Panama City Beaches
Florida · United States
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Panama City Beaches is a SE-facing sand beach on the United States shoreline, opening onto the Gulf of Mexico — it catches E–S swell, and offshore W–N winds tidy the banks through april–october.
10-day forecast
Local time · updates hourly
Wave height & period
Wind
| Time | Rating | Waves | Swell | Wind | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Water temperature by month
This month: ~26.2°C (79.2°F) on average
Jan
17.9°C
64.2°F · 15–20.6°C
Feb
17°C
62.6°F · 14.5–21.2°C
Mar
18.9°C
66°F · 16.3–22°C
Apr
20.8°C
69.4°F · 19.2–23.7°C
May
24.6°C
76.3°F · 21.3–27.1°C
Jun
27.7°C
81.9°F · 25–29.2°C
Jul
29.2°C
84.6°F · 27.4–30.7°C
Aug
29.8°C
85.6°F · 27.7–30.9°C
Sep
29.1°C
84.4°F · 27.5–30.8°C
Oct
26.2°C
79.2°F · 23.4–28.7°C
Nov
22.4°C
72.3°F · 19.9–25.6°C
Dec
19.6°C
67.3°F · 17.5–21.4°C
25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.
Know before you go
Best swell
E–S
Best wind
W–N
Break type
Beach break
Best season
April–October
Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back. Sharks are part of the ecosystem here — avoid dawn, dusk and murky rivermouth water.
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