Go — Panama City Beach → 38 nm SSW

What to do

Take the run you planned. Watch the afternoon if the report flags a build.

light wind — Light wind (4.5 kt) keeps the drift slow and the water clean.

The ride out

Height alone doesn't tell you the ride — how far apart the waves are, and what angle you take them at, matters just as much. This ladder is sampled along your route from the launch to the spot.

Leg	Seas	Period	Direction	What it feels like
Launch · St. Andrew Bay pass	1 ft	8 sec	SSE	Flat enough to forget about it.
7 miles	1 ft	8 sec	SSE	Flat enough to forget about it.
14 miles	1 ft	8 sec	SSE	Flat enough to forget about it.
20 miles	1 ft	8 sec	SSE	Flat enough to forget about it.
Your spot · 27.1 nm SSW	1 ft	6 sec	SSE	Flat enough to forget about it.

Each rung is one coordinate on the batched ladder lookup. 0 of 5 legs came from the cycle cache on this generation.

Wind through the day

Window	Wind	Seas	Read
Morning · 12:00–15:00	4 kt gust 6	1 ft	Light — the best window of the day.
Midday · 16:00–20:00	6 kt gust 7	—	Light — the best window of the day.
Afternoon · 21:00–23:00	7 kt gust 8	—	Light — the best window of the day.

Tides & light

Low

06:24 0.8 ft

High

23:16 1.4 ft

Sun

06:26 / 18:51

First light 06:02, last light 19:15

Station Channel entrance (8729136), 1.8 nm from the launch. Datum MLLW. Stage now: rising — Rising — moving water; the most productive stage at a pass or inlet.

Event	Time	Height
Low	06:24	0.8 ft
High	23:16	1.4 ft

Moon: Waxing Crescent, 8% illuminated. Solunar windows are computed locally from public-domain USNO ephemeris — an approximation of the solunar model, not a licensed solunar table.

Feeding windows

Feeding window	Strength	Read
01:59 – 03:59	Major	Major period (Moon underfoot) falls outside your trip window.
08:08 – 09:38	Minor	Inside your trip window — Moonrise. A secondary push, worth a pass.
13:34 – 15:34	Major	Inside your trip window — Moon overhead. This is the window to plan around.
19:24 – 20:54	Minor	Minor period (Moonset) falls outside your trip window.

Water & air

Measure	Value	Read
Water temp	—	Not available for this point.
Air temp	85 °F	85°F at the ramp — hot. Water, shade and sun protection are the kit today.
Wind	4.5 kt	Calm to light air. Drift is slow; you will fish the anchor more than the drift.
Gusts	6.4 kt	Steady air — gusts barely above the average.
Pressure	30.06 inHg	Normal at 30.06 inHg.
Cloud cover	43%	Partly cloudy — good light, fish roam further off the structure.

Water and air temperature are observations relayed by The Weather Agent; in-situ readings come from the nearest reporting station, which may be tens of miles away.

Gear for this run

A working VHF and a registered EPIRB/PLB — Wind to 6.4 kt means weather can change faster than you can run in.
USCG-approved PFDs, worn not stowed — Non-negotiable on every run, in every forecast.
Trolling motor battery sized for a full day — Drift-and-reposition days drain a bank faster than running does.

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What we don't have

A missing reading is reported, never filled in. If it is listed here, nothing in the report above was estimated from it.

local sea state — the nearest wave-capable station (42039) is 106 km away, so the sea state describes the area, not this exact point
water temperature — station 42039 has no water-temperature sensor (upstream reports this as no sensor, not missing data)
local sea state (Launch · St. Andrew Bay pass) — the nearest wave-capable station (42039) is 156 km away, so the sea state describes the area, not this exact point
water temperature (Launch · St. Andrew Bay pass) — station 42039 has no water-temperature sensor (upstream reports this as no sensor, not missing data)
local sea state (7 miles) — the nearest wave-capable station (42039) is 143 km away, so the sea state describes the area, not this exact point
water temperature (7 miles) — station 42039 has no water-temperature sensor (upstream reports this as no sensor, not missing data)
local sea state (14 miles) — the nearest wave-capable station (42039) is 131 km away, so the sea state describes the area, not this exact point
water temperature (14 miles) — station 42039 has no water-temperature sensor (upstream reports this as no sensor, not missing data)
local sea state (20 miles) — the nearest wave-capable station (42039) is 118 km away, so the sea state describes the area, not this exact point
water temperature (20 miles) — station 42039 has no water-temperature sensor (upstream reports this as no sensor, not missing data)
local sea state (Your spot · 27.1 nm SSW) — the nearest wave-capable station (42039) is 106 km away, so the sea state describes the area, not this exact point
water temperature (Your spot · 27.1 nm SSW) — station 42039 has no water-temperature sensor (upstream reports this as no sensor, not missing data)

Limitations reported by the data provider

cloudCover, pressure, waveDirection, waveHeight, wavePeriod came from a single source — there is no cross-source spread to read for these parameters.
Station 42039 (PENSACOLA - 115NM SSE of Pensacola, FL) is 156 km from the requested point — it is the nearest station reporting the requested parameters.
Station 42039 (PENSACOLA - 115NM SSE of Pensacola, FL) is 143 km from the requested point — it is the nearest station reporting the requested parameters.
Station 42039 (PENSACOLA - 115NM SSE of Pensacola, FL) is 131 km from the requested point — it is the nearest station reporting the requested parameters.
Station 42039 (PENSACOLA - 115NM SSE of Pensacola, FL) is 118 km from the requested point — it is the nearest station reporting the requested parameters.
Station 42039 (PENSACOLA - 115NM SSE of Pensacola, FL) is 106 km from the requested point — it is the nearest station reporting the requested parameters.

Sources & provenance

Block	Owner	Source	Licence
marine_weather	weatheragent	ndbc, nws	Per-upstream; NOAA public domain (others catalog-only today)
tides	fishingreportagent	NOAA CO-OPS	US Government work — public domain
astro	fishingreportagent	USNO	US Government work — public domain

Nearest reporting station: 42039 — PENSACOLA - 115NM SSE of Pensacola, FL, 106 km from the spot. It reports airTemperature, pressure, waveDirection, waveHeight, wavePeriod, windDirection, windGust, windSpeed. It does not report waterTemperature.

We asked for 5 points along the route and used 1 upstream request (batched — the whole ladder is one round trip) — 0 legs came from the cycle cache. Marine sources that actually contributed: ndbc, nws (2). Multiple independent sources contributing: yes. Single-source data is never described as correlated.

Contains data from NOAA (National Data Buoy Center buoy observations; National Weather Service gridpoint forecasts) — US Government work — public domain. Provided by The Weather Agent.

Tides: NOAA CO-OPS (US Government work — public domain). Astronomy: USNO Astronomical Applications API (public domain). Solunar windows computed locally from USNO ephemeris — an approximation, not a licensed solunar table.

Report generated by FishingReportAgent. The Weather Agent and FishingReportAgent are separate services; marine/weather normalization is The Weather Agent's, the fishing interpretation is ours.

Safety notice. The Weather Agent relays and normalizes data from third-party upstream providers. Data is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, and may be delayed, incomplete or inaccurate. It is NOT a substitute for official marine forecasts, notices to mariners, or your own judgment. Independently verify all data against official sources before acting on it — especially any decision affecting personal safety or navigation.

Sections of this route had no data and are marked as such. Nothing on this page was invented to fill a gap.