Pearl Bayou in East Bay water level
NWS gauge PBEF1 · Florida Department of Environmental Protection · Bay County · Panama City
water level vs MHHW · Nov 3, 2026 at 10:48 PM EST · 77 minutes ago
- Below NWS minor flood stage
- 1.1 ft
- NWS action stage
- 1.5 ft
- NWS minor flood stage
- 2.0 ft
- NWS moderate flood stage
- 3.0 ft
- NWS major flood stage
- 4.0 ft
- Usual range
- -0.68 to 1.12 ft
- Highest since October 4, 2026
- 2.89 ft
- Rip Current Statement — issued Nov 3, 2026 at 8:52 PM EST, expires Nov 4, 2026 at 7:00 PM EST.
Rip Current Statement issued November 3 at 8:52PM EST until November 4 at 7:00PM EST by NWS Tallahassee FL
Text as issued by NWS Tallahassee FL.
Last 7 days
Hourly averages of the readings. The shaded band is this gauge's usual range: the middle 80% of its readings since October 4, 2026.
How to read this gauge
The number is the water level in feet above or below mean higher high water (MHHW): 0 ft is the average height of the higher of each day's high tides here. Readings below 0 are normal for most of the tide cycle; above 0, the water is higher than an ordinary high tide.
The flood stages are the National Weather Service's references for this location, on the same scale as the reading. They describe the gauge, not any particular street or property.
Readings the NWS marks out of service are left out, and so is any single reading more than 2 ft from the readings either side of it, which is a sensor error rather than water; a newest reading that far from the one before waits for the next to agree.
Florida Department of Environmental Protection runs this gauge; the National Weather Service publishes its readings and its flood stages, which is where this site reads them.
Daily highs and lows since October 4, 2026
Other NWS-published gauges in Panama City
| Gauge | Stage | Datum | NWS flood stage | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Creek at US 231 | 15.41 ft | NAVD88 | 7.6 ft below minor flood stage | 65 minutes ago |
| Chipola River at Scott's Ferry | 15.99 ft | NAVD88 | 6.0 ft below minor flood stage | 65 minutes ago |
| Chipola River near Wewahitchka (Lands Landing) | 11.17 ft | NAVD88 | 10.8 ft below minor flood stage | 65 minutes ago |
| Cooks Bayou at Parker Branch | 0.94 ft | MHHW | 1.1 ft below minor flood stage | 83 minutes ago |
| Deer Point Lake at Deer Point Dam | 1.09 ft | NAVD88 | 5.4 ft below minor flood stage | 65 minutes ago |
| East Bay at Callaway Bayou | 0.93 ft | MHHW | 1.1 ft below minor flood stage | 71 minutes ago |
| East Bay at Watson Bayou Pier | 0.78 ft | MHHW | 2.2 ft below minor flood stage | 77 minutes ago |
| Intracoastal Waterway at White City (Gulf County) | -0.42 ft | MHHW | 2.4 ft below minor flood stage | 65 minutes ago |
| Parker City Pier at Dupont Bridge | 0.89 ft | MHHW | 1.1 ft below minor flood stage | 89 minutes ago |
| Parker at East Bay | 1.00 ft | MHHW | 1.0 ft below minor flood stage | 77 minutes ago |
| Pelican Point at Cooks Bayou | 0.91 ft | MHHW | 1.1 ft below minor flood stage | 83 minutes ago |
| Sandy Creek at Sandy Creek Boat Ramp | 1.85 ft | NAVD88 | 2.1 ft below minor flood stage | 77 minutes ago |
| St Joseph Bay at Port St Joe | 0.61 ft | MHHW | 1.9 ft below minor flood stage | 77 minutes ago |
| St Joseph's Bay at Richardson Hammock | 0.60 ft | MHHW | 1.9 ft below minor flood stage | 71 minutes ago |
| Tide Station at Mexico Beach | 0.99 ft | MHHW | 2.0 ft below minor flood stage | 69 minutes ago |
| Tide Station at St Andrews State Park Pier | 0.50 ft | MHHW | 2.0 ft below minor flood stage | 77 minutes ago |
Download the readings
pearl-bayou-in-east-bay.csv (CSV): every reading from the last 90 days, 7,114 rows, with time in UTC and local time, and the reading in feet on MHHW.
pearl-bayou-in-east-bay-daily.csv (CSV): the low and high of every day since October 4, 2026.
Source. Readings from Florida Department of Environmental Protection, as published by the National Weather Service, which also sets the flood stages and lists the crests. The NWS name for this gauge is “Pearl Bayou in East Bay (in MHHW)”. Recent readings are provisional and can be revised. This site is not affiliated with either.