Panama City Beach surf break

Panama City Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 30 Mar 2026 CDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
20.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Panama City Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Panama City Beach at 8PM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (30 Mar)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
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 (?)
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
S
0.7
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)666666665556667766455566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)422525202031122324373533354143435940311919215757
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
20
SSE
20
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
SE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SE
10
ESE
10
E
20
SE
25
SSE
25
S
15
S
5
SSE
15
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:05PM
0.23
11:15AM
0.19
11:52PM
0.17
10:56AM
0.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:39AM
0.12
5:48PM
0.11
2:40AM
0.16
7:17PM
0.05
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise-------6:33-------6:31-------6:31
Sunset---7:00-------7:00-------7:00----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C202322222221202021222221222221202223232222212020
Feels °C (?)192119212220192019202021222221202121212122201920
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Panama City Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest