Panama City Beach tides today
The Panama City Beach gauge reads the open Gulf along the long white-sand strand west of St. Andrew Bay, on the Florida Panhandle.
Shaded: night. Green bands: solunar periods (thick = major, thin = minor). Heights in feet above Mean Lower Low Water, the zero of NOAA charts.
Panama City Beach, FL · Tuesday, October 13
Tide rising, 1.2 ft now
High 9:41 PM
2.0 ft · in 5 h
| Low | 7:12 AM | 0.3 ft |
| High | 9:41 PM | 2.0 ft |
Tide coefficient 117 (large (spring tides)), range 1.7 ft
Sunrise 6:44 AM · sunset 6:15 PM
Waxing crescent, 10% lit · fishing day ★★☆☆
Solunar: major 1:24 AM–3:24 AM, minor 9:09 AM–10:09 AM, major 1:49 PM–3:49 PM, minor 7:26 PM–8:26 PM
Panama City Beach tide table, next 7 days
| Day | High tides | Low tides | Coef. | Sun | Moon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:41 PM 2.0 ft | 7:12 AM 0.3 ft | 117 | 6:44 AM–6:15 PM | Waxing crescent ★★☆☆ | |
| 10:26 PM 2.0 ft | 8:39 AM 0.3 ft | 115 | 6:45 AM–6:14 PM | Waxing crescent ★★☆☆ | |
| 11:24 PM 1.9 ft | 10:17 AM 0.3 ft | 112 | 6:46 AM–6:12 PM | Waxing crescent ★★☆☆ | |
| 11:05 AM 0.3 ft | 6:46 AM–6:11 PM | First quarter ★★☆☆ | |||
| 12:27 AM 1.8 ft | 11:48 AM 0.3 ft | 106 | 6:47 AM–6:10 PM | First quarter ★★☆☆ | |
| 1:23 AM 1.8 ft | 12:31 PM 0.3 ft | 99 | 6:48 AM–6:09 PM | First quarter ★★☆☆ | |
| 2:20 AM 1.7 ft | 1:13 PM 0.4 ft | 89 | 6:48 AM–6:08 PM | First quarter ★★☆☆ |
Plan around the tide at Panama City Beach
- Wed Oct 14, 6:45 AM to 4:00 PM9 h 15 min · lowest 0.3 ft at 8:40 AM
- Thu Oct 15, 6:46 AM to 5:00 PM10 h 14 min · lowest 0.3 ft at 10:01 AM
- Fri Oct 16, 6:46 AM to 5:56 PM11 h 10 min · lowest 0.3 ft at 11:05 AM
- Sat Oct 17, 6:47 AM to 6:10 PM11 h 23 min · lowest 0.3 ft at 11:52 AM
- Sun Oct 18, 7:26 AM to 6:09 PM10 h 43 min · lowest 0.3 ft at 12:31 PM
- Mon Oct 19, 8:27 AM to 6:08 PM9 h 41 min · lowest 0.4 ft at 1:01 PM
A falling tide uncovers sand bars and tide pools first; plan to be back before the water rises past the level you chose. Not for navigation.
Station Panama City Beach (NOAA 8729210). Predicted astronomical tide: wind, river flow and storms can move the real water by a foot or more. 1.4 ft is the average daily range here.
Published by Radif Partners · How the tides are computed · predictions downloaded October 13, 2026
Tide times for Panama City Beach come from the National Ocean Service prediction for station 8729210, Panama City Beach. The tide here is mostly diurnal: on 85% of days there is a single high and a single low, and the water rises or falls for hours at a time with an average daily range of only 1.4 ft. Around the new and full moon the range grows to about 2.2 ft on one day in ten, and at the quarter moons it shrinks to 0.5 ft. Heights are in feet above Mean Lower Low Water, the zero of nautical charts, so a negative number is water below that zero: 217 of the 457 days from October 1, 2026 to December 31, 2027 have one, down to -1.0 ft on January 20, 2027. The highest predicted tide of that period is 2.3 ft on October 28, 2026. Clock times are Central Time, daylight saving time included.
