Tide is currently falling — next low at 03:00

Next high tide at Panama City, FL: 09:28 GMT-5, 0.23 m / 0.8ft

Heights relative to MLLW. 2026-04-26.

Tide times at Panama City, FL on Sunday, 26 April 2026: first high tide at 07:52pm. Sunrise 06:04am, sunset 07:16pm.

Tide curve — next 24 hours

Predictions: NOAA CO-OPS station 8729108 — heights relative to MLLW.

Harmonic prediction from the official tide authority. Very high accuracy under normal conditions; storm surge may shift actual water level. Not for navigation.

7-day tide table

Day	Type	Time	Height	Coef.
Mon 27 Apr	Low	03:00	0.1m / 0.4ft	19
	High	09:28	0.2m / 0.8ft
	Low	15:25	0.2m / 0.5ft
	High	21:31	0.2m / 0.7ft
Tue 28 Apr	Low	02:11	0.2m / 0.6ft	36
	High	09:17	0.3m / 1.0ft
	Low	17:24	0.1m / 0.3ft
Wed 29 Apr	High	09:15	0.4m / 1.2ft	57
	Low	18:31	0.0m / 0.1ft
Thu 30 Apr	High	09:08	0.4m / 1.3ft	74
	Low	19:22	0.0m / 0.0ft
Fri 01 May	High	09:17	0.4m / 1.4ft	86
	Low	20:11	-0.0m / -0.1ft
Sat 02 May	High	09:44	0.5m / 1.5ft	93
	Low	20:59	-0.0m / -0.1ft

Predictions: NOAA CO-OPS station 8729108 — heights relative to MLLW. · Not for navigation.

Sun & moon today

Sunrise: 06:04
Sunset: 19:16
Moonrise: 14:52
Moonset: 03:12
Moon phase: Waxing gibbous (75% illuminated)

Current conditions

Conditions data not available for this station. Wind, swell and water temperature ride along with Open-Meteo Marine; gauge-only stations like the UK EA Flood network publish water level only.

Solunar 7-day rating

The angler tradition that rates each day for fish-bite likelihood using moon transits and rise/set. One to five stars. Not a scientific forecast.

Sun
★★★★★
Mon
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Tue
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Wed
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Thu
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Fri
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Sat
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Best windows Sun 26 Apr

Suggested time slots at Panama City, FL, derived from the tide, sun, moon, and conditions data on this page. Rough guidance, not a forecast.

Fishing
Around 03:12, solunar major near sunrise
Moon transit nearest the sun's horizon — angler tradition only, no certainty
Confidence: medium
7-day fishing strip →

Spring & neap tides at Panama City, FL

Next spring tide on Mon 04 May (range 0.5m / 1.8ft). Last neap on Sun 26 Apr. Next neap on Mon 11 May.

Spring tides cluster around new and full moons (biggest swings). Neap tides land on quarter moons (smallest swings). See the spring tide and neap tide glossary entries for the why.

About tides at Panama City, FL

Panama City sits on the Florida Panhandle, the narrow strip of Gulf coast between Pensacola and Apalachicola, and the tide here runs the classic Gulf of Mexico signal: small in absolute size and strongly diurnal most days. Mean range at the St Andrew Bay gauge is about 0.4 metres, often less, and most days produce one clear high and one clear low spaced roughly twenty-four hours apart. A weaker secondary cycle shows up around the moon's quarter phases and produces a brief mixed-semidiurnal stretch each fortnight. The pass between the bay and the Gulf — St Andrew Pass at the foot of Shell Island — concentrates the flow. Currents at the pass run harder than the height swing implies, especially on the ebb. The wide white-quartz beaches along Front Beach Road change width modestly across each cycle, the swing more visible at the bay-side flats off Tyndall and the inland sound. Predictions on this page come from NOAA CO-OPS station 8729108. Hurricane season runs June through November and storm surge during a Gulf landfall can override the harmonic signal entirely; the National Hurricane Center is the authoritative real-time source.

Common questions about tides at Panama City, FL

When is the next high tide at Panama City?

The hero block shows the next high tide at the St Andrew Bay gauge in local Central time. The 7-day table covers all daily extremes. Some days will show only one high and one low — that is normal Gulf-of-Mexico behaviour, not a missing data point.

Why is the tide range so small in Panama City?

The Gulf of Mexico is a partly enclosed basin and the astronomical forcing at this latitude doesn't have the open-ocean amplification that the East Coast benefits from. Mean range across most of the Florida Panhandle is around 0.4 metres, climbing only modestly on spring tides. The tide signature is also strongly diurnal — one high and one low per day rather than two — most of the lunar month.

Where do these tide predictions come from?

NOAA CO-OPS station 8729108 in St Andrew Bay. NOAA's harmonic predictions are calibrated against the gauge record and resolve the strong diurnal constituent that dominates Gulf tides. Accuracy is navigation-grade under normal weather. The smaller absolute range means storm surge can be proportionally very large compared to the underlying tide signal.

