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Freeport

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

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Today

Tonight: Low 59°

Mostly clear, with a low around 59. East wind 0 to 5 mph.

Saturday: High 69° · 15% rain

A slight chance of rain showers after 5pm. Mostly sunny. High near 69, with temperatures falling to around 66 in the afternoon. East wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunrise / sunset
6:43 AM / 5:28 PM
Moonrise / moonset
10:42 AM / 8:51 PM
Moon
Waxing Crescent, 21%
Major period
2:20 AM–4:20 AM
Minor period
10:12 AM–11:12 AM
Major period
2:45 PM–4:45 PM
Minor period
8:21 PM–9:21 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Fri, Nov 13Sat, Nov 146 AM12 PM6 PMSun, Nov 156 AM12 PM6 PMclouds24% cloud cover5% cloud cover3% cloud cover5% cloud cover5% cloud cover3% cloud cover4% cloud cover6% cloud cover11% cloud cover27% cloud cover38% cloud cover46% cloud cover47% 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 cover⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡55°60°65°70°75°63626165686866656666666871716863rain8% chance8% chance11% chance10% chance10% 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 in0.180.180.180.120.12wind01020mphESE 2 mph, gusts 9E 2 mph, gusts 9E 5 mph, gusts 12E 7 mph, gusts 15E 10 mph, gusts 18E 16 mph, gusts 23E 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 30
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Fri 11 PM63°63°59°87%24%0%–ESE 2910+ mi
Sat 12 AM63°63°58°84%5%0%–E 2910+ mi
Sat 1 AM63°63°59°87%3%0%–E 2910+ mi
Sat 2 AM62°62°59°90%5%0%–E 31010+ mi
Sat 3 AM61°61°58°89%5%0%–E 51210+ mi
Sat 4 AM61°61°58°89%3%0%–E 51310+ mi
Sat 5 AM61°61°58°89%4%0%–E 71510+ mi
Sat 6 AM60°60°58°91%6%0%–E 81610+ mi
Sat 7 AM62°62°59°89%11%8%–E 101810+ mi
Sat 8 AM65°65°61°87%27%8%–E 142110+ mi
Sat 9 AM68°68°62°81%38%11%–E 162310+ mi
Sat 10 AM69°69°62°79%46%10%–E 182410+ mi
Sat 11 AM68°68°62°81%47%10%–E 202510+ mi
Sat 12 PM67°67°62°83%54%12%–E 202510+ mi
Sat 1 PM67°67°62°83%65%12%–E 212610+ mi
Sat 2 PM68°68°62°80%63%13%–E 212610+ mi
Sat 3 PM67°67°62°83%59%14%–E 202510+ mi
Sat 4 PM67°67°62°85%46%14%–E 182510+ mi
Sat 5 PM66°66°62°86%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°89%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°98%86%40%0.02"ESE 1526–⚡
Sun 5 AM66°66°64°93%83%45%0.02"ESE 1626–⚡
Sun 6 AM66°66°65°96%81%63%0.03"SE 1626–⚡
Sun 7 AM66°66°66°99%87%66%0.03"SE 1826–⚡
Sun 8 AM68°68°67°97%75%67%0.03"SE 1724–⚡
Sun 9 AM70°70°69°97%76%64%0.03"SE 1724–⚡
Sun 10 AM71°71°69°93%73%65%0.03"SE 2026–⚡
Sun 11 AM71°71°69°93%69%64%0.03"SE 2026–⚡
Sun 12 PM70°70°69°95%72%85%0.18"SE 1826–⚡
Sun 1 PM70°70°69°95%78%89%0.18"SE 1825–⚡
Sun 2 PM71°71°69°94%82%88%0.18"SSE 1723–⚡
Sun 3 PM70°70°69°98%82%91%0.18"SE 1622–⚡
Sun 4 PM69°69°69°99%84%91%0.18"ESE 1521–⚡
Sun 5 PM68°68°68°99%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–

7-day forecast

Today

Mostly Clear

63° / 59°

Dry

ESE 2–2 mph · gusts 9

Sat, Nov 14

Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers

69° / 63°

45% rain

E 2–21 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 then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

66° / 60°

15% rain · 0.06"

NE 8–14 mph · gusts 22

⚡ Storms

Wed, Nov 18

Partly Sunny

71° / 65°

8% rain

NE 7–14 mph · gusts 20

Thu, Nov 19

Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers

74° / 66°

16% rain

E 5–13 mph · gusts 17

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. East wind 0 to 5 mph.
  • Saturday: A slight chance of rain showers after 5pm. Mostly sunny. High near 69, with temperatures falling to around 66 in the afternoon. East wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Saturday Night: 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%.
  • 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, with a high near 61. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52.
  • Tuesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.
  • Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 71.
  • Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65.
  • Thursday: A slight chance of rain showers after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Thursday Night: A slight chance of rain showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Friday: A slight chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 75.

Weather map

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Marine forecast

Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM

GMZ355 · 723 PM CST Fri Nov 13 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.


