Panama City Beach surf break

Panama City Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 09 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
18.4° 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 2PM is: 0.3m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)1ft (0.3m)5s
Afternoon (09 Mar)1ft (0.3m)5s
Evening (09 Mar)1ft (0.3m)5s

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


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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
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 (?)
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSE
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
SSW
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.1
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)555556555555336544344456
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)955554444424111224368142740
Wind
(km/h)
0
NNW
5
ENE
5
ESE
15
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
S
10
SSW
5
S
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassonononononononcross-
on
onononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:39PM
0.30
3:40PM
0.31
4:49PM
0.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:02AM
-0.07
2:20AM
-0.08
3:31AM
-0.09
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
Sunrise--7:00------6:58-------6:58------
Sunset----6:46-------6:46-------6:47---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212022242322222121212223232222212121232423222223
Feels °C (?)232224242324252423242423232424222221222423232323
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