Panama City Beach surf break

Panama City Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 15 Apr 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
21.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Panama City Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Panama City Beach at 12PM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Afternoon (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Evening (15 Apr)1ft (0.3m)5s

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


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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
S
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
S
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.4
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
S
0.3
SSE
0.2
S
Period(s) (?)566665555556655554466655
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)61313131084444476652222123252
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
S
15
S
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
ESE
10
SSE
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
NNW
5
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:05AM
0.26
9:57AM
0.33
10:14AM
0.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:35AM
0.19
5:53PM
0.08
7:03PM
0.01
8:12PM
-0.05
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
Sunrise-6:16-------6:15-------6:13------
Sunset-----7:09-------7:09-------7:10--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212123242422212121212224242222222121232423222221
Feels °C (?)212123232322222324232222232222232224252321222321
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