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Panama City Beach surf break

Panama City Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 11 Jan 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
17.4° C
 (Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)
Shores of Panama Panama City Beach, FL

How big are the waves at Panama City Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Panama City Beach at 9PM is: 0.1m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 11). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)--
Afternoon (11 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)6s
Evening (11 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.2
E
0.2
ESE
0.4
NE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.2
NNE
——————
0.4
NW
0.3
W
Period(s) (?)6677666553333322------33
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)332211123000000000000002
Wind
(km/h)
30
N
30
N
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
WNW
10
W
5
NW
5
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:37PM
0.24
5:12PM
0.27
5:59PM
0.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:44AM
-0.13
4:31AM
-0.16
5:22AM
-0.18
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise------6:39-------6:39-------6:39-
Sunset5:00-------5:01-------5:02-------
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clear
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C14128532379987666111312121212111213
Feels °C (?)650-3-4-4-313321111798998698
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