Panama City Beach surf break

Panama City Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 03 Mar 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
17.0° C
(Which is 1.4°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 10AM is: 0.7m 5s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)5s
Afternoon (03 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (03 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)6s

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


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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
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 (?)
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)345565666655556663556666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)41424192729101066111523111811108142031332524
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
20
E
20
ESE
20
SSE
20
SSE
10
S
5
ESE
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
15
ESE
15
SSE
20
S
10
S
5
S
10
E
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononglasscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
ononononcrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:01PM
0.18
11:53AM
0.11
12:27AM
0.11
11:41AM
0.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:06AM
-0.02
6:36AM
0.05
6:00PM
0.04
3:58AM
0.09
8:02PM
0.00
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
Sunrise--6:07-------6:05-------6:05-----
Sunset----5:43-------5:43-------5:44---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171618222222222120202023232222212120212323212121
Feels °C (?)151416201921221918191922212122212019202222212222
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