Panama City Beach surf break

Panama City Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 26 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
19.3° 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 4PM is: 0.3m 2s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)--
Afternoon (26 Mar)1ft (0.3m)2s
Evening (26 Mar)--

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


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Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
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 (?)
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.6
WNW
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
SE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)--23------33334566666447
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)001100000022350111111182017
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
W
5
WSW
5
NW
5
WNW
15
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
W
15
NW
20
N
30
N
30
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
25
E
25
E
20
E
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:38PM
0.44
6:46PM
0.41
7:49PM
0.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:53AM
-0.13
5:32AM
-0.09
5:57AM
-0.03
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise-------6:37-------6:37-------6:35
Sunset--6:58-------6:58-------6:59-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202423202020202021242321212118161621242117151414
Feels °C (?)21242220212122222223222121211611916201710989
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