Panama City Beach surf break

Panama City Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 29 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
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 7AM is: 0.8m 4s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)4s
Afternoon (29 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (29 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)6s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
E
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
ESE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)444447767356666665565666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)0272219132321101173245403632301810302219434247
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
25
E
25
E
20
E
25
E
20
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
E
25
E
20
E
15
E
15
ESE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:49PM
0.37
8:52PM
0.30
10:05PM
0.23
11:15AM
0.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:57AM
-0.03
6:04AM
0.05
5:39AM
0.12
5:48PM
0.11
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise---6:35-------6:35-------6:33----
Sunset------6:59--------7:00-------7:00
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------1---------
Temp. °C191715151518222121181718212322212221212022232221
Feels °C (?)141110101015201919141417202121212220212021212021
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