Panama City Beach surf break

Panama City Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 07 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
22.1° C
(Which is 2.0°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 3PM is: 0.3m 4s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 07). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)6s
Afternoon (07 Apr)1ft (0.3m)4s
Evening (07 Apr)1ft (0.3m)6s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
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 (?)
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.3
ESE
0.1
SE
0.3
SE
0.9
E
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.8
E
0.4
SE
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)664664777747448777777446
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11216202613712181326272814141418127171319
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
ENE
15
ENE
5
NNE
5
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:02PM
0.40
3:03PM
0.40
4:04PM
0.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:48AM
-0.04
2:44AM
-0.05
3:28AM
-0.05
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise-------6:24-------6:22-------6:22
Sunset---7:05-------7:05-------7:06----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C182324232018161417222121191513121622242220191615
Feels °C (?)111618171412109111716171310871119232117161312
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