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27.850°, -97.080° · tides: Port Aransas

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Today

Veterans Day: High 71° · 6% rain

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. North wind around 10 mph.

Tonight: Low 65° · 1% rain

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

Sunrise / sunset
6:46 AM / 5:37 PM
Moonrise / moonset
9:05 AM / 7:14 PM
Moon
Waxing Crescent, 6%
Major period
12:45 AM–2:45 AM
Minor period
8:35 AM–9:35 AM
Major period
1:10 PM–3:10 PM
Minor period
6:44 PM–7:44 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Wed, Nov 116 PMThu, Nov 126 AM12 PM6 PMFri, Nov 136 AM12 PMclouds86% cloud cover89% cloud cover87% cloud cover86% cloud cover73% cloud cover81% cloud cover82% cloud cover84% cloud cover90% cloud cover85% cloud cover72% cloud cover75% 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 cover55°60°65°70°75°80°69707168686765697273726968656367rain5% chance6% chance5% chance4% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chancewind01020mphN 10 mph, gusts 14N 10 mph, gusts 14N 9 mph, gusts 13N 7 mph, gusts 12N 6 mph, gusts 10N 5 mph, gusts 8N 5 mph, gusts 8NNW 6 mph, gusts 10NNW 7 mph, gusts 13N 8 mph, gusts 14N 10 mph, gusts 15N 10 mph, gusts 15N 10 mph, gusts 14NNE 10 mph, gusts 14NNE 8 mph, gusts 13NNE 6 mph, gusts 10N 5 mph, gusts 9N 5 mph, gusts 7N 3 mph, gusts 6N 5 mph, gusts 8N 5 mph, gusts 8N 6 mph, gusts 9N 6 mph, gusts 9NNE 6 mph, gusts 8
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Wed 1 PM69°69°68°97%86%5%–N 10148.9 mi
Wed 2 PM70°70°68°93%89%6%–N 10149.4 mi
Wed 3 PM70°70°68°93%87%5%–N 10149.6 mi
Wed 4 PM70°70°68°93%86%4%–N 10149.4 mi
Wed 5 PM69°69°68°97%73%1%–N 9138.9 mi
Wed 6 PM71°71°68°90%81%0%–N 8129.2 mi
Wed 7 PM71°71°68°90%82%0%–N 7129.1 mi
Wed 8 PM70°70°68°93%84%0%–N 7129.2 mi
Wed 9 PM69°69°68°97%90%0%–N 6109.4 mi
Wed 10 PM68°68°68°100%85%0%–N 599.4 mi
Wed 11 PM68°68°68°100%72%0%–N 589.4 mi
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–

7-day forecast

Today

Mostly Cloudy

71° / 65°

6% rain

N 5–10 mph · gusts 14

Thu, Nov 12

Mostly Cloudy

75° / 63°

1% rain

N 5–10 mph · gusts 16

Fri, Nov 13

Sunny

76° / 70°

1% rain

NE 3–7 mph · gusts 10

Sat, Nov 14

Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

78° / 72°

58% rain · 0.30"

ESE 6–17 mph · gusts 22

⚡ Storms

Sun, Nov 15

Chance Rain Showers

79° / 68°

47% rain · 0.24"

ESE 10–17 mph · gusts 23

⚡ Storms

Mon, Nov 16

Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny

74° / 62°

47% rain · 0.12"

NNE 10–20 mph · gusts 24

⚡ Storms

Tue, Nov 17

Partly Sunny

72° / 67°

5% rain

NE 10–16 mph · gusts 21

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Veterans Day: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. North wind around 10 mph.
  • Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. North wind 5 to 8 mph.
  • Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. North wind around 10 mph.
  • Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. North wind 3 to 7 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 6 to 9 mph.
  • Saturday: A slight chance of rain showers before 9am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and noon, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. East southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
  • Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. East southeast wind around 17 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
  • Sunday: A chance of rain showers before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. East southeast wind around 17 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
  • Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
  • Monday: A slight chance of rain showers before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62.
  • Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 72.
  • Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67.

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Marine forecast

Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays

GMZ236 · 1246 AM 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. 
 


GMZ236-237-111915-
Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays-
San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays-
1246 AM CST Wed Nov 11 2026

.REST OF TONIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters smooth to slightly choppy. A chance of showers with a
slight chance of thunderstorms, then a slight chance of showers
late. Patchy fog. 
.WEDNESDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
smooth to slightly choppy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Patchy fog in the morning. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...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 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters smooth to slightly choppy. 
.FRIDAY...Northeast 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. Bay and inland waters
slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A chance of showers in
the afternoon. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 10 to
15 knots after midnight. 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
5 to 10 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters slightly
choppy to occasionally choppy. Showers likely, mainly in the
evening. 

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM

GMZ250 · 1246 AM 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. 
 


