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28.950°, -95.360° · tides: Old Brazos River, Freeport

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Today

Today: High 69° · 15% rain

A slight chance of rain showers after 5pm. Partly sunny. High near 69, with temperatures falling to around 66 in the afternoon. East wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: Low 63° · 45% rain

A chance of rain showers before 3am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy. Low around 63, with temperatures rising to around 66 overnight. East wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Sunrise / sunset
6:43 AM / 5:27 PM
Moonrise / moonset
11:24 AM / 9:47 PM
Moon
Waxing Crescent, 25%
Major period
3:10 AM–5:10 AM
Minor period
10:54 AM–11:54 AM
Major period
3:35 PM–5:35 PM
Minor period
9:17 PM–10:17 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Sat, Nov 1412 PM6 PMSun, Nov 156 AM12 PM6 PMMon, Nov 166 AMclouds47% cloud cover54% cloud cover65% cloud cover63% cloud cover59% cloud cover46% cloud cover56% cloud cover52% cloud cover42% cloud cover36% cloud cover35% cloud cover54% cloud cover60% cloud cover67% cloud cover75% cloud cover79% cloud cover87% cloud cover86% cloud cover83% cloud cover81% cloud cover87% cloud cover75% cloud cover76% cloud cover73% cloud cover69% cloud cover72% cloud cover78% cloud cover82% cloud cover82% cloud cover84% cloud cover86% cloud cover90% cloud cover82% cloud cover84% cloud cover86% cloud cover86% cloud cover86% cloud cover86% cloud cover87% cloud cover88% cloud cover89% cloud cover87% cloud cover86% cloud cover84% cloud cover83% cloud cover81% cloud cover80% cloud cover80% cloud cover⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡50°55°60°65°70°75°68686665666666687171686361575355rain10% chance12% chance12% chance13% chance14% chance14% chance15% chance18% chance18% chance17% chance15% chance15% chance19% chance31% chance, 0.02 in36% chance, 0.02 in39% chance, 0.02 in40% chance, 0.02 in40% chance, 0.02 in45% chance, 0.02 in63% chance, 0.03 in66% chance, 0.03 in67% chance, 0.03 in64% chance, 0.03 in65% chance, 0.03 in64% chance, 0.03 in85% chance, 0.18 in89% chance, 0.18 in88% chance, 0.18 in91% chance, 0.18 in91% chance, 0.18 in91% chance, 0.18 in77% chance, 0.12 in77% chance, 0.12 in77% chance, 0.12 in77% chance, 0.12 in77% chance, 0.12 in77% chance, 0.12 in58% chance, 0.01 in58% chance, 0.01 in58% chance, 0.01 in58% chance, 0.01 in58% chance, 0.01 in58% chance, 0.01 in20% chance20% chance20% chance20% chance20% chance0.180.180.180.120.120.12wind0102030mphE 20 mph, gusts 25E 21 mph, gusts 26E 20 mph, gusts 25E 20 mph, gusts 25E 18 mph, gusts 26E 17 mph, gusts 26ESE 15 mph, gusts 25ESE 14 mph, gusts 25ESE 14 mph, gusts 25ESE 16 mph, gusts 26SE 18 mph, gusts 26SE 17 mph, gusts 24SE 20 mph, gusts 26SE 18 mph, gusts 25SE 16 mph, gusts 22NE 16 mph, gusts 22NE 20 mph, gusts 28NE 20 mph, gusts 30NE 17 mph, gusts 29NE 16 mph, gusts 29NE 17 mph, gusts 30NNE 18 mph, gusts 31NNE 18 mph, gusts 30NNE 20 mph, gusts 28
