Panama City Beach surf break

Panama City Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 20 Apr 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
23.4° 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 10PM is: 0.1m 6s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 20). 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 (20 Apr)--
Afternoon (20 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)6s
Evening (20 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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 (?)
0.2
ENE
0.1
SE
0.1
E
0.6
NE
0.5
ENE
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
SE
0.7
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
S
0.6
S
0.7
SSE
1
SSE
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)466333364466654777777776
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11100316137127722344788493835232222
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
S
20
SSW
10
WSW
10
NNW
10
NE
10
E
10
SE
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
10
SSE
5
E
5
E
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossononcross-
on
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:50PM
0.53
2:58PM
0.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:16AM
-0.12
1:30AM
-0.12
2:31AM
-0.10
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise-----6:09-------6:09-------6:07--
Sunset-7:13-------7:14-------7:14------
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242222221918212422212221192022232221212019202224
Feels °C (?)181616171413162017192019161920201920212018192122
  • 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