When does the bay-side flat at Shell Island open up?

The widest exposed flats inside St Andrew Bay open at the bottom of the cycle, with the lowest spring lows clustering around new and full moons. The 7-day table flags each day's low and the time. Sunrise from the sun/moon block helps for early bird-and-shorebird visits when the flats are calmest.

Is this safe to use for navigation?

No. For piloting through St Andrew Pass or any of the Gulf passes use NOAA's authoritative chart products and the latest USCG notices. The pass currents run harder than the modest height swing implies, and shoaling in the bay shifts faster than predictions can capture.

30-day tide table — Panama City, FL

Heights relative to MLLW. Predictions: NOAA CO-OPS station 8729108 — heights relative to MLLW.

Day	Type	Time	Height
Sun 26 Apr	High	19:52	0.3m / 0.9ft
Mon 27 Apr	Low	03:00	0.1m / 0.4ft
	High	09:28	0.2m / 0.8ft
	Low	15:25	0.2m / 0.5ft
	High	21:31	0.2m / 0.7ft
Tue 28 Apr	Low	02:11	0.2m / 0.6ft
	High	09:17	0.3m / 1.0ft
	Low	17:24	0.1m / 0.3ft
Wed 29 Apr	High	09:15	0.4m / 1.2ft
	Low	18:31	0.0m / 0.1ft
Thu 30 Apr	High	09:08	0.4m / 1.3ft
	Low	19:22	0.0m / 0.0ft
Fri 01 May	High	09:17	0.4m / 1.4ft
	Low	20:11	-0.0m / -0.1ft
Sat 02 May	High	09:44	0.5m / 1.5ft
	Low	20:59	-0.0m / -0.1ft
Sun 03 May	High	10:22	0.5m / 1.6ft
	Low	21:48	-0.0m / -0.2ft
Mon 04 May	High	11:06	0.5m / 1.6ft
	Low	22:37	-0.1m / -0.2ft
Tue 05 May	High	11:53	0.5m / 1.6ft
	Low	23:26	-0.1m / -0.2ft
Wed 06 May	High	12:41	0.5m / 1.6ft
Thu 07 May	Low	00:11	-0.0m / -0.2ft
	High	13:26	0.5m / 1.6ft
Fri 08 May	Low	00:51	-0.0m / -0.1ft
	High	14:10	0.4m / 1.5ft
Sat 09 May	Low	01:21	-0.0m / -0.0ft
	High	14:55	0.4m / 1.3ft
Sun 10 May	Low	01:42	0.0m / 0.1ft
	High	15:44	0.3m / 1.1ft
Mon 11 May	Low	01:53	0.1m / 0.3ft
	High	16:58	0.3m / 0.9ft
Tue 12 May	Low	01:44	0.1m / 0.5ft
	High	08:48	0.3m / 0.9ft
	Low	15:22	0.2m / 0.6ft
	High	21:15	0.2m / 0.7ft
Wed 13 May	Low	00:04	0.2m / 0.6ft
	High	08:29	0.3m / 1.1ft
	Low	16:49	0.1m / 0.3ft
Thu 14 May	High	08:07	0.4m / 1.3ft
	Low	17:58	-0.0m / -0.0ft
Fri 15 May	High	08:20	0.5m / 1.6ft
	Low	19:08	-0.1m / -0.3ft
Sat 16 May	High	08:58	0.5m / 1.8ft
	Low	20:20	-0.1m / -0.4ft
Sun 17 May	High	09:49	0.6m / 1.9ft
	Low	21:28	-0.2m / -0.6ft
Mon 18 May	High	10:50	0.6m / 2.0ft
	Low	22:31	-0.2m / -0.6ft
Tue 19 May	High	11:54	0.6m / 2.0ft
	Low	23:29	-0.2m / -0.5ft
Wed 20 May	High	12:55	0.6m / 1.9ft
Thu 21 May	Low	00:22	-0.1m / -0.4ft
	High	13:48	0.5m / 1.7ft
Fri 22 May	Low	01:07	-0.1m / -0.2ft
	High	14:31	0.4m / 1.5ft
Sat 23 May	Low	01:32	0.0m / 0.1ft
	High	14:54	0.3m / 1.1ft
Sun 24 May	Low	01:04	0.1m / 0.3ft
	High	14:38	0.3m / 0.8ft
Mon 25 May	Low	00:20	0.2m / 0.5ft
	High	07:56	0.3m / 1.0ft
	Low	17:26	0.2m / 0.5ft

Not for navigation. Generated 2026-04-27T01:56:34.290Z.

Read about how these predictions are made on the methodology page. Unfamiliar with terms like spring tide or datum? See the glossary.

Not for navigation. Page generated 2026-04-27T01:56:34.290Z. Predictions refresh daily.