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Port Aransas

27.850°, -97.080° · tides: Port Aransas

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Today

Overnight: Low 65°

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. North northwest wind 5 to 8 mph.

Thursday: High 76° · 1% rain

Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. North wind around 10 mph.

Sunrise / sunset
6:47 AM / 5:37 PM
Moonrise / moonset
9:58 AM / 8:06 PM
Moon
Waxing Crescent, 8%
Major period
1:35 AM–3:35 AM
Minor period
9:28 AM–10:28 AM
Major period
2:00 PM–4:00 PM
Minor period
7:36 PM–8:36 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Thu, Nov 126 AM12 PM6 PMFri, Nov 136 AM12 PM6 PMclouds75% cloud cover70% cloud cover79% cloud cover86% cloud cover87% cloud cover85% cloud cover92% cloud cover91% cloud cover81% cloud cover87% cloud cover78% cloud cover56% cloud cover55% cloud cover61% cloud cover66% cloud cover78% cloud cover71% cloud cover54% cloud cover73% cloud cover70% cloud cover63% cloud cover42% cloud cover41% cloud cover35% cloud cover10% cloud cover6% cloud cover2% cloud cover3% cloud cover3% cloud cover3% cloud cover5% cloud cover4% cloud cover3% cloud cover2% cloud cover2% cloud cover1% cloud cover1% cloud cover3% cloud cover5% cloud cover7% cloud cover11% cloud cover16% cloud cover20% cloud cover22% cloud cover23% cloud cover25% cloud cover21% cloud cover18% cloud cover55°60°65°70°75°80°68676566717473696866636669737472rain1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chancewind01020mphN 5 mph, gusts 8NNW 6 mph, gusts 10NNW 7 mph, gusts 12N 8 mph, gusts 13NNW 9 mph, gusts 14N 10 mph, gusts 16N 10 mph, gusts 14N 10 mph, gusts 14NNE 9 mph, gusts 14N 7 mph, gusts 12N 6 mph, gusts 10N 5 mph, gusts 8N 3 mph, gusts 7N 3 mph, gusts 7N 5 mph, gusts 8N 5 mph, gusts 8N 6 mph, gusts 9NNE 6 mph, gusts 9NE 6 mph, gusts 8ENE 7 mph, gusts 9E 7 mph, gusts 9E 6 mph, gusts 9ESE 6 mph, gusts 9ESE 6 mph, gusts 9
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Thu 12 AM68°68°68°100%75%1%–N 589.4 mi
Thu 1 AM68°68°68°100%70%1%–N 589.2 mi
Thu 2 AM67°67°67°100%79%1%–NNW 6109.0 mi
Thu 3 AM67°67°67°100%86%1%–NNW 6108.9 mi
Thu 4 AM67°67°67°100%87%1%–NNW 7129.0 mi
Thu 5 AM66°66°66°100%85%1%–NNW 7139.3 mi
Thu 6 AM65°65°65°100%92%1%–N 8139.4 mi
Thu 7 AM65°65°65°100%91%1%–N 8149.4 mi
Thu 8 AM66°66°66°100%81%1%–NNW 9149.6 mi
Thu 9 AM66°66°66°100%87%1%–N 10159.9 mi
Thu 10 AM69°69°65°87%78%1%–N 101610.0 mi
Thu 11 AM68°68°65°90%56%1%–N 101510+ mi
Thu 12 PM71°71°64°79%55%1%–N 101410+ mi
Thu 1 PM72°72°63°73%61%1%–N 101410+ mi
Thu 2 PM73°73°63°71%66%0%–N 101410+ mi
Thu 3 PM74°74°62°66%78%0%–NNE 101410+ mi
Thu 4 PM73°73°61°66%71%0%–NNE 91410+ mi
Thu 5 PM73°73°60°64%54%0%–NNE 81310+ mi
Thu 6 PM73°73°60°64%73%0%–N 71210+ mi
Thu 7 PM72°72°60°66%70%0%–NNE 61010+ mi
Thu 8 PM70°70°60°71%63%0%–N 61010+ mi
Thu 9 PM69°69°61°76%42%0%–N 5910+ mi
Thu 10 PM69°69°60°73%41%0%–N 5810+ mi
Thu 11 PM68°68°60°76%35%0%–N 5710+ mi
Fri 12 AM68°68°60°76%10%0%–N 3710+ mi
Fri 1 AM68°68°60°76%6%0%–N 36–
Fri 2 AM67°67°60°78%2%0%–N 37–
Fri 3 AM66°66°60°81%3%0%–N 58–
Fri 4 AM65°65°60°84%3%0%–N 58–
Fri 5 AM64°64°59°84%3%0%–N 58–
Fri 6 AM63°63°59°87%5%0%–N 58–
Fri 7 AM63°63°60°90%4%0%–N 69–
Fri 8 AM64°64°60°87%3%0%–N 69–
Fri 9 AM66°66°60°81%2%0%–N 69–
Fri 10 AM67°67°60°78%2%0%–NNE 69–
Fri 11 AM68°68°59°73%1%0%–NNE 68–
Fri 12 PM69°69°59°70%1%0%–NE 68–
Fri 1 PM70°70°59°68%3%0%–NE 68–
Fri 2 PM72°72°58°61%5%0%–ENE 79–
Fri 3 PM73°73°58°59%7%0%–E 79–
Fri 4 PM74°74°58°57%11%0%–E 79–
Fri 5 PM74°74°59°59%16%0%–E 69–
Fri 6 PM74°74°59°59%20%0%–E 69–
Fri 7 PM74°74°59°59%22%0%–E 69–
Fri 8 PM73°73°60°64%23%0%–ESE 69–
Fri 9 PM72°72°60°66%25%0%–ESE 69–
Fri 10 PM72°72°61°68%21%0%–ESE 69–
Fri 11 PM72°72°61°68%18%0%–SE 610–

