Panama City Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.16° N 85.78° W

Panama City Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 11 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Panama City Beach sea temperature is
30.1° C
1.0° 

Panama City Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Panama City Beach today (11 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 6s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 6s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Panama City Beach at 6PM is: 0.2m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)5s
Afternoon (11 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)6s
Evening (11 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Warm (max 31°C on Thu morning, min 28°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
11
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
S
5
0.2
SSE
6
0.2
SSE
6
0.2
SSE
6
0.4
SW
3
0.5
SW
3
0.5
WSW
3
0.5
W
3
0.5
W
4
0.5
W
4
0.5
WSW
4
0.6
WSW
4
0.6
W
4
0.6
W
4
0.7
W
4
0.6
W
4
0.5
W
4
0.6
W
4
0.5
W
4
0.6
W
4
0.6
W
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1
3
3
3
3
4
6
6
6
6
7
10
10
11
15
12
8
11
8
12
13
Wind (km/h)
5
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
20
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
15
W
20
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
9:53AM0.63m
10:46AM0.59m
11:38AM0.52m
Low Tide
8:40PM-0.02m
9:12PM0.04m
9:29PM0.12m
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:07
6:07
6:07
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:28
7:27
7:25
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
30
30
30
29
29
28
28
28
30
30
30
29
29
28
28
28
30
31
30
29
29
Feels °C
35
32
32
31
32
30
31
31
32
32
31
30
31
30
31
31
33
33
32
32
32
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