Panama City Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 27 Jan 2026 CST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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 3.2°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 9AM is: 0.1m 6s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 27). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)6s
Afternoon (27 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)6s
Evening (27 Jan)--

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Fri
30
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
SSW
0.1
SW
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.2
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NW
0.3
NW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
W
0.3
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
W
0.2
W
Period(s) (?)66666--2233333343344----
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)421110000000000000000000
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
20
N
20
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
5
W
15
NW
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
ENE
5
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:05PM
0.32
6:11PM
0.36
7:17PM
0.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:18AM
-0.20
4:28AM
-0.25
5:35AM
-0.29
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Fri
30
Sunrise--6:35-------6:35-------6:35-----
Sunset----5:15-------5:15-------5:16---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-3-4-347865433799975558991011
Feels °C (?)-10-11-10-22310-1-2-22453211155589
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