7-day forecast

Today

Mostly Sunny

76° / 65°

1% rain

N 5–10 mph · gusts 16

Fri, Nov 13

Sunny

76° / 70°

Dry

NE 3–7 mph · gusts 10

Sat, Nov 14

Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

77° / 71°

61% rain · 0.30"

ESE 6–17 mph · gusts 22

⚡ Storms

Sun, Nov 15

Rain Showers Likely

78° / 66°

58% rain · 0.24"

ESE 10–17 mph · gusts 23

⚡ Storms

Mon, Nov 16

Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny

72° / 62°

47% rain · 0.12"

NNE 10–20 mph · gusts 24

⚡ Storms

Tue, Nov 17

Partly Sunny

70° / 66°

8% rain

NNE 10–16 mph · gusts 21

Wed, Nov 18

Partly Sunny

74° / 67°

19% rain

ENE 10–14 mph · gusts 17

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. North northwest wind 5 to 8 mph.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. North wind around 10 mph.
  • Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 63. North wind 3 to 8 mph.
  • Friday: Sunny, with a high near 76. Northeast wind around 7 mph.
  • Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 70. East southeast wind 5 to 8 mph.
  • Saturday: A slight chance of rain showers before noon, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. East southeast wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
  • Saturday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. East southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
  • Sunday: Rain showers likely before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. East southeast wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
  • Sunday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. East northeast wind 12 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
  • Monday: A slight chance of rain showers before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 72. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Monday Night: A slight chance of rain showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 70.
  • Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66.
  • Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 74.

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Marine forecast

Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays

GMZ236 · 137 PM CST Wed Nov 11 2026

Middle Texas coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Matagorda ship
channel out to 60 nautical miles.
 
Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest
1/3 of the waves...along with occasional height of the average
highest 10 percent of the waves. 
 


GMZ236-237-120815-
Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays-
San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays-
137 PM CST Wed Nov 11 2026

.TONIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
smooth to slightly choppy. 
.THURSDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
smooth to slightly choppy. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds around 5 knots. Bay and inland
waters smooth. 
.FRIDAY...North winds around 5 knots, becoming east in the
afternoon. Bay and inland waters smooth. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters smooth. 
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to
25 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally
choppy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to
25 knots. Bay and inland waters choppy. A chance of showers. 
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters
slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A chance of showers. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming northeast
after midnight. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to
occasionally choppy. A chance of thunderstorms in the evening. A
chance of showers. 
.MONDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters
slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland
waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. 

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM

GMZ250 · 137 PM CST Wed Nov 11 2026

Middle Texas coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Matagorda ship
channel out to 60 nautical miles.
 
Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest
1/3 of the waves...along with occasional height of the average
highest 10 percent of the waves. 
 


