Pensacola Beach surf break

Pensacola Beach surfForecast / Florida – Gulf / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 18 Oct 2025 CDT
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Pensacola Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Pensacola Beach sea temperature is
26.3° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Pensacola Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Pensacola Beach at 6PM is: 1.2m 5s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Oct)2ft (0.6m)4s
Afternoon (18 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (18 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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

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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
1.1
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
S
0.9
SSE
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.8
SSE
0.7
S
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)445566666666666666666665
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1618639410110010610057724937311818121314151412887
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
25
SSW
30
SW
20
W
15
NW
10
NNW
15
N
30
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NE
20
ENE
10
E
5
SE
10
SSE
5
SE
10
SSE
5
SSW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
onglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:19AM
0.34
10:32PM
0.31
11:51AM
0.28
10:34PM
0.36
10:44PM
0.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:17PM
0.27
6:02AM
0.24
2:13PM
0.28
8:03AM
0.20
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise-------6:52-------6:52-------6:54
Sunset--6:14-------6:13-------6:12-----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
mod rain
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------83---------------
Temp. °C252525252525252526282928221917161721222222222221
Feels °C (?)252423232323242426272826161312121319212121212322
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Florida - Gulf

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Pensacola Beach (calm at Gulf Breeze wx 6 km from Pensacola Beach). A 1.1m windswell from the SE

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