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Panama City Beach Tide Chart

Panama City Beach — white-sand Gulf beaches backed by St. Andrews Bay — fishes a small diurnal tide, about a foot and a half, through St. Andrews Pass.

The pattern

One high and one low daily with roughly a foot and a half of range. The pass runs current on the change; the bay’s shallow flats fish the tide’s rhythm more than its size.

Pass and surf fishing

The jetties and the pass hold redfish, flounder, and sheepshead, with tarpon rolling through in summer; the nearshore reefs give up snapper and grouper. The beach surf fishes pompano and whiting in the troughs on the rising tide.

Boating the bay

St. Andrews Bay is big, shallow water — mind the flats at low tide — with Shell Island and the pass as the Gulf gateways. For the wider Gulf, see our Gulf Coast tide guide.