Panama City Beach surf break

Panama City Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 12 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
21.0° C
(Which is 2.3°C warmer than 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 2AM is: 0.3m 5s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 12). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Mar)1ft (0.3m)3s
Afternoon (13 Mar)1ft (0.3m)6s
Evening (13 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)6s

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


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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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 (?)
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.1
S
0.3
E
0.2
ESE
0.3
SE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.1
S
0.1
SW
0.1
S
0.1
SE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
SE
0.8
SE
1
SSE
1.1
SSE
Period(s) (?)666555366666666552444455
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16105521135333121121358214857
Wind
(km/h)
30
N
30
NNE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
10
SSE
10
SW
10
W
5
NW
5
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:57PM
0.34
6:59PM
0.35
7:56PM
0.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:16AM
-0.12
5:53AM
-0.12
6:22AM
-0.10
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise-----6:54-------6:54-------6:52--
Sunset6:49-------6:49-------6:50-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C17151311109121618171716161518212221212019192223
Feels °C (?)1087555101517161716151317202121222018192121
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