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Sat 11 AM68°68°62°81%47%10%–E 202510+ mi
Sat 12 PM67°67°62°84%54%12%–E 202510+ mi
Sat 1 PM67°67°62°84%65%12%–E 212610+ mi
Sat 2 PM68°68°62°81%63%13%–E 212610+ mi
Sat 3 PM67°67°62°84%59%14%–E 202510+ mi
Sat 4 PM67°67°62°84%46%14%–E 182410+ mi
Sat 5 PM66°66°62°87%56%15%–E 202510+ mi
Sat 6 PM65°65°61°87%52%18%–E 202610+ mi
Sat 7 PM65°65°61°87%42%18%–E 182610+ mi
Sat 8 PM65°65°61°87%36%17%–E 182810+ mi
Sat 9 PM65°65°61°87%35%15%–E 172610+ mi
Sat 10 PM66°66°61°84%54%15%–ESE 172610+ mi
Sat 11 PM66°66°62°87%60%19%–ESE 152510+ mi
Sun 12 AM66°66°62°87%67%31%0.02"ESE 142410+ mi
Sun 1 AM66°66°63°90%75%36%0.02"ESE 142510+ mi
Sun 2 AM66°66°63°90%79%39%0.02"ESE 142510+ mi
Sun 3 AM66°66°64°93%87%40%0.02"ESE 142510+ mi⚡
Sun 4 AM64°64°64°100%86%40%0.02"ESE 152610+ mi⚡
Sun 5 AM66°66°64°93%83%45%0.02"ESE 162610+ mi⚡
Sun 6 AM66°66°65°97%81%63%0.03"SE 16266.0 mi⚡
Sun 7 AM66°66°66°100%87%66%0.03"SE 18266.0 mi⚡
Sun 8 AM68°68°67°97%75%67%0.03"SE 17246.0 mi⚡
Sun 9 AM70°70°69°97%76%64%0.03"SE 17246.0 mi⚡
Sun 10 AM71°71°69°93%73%65%0.03"SE 20265.9 mi⚡
Sun 11 AM71°71°69°93%69%64%0.03"SE 20264.0 mi⚡
Sun 12 PM70°70°69°97%72%85%0.18"SE 18262.9 mi⚡
Sun 1 PM70°70°69°97%78%89%0.18"SE 18252.9 mi⚡
Sun 2 PM71°71°69°93%82%88%0.18"SSE 17232.5 mi⚡
Sun 3 PM70°70°69°97%82%91%0.18"SE 16222.9 mi⚡
Sun 4 PM69°69°69°100%84%91%0.18"ESE 1521–⚡
Sun 5 PM68°68°68°100%86%91%0.18"NE 1622–⚡
Sun 6 PM65°65°65°100%90%77%0.12"NE 2025–
Sun 7 PM64°64°64°100%82%77%0.12"NE 2028–
Sun 8 PM63°63°63°100%84%77%0.12"NE 2030–
Sun 9 PM62°62°62°100%86%77%0.12"NE 2030–
Sun 10 PM61°61°61°100%86%77%0.12"NE 1729–
Sun 11 PM61°61°61°100%86%77%0.12"NE 1729–
Mon 12 AM60°60°60°100%86%58%0.01"NE 1629–
Mon 1 AM59°59°59°100%87%58%0.01"NE 1629–
Mon 2 AM57°57°57°100%88%58%0.01"NE 1730–
Mon 3 AM56°56°56°100%89%58%0.01"NE 1730–
Mon 4 AM54°54°54°100%87%58%0.01"NE 1731–
Mon 5 AM53°53°53°100%86%58%0.01"NNE 1831–
Mon 6 AM52°52°52°100%84%20%–NNE 1831–
Mon 7 AM54°54°54°100%83%20%–NNE 1830–
Mon 8 AM55°55°55°100%81%20%–NNE 2029–
Mon 9 AM57°57°56°96%80%20%–NNE 2028–
Mon 10 AM58°58°56°93%80%20%–NNE 2026–

7-day forecast

Today

Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers

69° / 63°

45% rain

E 15–21 mph · gusts 28

Sun, Nov 15

Showers And Thunderstorms

72° / 51°

91% rain · 2.10"