Strong weeks and slack weeks on the Panhandle
1.4 ft is the average swing at Panama City Beach, gentle by any measure, and the average hides a wide spread through the month. When the moon sits far north or south of the equator the daily tide strengthens and spreads to about 2.2 ft; around the equator crossings it collapses to 0.5 ft, and for a day or two the beach barely notices a tide at all. So the useful thing to check is not the moon's phase but where the week falls in that cycle, which the 7-day chart above shows at a glance.
St. Andrew Bay and the channel
East of the beach, the entrance channel cut through the barrier leads into St. Andrew Bay and the port. NOAA predicts that channel entrance from Pensacola, with high water 99 minutes earlier than the Pensacola reference and heights about equal to it, and Alligator Bayou, off the bay, 47 minutes earlier at very nearly the same scale. Those corrections place the bay on almost the same footing as the Gulf front in height. Along this coast the tide is so small that boaters in the bay tend to watch the depth over the flats more than the clock.
Wind often writes the tide here
A swing of a foot or two is easily matched by weather. A steady south wind sets water up against the beach and can cover sand the table says should be dry; a winter north wind after a front can drop the bay and the surf line below the prediction. Swimmers should also know that the flag system and rip currents matter far more for safety on this beach than the height of the tide. For timing a stroll at the water's edge, the beach walk planner uses the predicted heights; see Destin to the west for a pass with an even smaller tide.
Highest and lowest tides at Panama City Beach, 2026 to 2027
The six highest highs and six lowest lows predicted for Panama City Beach between October 1, 2026 and December 31, 2027, one per day. The high-water dates are the king tides of this station; the low-water dates are the best days to see the flats, bars and tide pools.
| Highest highs | Time | Height |
|---|---|---|
| October 28, 2026 | 9:38 PM | 2.3 ft |
| October 29, 2026 | 10:34 PM | 2.2 ft |
| October 27, 2026 | 8:55 PM | 2.2 ft |
| November 25, 2026 | 7:48 PM | 2.2 ft |
| November 26, 2026 | 8:35 PM | 2.1 ft |
| November 24, 2026 | 7:05 PM | 2.1 ft |
| Lowest lows | Time | Height |
|---|---|---|
| January 20, 2027 | 4:51 AM | -1.0 ft |
| January 21, 2027 | 5:37 AM | -1.0 ft |
| January 19, 2027 | 4:01 AM | -0.9 ft |
| February 17, 2027 | 3:59 AM | -0.9 ft |
| February 16, 2027 | 3:01 AM | -0.9 ft |
| February 18, 2027 | 4:52 AM | -0.9 ft |
Tidal datums at station 8729210
NOAA's averages over the 1983-2001 epoch, measured from the chart zero (MLLW). Average range of the tide (MN): 1.3 ft; great diurnal range (GT): 1.4 ft.
| Datum | Meaning | Height above MLLW |
|---|---|---|
| MHHW | Mean Higher High Water | 1.4 ft |
| MHW | Mean High Water | 1.3 ft |
| MSL | Mean Sea Level | 0.7 ft |
| MLW | Mean Low Water | 0.1 ft |
| MLLW | Mean Lower Low Water (chart zero) | 0.0 ft |
Other stations nearby
- Destin tides: East Pass (Destin), average range 0.6 ft, highest predicted tide 1.0 ft on October 2, 2026
- Pensacola Beach tides: Pensacola Beach Pier, average range 1.4 ft, highest predicted tide 2.2 ft on October 28, 2026
- Clearwater Beach tides: Clearwater Beach, average range 2.7 ft, highest predicted tide 3.7 ft on August 2, 2027
- Tampa tides: Old Port Tampa, average range 2.5 ft, highest predicted tide 3.3 ft on July 4, 2027
- St. Petersburg tides: St. Petersburg, average range 2.2 ft, highest predicted tide 3.0 ft on July 4, 2027
- Jacksonville Beach tides: Jacksonville Beach, average range 5.5 ft, highest predicted tide 6.9 ft on October 28, 2026