GMZ250-120815-
Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM-
137 PM CST Wed Nov 11 2026

.TONIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to
15 knots late. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: North 2 feet at
4 seconds. 
.THURSDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave
Detail: Northeast 3 feet at 5 seconds. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
Wave Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 5 seconds. 
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave
Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 5 seconds. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast
10 to 15 knots after midnight. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail:
East 2 feet at 4 seconds. 
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to
20 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail:
Southeast 4 feet at 6 seconds. A chance of showers in the
morning, then showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in
the afternoon. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to
25 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet. A chance of
showers. 
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet,
occasionally to 9 feet. A chance of showers. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming
northeast after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to
9 feet. A chance of thunderstorms in the evening. A chance of
showers. 
.MONDAY...Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 8 feet,
occasionally to 10 feet. A chance of showers in the morning. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet,
occasionally to 9 feet. 

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · June 1970

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
6% lit
↑ 4:28 AM
↓ 6:18 PM
★★★★c86
2
2% lit
↑ 5:07 AM
↓ 7:21 PM
★★★★c92
3
0% lit
↑ 5:52 AM
↓ 8:22 PM
★★★★c93
New Moon
best
4
1% lit
↑ 6:42 AM
↓ 9:20 PM
★★★★c92
Moon farthest north (28.4°)
best
5
3% lit
↑ 7:37 AM
↓ 10:12 PM
★★★★c90
6
7% lit
↑ 8:34 AM
↓ 10:58 PM
★★★★c84
7
13% lit
↑ 9:31 AM
↓ 11:37 PM
★☆☆☆c77
8
20% lit
↑ 10:28 AM
↓ –
★★★☆c73
9
28% lit
↑ 11:22 AM
↓ 12:12 AM
★★☆☆c65
Apogee · 404,646 km
10
36% lit
↑ 12:16 PM
↓ 12:43 AM
★★☆☆c54
11
46% lit
↑ 1:08 PM
↓ 1:11 AM
★☆☆☆c43
First Quarter
12
55% lit
↑ 2:00 PM
↓ 1:38 AM
★☆☆☆c33
Moon crosses the equator
13
65% lit
↑ 2:54 PM
↓ 2:05 AM
★☆☆☆c42
14
74% lit
↑ 3:50 PM
↓ 2:34 AM
★★☆☆c56
15
83% lit
↑ 4:50 PM
↓ 3:06 AM
★★★☆c72
16
90% lit
↑ 5:54 PM
↓ 3:42 AM
★★★★c84
17
95% lit
↑ 7:01 PM
↓ 4:25 AM
★★★★c93
18
99% lit
↑ 8:08 PM
↓ 5:17 AM
★★★★c99
best
19
100% lit
↑ 9:12 PM
↓ 6:18 AM
★★★★c101
Moon farthest south (-28.0°)
Full Moon · Strawberry Moon
best
20
98% lit
↑ 10:08 PM
↓ 7:26 AM
★★★★c101
best
21
93% lit
↑ 10:57 PM
↓ 8:38 AM
★★★★c97
Perigee · 363,050 km
22
86% lit
↑ 11:39 PM
↓ 9:49 AM
★☆☆☆c87
23
77% lit
↑ –
↓ 10:57 AM
★★★☆c80
24
66% lit
↑ 12:15 AM
↓ 12:03 PM
★★☆☆c63
25
55% lit
↑ 12:49 AM
↓ 1:06 PM
★☆☆☆c43
Moon crosses the equator
Last Quarter
26
44% lit
↑ 1:21 AM
↓ 2:07 PM
★☆☆☆c43
27
33% lit
↑ 1:54 AM
↓ 3:09 PM
★★☆☆c61
28
24% lit
↑ 2:28 AM
↓ 4:11 PM
★★★☆c78
29
15% lit
↑ 3:06 AM
↓ 5:13 PM
★★★★c88
30
9% lit
↑ 3:49 AM
↓ 6:14 PM
★★★★c92

Lunar events this month

  • Wed, Jun 3 · 9:21 PM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Thu, Jun 4 · 9:00 PM — Moon farthest north (28.4°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Tue, Jun 9 · 3:00 PM — Apogee · 404,646 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Thu, Jun 11 · 11:06 PM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Fri, Jun 12 · 7:00 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, Jun 19 · 5:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-28.0°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Fri, Jun 19 · 7:27 AM — Full Moon · Strawberry MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Sun, Jun 21 · 1:00 PM — Perigee · 363,050 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Thu, Jun 25 · 12:00 PM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Thu, Jun 25 · 11:01 PM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.

Best fishing days

Wed, Jun 3 · Thu, Jun 4 · Thu, Jun 18 · Fri, Jun 19 · Sat, Jun 20

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

Moon distance

363,051 km closest · 404,636 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 Port AransasSurf report: Port Aransas Beach & Horace Caldwell PierOffshore 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 Wed 12:46 PM.