Panama City Beach surf break

Panama City Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 15 Jan 2026 CST
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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
16.4° C
(Which is 2.1°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 9PM is: 0.2m 7s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 15). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)--
Afternoon (15 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)7s
Evening (15 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
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
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.3
W
0.3
SSE
0.4
S
0.5
SSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
S
0.8
NNW
0.7
NW
0.8
NW
Period(s) (?)777775233444555555555444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4555501371324394335271979852000
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
5
NNE
5
E
10
SE
15
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
NNW
10
NNE
10
N
20
NNE
25
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrosscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:46PM
0.32
8:37PM
0.33
9:22PM
0.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:02AM
-0.22
7:41AM
-0.23
8:14AM
-0.24
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise------6:39-------6:39-------6:39-
Sunset5:04-------5:05-------5:06-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------11-----21--
Temp. °C986445914151617181818161515141185558
Feels °C (?)110000491012131415161314139510-1-21
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