SE 14–20 mph · gusts 30

⚡ Storms

Mon, Nov 16

Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Cloudy

61° / 52°

58% rain · 0.06"

NE 12–20 mph · gusts 31

Tue, Nov 17

Mostly Sunny

67° / 60°

1% rain

NE 9–14 mph · gusts 22

Wed, Nov 18

Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers

72° / 65°

16% rain

E 8–16 mph · gusts 22

Thu, Nov 19

Slight Chance Rain Showers

74° / 65°

22% rain

E 7–14 mph · gusts 18

Fri, Nov 20

Chance Rain Showers

75° / 67°

26% rain · 0.06"

E 7–14 mph · gusts 20

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Today: A slight chance of rain showers after 5pm. Partly sunny. High near 69, with temperatures falling to around 66 in the afternoon. East wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Tonight: A chance of rain showers before 3am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy. Low around 63, with temperatures rising to around 66 overnight. East wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
  • Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy. High near 72, with temperatures falling to around 68 in the afternoon. Southeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
  • Sunday Night: Rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. Northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
  • Monday: A slight chance of rain showers before noon. Mostly cloudy. High near 61, with temperatures falling to around 58 in the afternoon. Northeast wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52.
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67.
  • Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.
  • Wednesday: A slight chance of rain showers after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 72. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65.
  • Thursday: A slight chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65.
  • Friday: A chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
  • Friday Night: A slight chance of rain showers before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 67.

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Marine forecast

Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM

GMZ355 · 527 AM CST Sat Nov 14 2026

Upper Texas coastal waters from High Island to the Matagorda Ship
Channel out 60 nautical miles including Galveston and Matagorda
Bays.

Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest
1/3 of the waves...along with the occasional height of the
average highest 10 percent of the waves.


GMZ355-150015-
Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM-
527 AM CST Sat Nov 14 2026

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

.TODAY...East winds increasing to 20 knots. Bay waters choppy. A 
chance of showers and thunderstorms. 
.TONIGHT...East winds 20 to 25 knots, becoming southeast
around 30 knots after midnight. Seas 5 to 8 feet, occasionally to
10 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 6 seconds. A chance of
showers after midnight. 
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds around 30 knots. Seas 6 to 9 feet,
occasionally to 11 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 8 feet at
7 seconds. Showers likely in the morning, then showers with a
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 30 knots gusting 40 knots.
Seas 7 to 10 feet, occasionally to 13 feet. Wave Detail: 
Southeast 8 feet at 7 seconds. Showers.
.MONDAY...Northeast winds around 30 knots gusting 40 knots. Seas 
7 to 10 feet, occasionally to 13 feet. A chance of showers. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 30 knots, diminishing to
20 to 25 knots after midnight. Seas 6 to 9 feet, occasionally to
11 feet. 
.TUESDAY...Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots, diminishing to around
20 knots in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 8 feet, occasionally to
10 feet. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet,
occasionally to 8 feet. 
.WEDNESDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet,
occasionally to 8 feet. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet,
occasionally to 8 feet. 