GMZ250-111915-
Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM-
1246 AM CST Wed Nov 11 2026

.REST OF TONIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around
2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 5 seconds. A chance of
showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms, then a slight
chance of showers late. Patchy fog. 
.WEDNESDAY...North winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave
Detail: East 2 feet at 5 seconds and north 1 foot at 2 seconds.
Patchy fog in the morning. A slight chance of showers. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to
15 knots after midnight. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: North
2 feet at 3 seconds. 
.THURSDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave
Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 4 seconds. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
Wave Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 5 seconds. 
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east in the
afternoon. 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. 
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds around 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet,
occasionally to 5 feet. A chance of showers in the afternoon. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to
5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. A chance of showers. 
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 5 to 6 feet,
occasionally to 8 feet. A chance of showers. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming
northeast after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to
8 feet. A chance of showers. 

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · May 1973

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2% lit
↑ 5:37 AM
↓ 7:03 PM
★★★★c79
2
0% lit
↑ 6:21 AM
↓ 8:12 PM
★★★★c89
New Moon (supermoon)
best
3
1% lit
↑ 7:11 AM
↓ 9:22 PM
★★★★c95
best
4
5% lit
↑ 8:08 AM
↓ 10:30 PM
★★★★c98
Perigee · 360,121 km
best
5
12% lit
↑ 9:11 AM
↓ 11:33 PM
★☆☆☆c98
Moon farthest north (24.9°)
6
20% lit
↑ 10:18 AM
↓ –
★★★★c96
7
30% lit
↑ 11:25 AM
↓ 12:27 AM
★★★★c90
8
41% lit
↑ 12:30 PM
↓ 1:15 AM
★★★☆c79
9
52% lit
↑ 1:32 PM
↓ 1:56 AM
★★☆☆c64
First Quarter
10
63% lit
↑ 2:31 PM
↓ 2:32 AM
★☆☆☆c48
11
73% lit
↑ 3:28 PM
↓ 3:06 AM
★☆☆☆c36
Moon crosses the equator
12
81% lit
↑ 4:24 PM
↓ 3:38 AM
★★☆☆c49
13
89% lit
↑ 5:20 PM
↓ 4:11 AM
★★☆☆c61
14
94% lit
↑ 6:15 PM
↓ 4:44 AM
★★★☆c70
15
98% lit
↑ 7:11 PM
↓ 5:19 AM
★★★★c75
16
100% lit
↑ 8:06 PM
↓ 5:58 AM
★★★★c78
Full Moon · Flower Moon
17
100% lit
↑ 9:00 PM
↓ 6:40 AM
★★★★c78
18
98% lit
↑ 9:51 PM
↓ 7:26 AM
★★★★c78
Moon farthest south (-24.8°)
19
94% lit
↑ 10:39 PM
↓ 8:16 AM
★★★★c77
Apogee · 405,953 km
20
89% lit
↑ 11:23 PM
↓ 9:08 AM
★☆☆☆c75
21
83% lit
↑ –
↓ 10:02 AM
★★★☆c73
22
75% lit
↑ 12:03 AM
↓ 10:57 AM
★★☆☆c68
23
66% lit
↑ 12:40 AM
↓ 11:51 AM
★★☆☆c62
24
57% lit
↑ 1:14 AM
↓ 12:46 PM
★★☆☆c54
25
47% lit
↑ 1:47 AM
↓ 1:42 PM
★☆☆☆c44
Last Quarter
26
36% lit
↑ 2:19 AM
↓ 2:39 PM
★☆☆☆c38
Moon crosses the equator
27
26% lit
↑ 2:53 AM
↓ 3:39 PM
★★☆☆c50
28
17% lit
↑ 3:29 AM
↓ 4:42 PM
★★★☆c69
29
9% lit
↑ 4:09 AM
↓ 5:48 PM
★★★★c85
30
3% lit
↑ 4:55 AM
↓ 6:58 PM
★★★★c97
best
31
0% lit
↑ 5:49 AM
↓ 8:08 PM
★★★★c103
New Moon (supermoon)
best

Lunar events this month

  • Wed, May 2 · 3:54 PM — New 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.
  • Fri, May 4 · 1:00 AM — Perigee · 360,121 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Sat, May 5 · 7:00 AM — Moon farthest north (24.9°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Wed, May 9 · 7:06 AM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Fri, May 11 · 2:00 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, May 16 · 11:58 PM — Full Moon · Flower MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Fri, May 18 · 7:00 PM — Moon farthest south (-24.8°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Sat, May 19 · 9:00 AM — Apogee · 405,953 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Fri, May 25 · 3:40 AM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Sat, May 26 · 3:00 AM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Thu, May 31 · 11:34 PM — New 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.

Best fishing days

Wed, May 2 · Thu, May 3 · Fri, May 4 · Wed, May 30 · Thu, May 31

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

Moon distance

358,329 km closest · 405,945 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.