GMZ355-141430-
Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM-
723 PM CST Fri Nov 13 2026

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST SATURDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

.REST OF TONIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots, becoming east
15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 1 foot or less,
then 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 3 seconds, becoming
east 2 feet at 3 seconds. 
.SATURDAY...East winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots.
Seas 2 to 4 feet, building to 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet
in the afternoon. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 4 seconds, becoming
east 5 feet at 5 seconds. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to
30 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet. Wave Detail:
East 7 feet at 6 seconds. 
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds around 25 knots with gusts up to
35 knots. Seas 5 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet. Wave Detail:
Southeast 8 feet at 7 seconds. A chance of showers in the
morning, then showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in
the afternoon. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds around 30 knots with gusts up to
40 knots. Seas 7 to 9 feet, occasionally to 11 feet. Wave Detail:
Southeast 8 feet at 7 seconds. Showers.
.MONDAY...Northeast winds around 30 knots with gusts up to
40 knots. Seas 6 to 9 feet, occasionally to 11 feet. Wave Detail:
Southeast 7 feet at 7 seconds. 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 7 feet, occasionally to
9 feet. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots, becoming east
around 20 knots after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to
8 feet. 
.WEDNESDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet. 

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · January 1956

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
82% lit
↑ 9:55 PM
↓ 9:51 AM
★★★★c70
2
73% lit
↑ 10:56 PM
↓ 10:29 AM
★★★☆c53
Moon crosses the equator
3
63% lit
↑ 11:55 PM
↓ 11:04 AM
★★☆☆c41
4
52% lit
↑ –
↓ 11:39 AM
★★☆☆c45
Last Quarter
5
42% lit
↑ 12:52 AM
↓ 12:14 PM
★★☆☆c49
6
32% lit
↑ 1:49 AM
↓ 12:52 PM
★★★★c62
7
24% lit
↑ 2:44 AM
↓ 1:31 PM
★★★★c70
8
16% lit
↑ 3:38 AM
↓ 2:14 PM
★★★★c75
9
10% lit
↑ 4:31 AM
↓ 3:01 PM
★★★★c77
Moon farthest south (-22.9°)
10
5% lit
↑ 5:21 AM
↓ 3:50 PM
★★★★c78
11
2% lit
↑ 6:07 AM
↓ 4:42 PM
★★★★c78
Apogee · 406,424 km
best
12
0% lit
↑ 6:50 AM
↓ 5:35 PM
★★★★c78
New Moon
best
13
0% lit
↑ 7:29 AM
↓ 6:29 PM
★★★★c76
best
14
3% lit
↑ 8:06 AM
↓ 7:23 PM
★★★★c73
15
6% lit
↑ 8:40 AM
↓ 8:17 PM
★★★★c64
16
12% lit
↑ 9:12 AM
↓ 9:11 PM
★★★★c55
17
19% lit
↑ 9:44 AM
↓ 10:06 PM
★★★☆c45
Moon crosses the equator
18
28% lit
↑ 10:17 AM
↓ 11:02 PM
★★☆☆c39
19
37% lit
↑ 10:52 AM
↓ –
★★☆☆c44
20
48% lit
↑ 11:29 AM
↓ 12:01 AM
★★☆☆c51
First Quarter
21
59% lit
↑ 12:12 PM
↓ 1:01 AM
★★★☆c64
22
70% lit
↑ 1:00 PM
↓ 2:05 AM
★★★★c78
23
80% lit
↑ 1:56 PM
↓ 3:09 AM
★★★★c89
24
88% lit
↑ 2:59 PM
↓ 4:13 AM
★★★★c96
Moon farthest north (22.5°)
25
95% lit
↑ 4:06 PM
↓ 5:13 AM
★★★★c97
26
99% lit
↑ 5:16 PM
↓ 6:09 AM
★★★★c97
Perigee · 358,721 km
best
27
100% lit
↑ 6:26 PM
↓ 6:58 AM
★★★★c89
Full Moon · Wolf Moon (supermoon)
best
28
98% lit
↑ 7:33 PM
↓ 7:42 AM
★★★★c78
29
93% lit
↑ 8:38 PM
↓ 8:22 AM
★★★★c65
30
87% lit
↑ 9:40 PM
↓ 9:00 AM
★★★☆c50
Moon crosses the equator
31
78% lit
↑ 10:40 PM
↓ 9:36 AM
★★☆☆c40

Lunar events this month

  • Mon, Jan 2 · 9:00 PM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Wed, Jan 4 · 4:41 PM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Mon, Jan 9 · 10:00 PM — Moon farthest south (-22.9°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Wed, Jan 11 · 2:00 AM — Apogee · 406,424 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Thu, Jan 12 · 9:01 PM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Tue, Jan 17 · 11:00 AM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Fri, Jan 20 · 4:58 PM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Tue, Jan 24 · 1:00 AM — Moon farthest north (22.5°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Thu, Jan 26 · 7:00 AM — Perigee · 358,721 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Fri, Jan 27 · 8:40 AM — Full Moon · Wolf Moon (supermoon)Moon is near perigee at the same time: perigean spring tides. Expect extra-high highs, extra-low lows, and strong current at the passes.
  • Mon, Jan 30 · 5:00 AM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.

Best fishing days

Wed, Jan 11 · Thu, Jan 12 · Fri, Jan 13 · Thu, Jan 26 · Fri, Jan 27

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

Moon distance

358,749 km closest · 406,370 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 Fri 10:31 PM.