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · September 1950

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
76% lit
↑ 10:32 PM
↓ 11:32 AM
★★★☆c47
2
67% lit
↑ 11:07 PM
↓ 12:28 PM
★★★☆c54
3
58% lit
↑ 11:46 PM
↓ 1:25 PM
★★★☆c61
Apogee · 404,379 km
4
49% lit
↑ –
↓ 2:22 PM
★☆☆☆c65
Last Quarter
5
39% lit
↑ 12:31 AM
↓ 3:17 PM
★★★☆c70
Moon farthest north (28.6°)
6
30% lit
↑ 1:22 AM
↓ 4:09 PM
★★★★c73
7
21% lit
↑ 2:19 AM
↓ 4:57 PM
★★★★c76
8
14% lit
↑ 3:20 AM
↓ 5:39 PM
★★★★c77
9
7% lit
↑ 4:23 AM
↓ 6:18 PM
★★★★c75
best
10
3% lit
↑ 5:26 AM
↓ 6:52 PM
★★★★c70
best
11
0% lit
↑ 6:30 AM
↓ 7:25 PM
★★★★c62
New Moon
best
12
0% lit
↑ 7:33 AM
↓ 7:56 PM
★★★★c49
Moon crosses the equator
13
3% lit
↑ 8:38 AM
↓ 8:29 PM
★★★★c44
14
9% lit
↑ 9:44 AM
↓ 9:03 PM
★★★★c60
best
15
16% lit
↑ 10:52 AM
↓ 9:42 PM
★★★★c82
Perigee · 366,032 km
16
26% lit
↑ 12:02 PM
↓ 10:27 PM
★★★★c91
17
37% lit
↑ 1:13 PM
↓ 11:20 PM
★★★★c95
18
48% lit
↑ 2:21 PM
↓ –
★★★☆c96
First Quarter
19
60% lit
↑ 3:22 PM
↓ 12:19 AM
★☆☆☆c95
Moon farthest south (-28.6°)
20
70% lit
↑ 4:15 PM
↓ 1:24 AM
★★★★c94
21
80% lit
↑ 4:59 PM
↓ 2:31 AM
★★★★c87
22
88% lit
↑ 5:37 PM
↓ 3:36 AM
★★★★c79
23
94% lit
↑ 6:10 PM
↓ 4:39 AM
★★★★c68
best
24
98% lit
↑ 5:39 PM
↓ 4:39 AM
★★★★c55
25
100% lit
↑ 6:07 PM
↓ 5:36 AM
★★★☆c41
Moon crosses the equator
Full Moon · Corn Moon
26
100% lit
↑ 6:34 PM
↓ 6:32 AM
★★★★c37
27
98% lit
↑ 7:02 PM
↓ 7:27 AM
★★★★c46
28
94% lit
↑ 7:32 PM
↓ 8:22 AM
★★★★c58
29
88% lit
↑ 8:05 PM
↓ 9:18 AM
★★★★c63
30
82% lit
↑ 8:42 PM
↓ 10:15 AM
★★★★c66
Apogee · 405,233 km

Lunar events this month

  • Sun, Sep 3 · 5:00 AM — Apogee · 404,379 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Mon, Sep 4 · 8:53 AM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Tue, Sep 5 · 8:00 PM — Moon farthest north (28.6°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Mon, Sep 11 · 10:28 PM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Tue, Sep 12 · 6:00 PM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Fri, Sep 15 · 2:00 AM — Perigee · 366,032 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Mon, Sep 18 · 3:53 PM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Tue, Sep 19 · 2:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-28.6°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Mon, Sep 25 · 4:00 PM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Mon, Sep 25 · 10:21 PM — Full Moon · Corn MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Sat, Sep 30 · 11:00 PM — Apogee · 405,233 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.

Best fishing days

Sat, Sep 9 · Sun, Sep 10 · Mon, Sep 11 · Thu, Sep 14 · Sat, Sep 23

Ranked by moon phase and tidal range at the nearest tide station (the stars). Wind and fronts can override the moon.

Moon distance

366,118 km closest · 405,106 km farthest

Reading the calendar: ↑ moonrise and ↓ moonset are local times. Stars are the solunar rating; “c” is the tide coefficient (20–120). Moon overhead and underfoot times are the major feeding periods, and moonrise and moonset are the minor ones; see each day on the tide pages.
Tide chart for Old Brazos River, FreeportSurf report: Quintana & Bryan BeachOffshore conditionsLive cams

Forecasts, alerts and marine forecasts: National Weather Service. Current conditions: NWS observations and NOAA tide-station sensors. Map stations: Iowa Environmental Mesonet (airports), NOAA CO-OPS, NOAA NDBC. Radar: NEXRAD via IEM. Satellite: GOES-East via NASA GIBS. Tropical: National Hurricane Center. Moon and sun times are calculated for this location. Forecast grid updated Sat 6:20 AM.