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Port O'Connor

28.450°, -96.400° · tides: PORT O'CONNOR, MATAGORDA BAY

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Today

This Afternoon: High 74°

Sunny, with a high near 74. North northeast wind 6 to 10 mph.

Tonight: Low 68°

Mostly clear, with a low around 68. East wind around 6 mph.

Sunrise / sunset
6:39 AM / 5:38 PM
Moonrise / moonset
2:18 AM / 2:52 PM
Moon
Waning Crescent, 19%
Minor period
1:48 AM–2:48 AM
Major period
7:35 AM–9:35 AM
Minor period
2:22 PM–3:22 PM
Major period
8:05 PM–10:05 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Wed, Nov 46 PMThu, Nov 56 AM12 PM6 PMFri, Nov 66 AM12 PMclouds1% cloud cover1% cloud cover2% cloud cover3% cloud cover3% cloud cover3% cloud cover2% cloud cover3% cloud cover4% cloud cover7% cloud cover5% cloud cover12% cloud cover15% cloud cover7% cloud cover15% cloud cover13% cloud cover12% cloud cover10% cloud cover11% cloud cover5% cloud cover15% cloud cover26% cloud cover43% cloud cover47% cloud cover51% cloud cover46% cloud cover54% cloud cover73% cloud cover80% cloud cover78% cloud cover83% cloud cover78% cloud cover82% cloud cover71% cloud cover79% cloud cover56% cloud cover63% cloud cover71% cloud cover66% cloud cover58% cloud cover50% cloud cover39% cloud cover27% cloud cover16% cloud cover15% cloud cover15% cloud cover14% cloud cover16% cloud cover⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡55°60°65°70°75°80°73727171697074757674737270687174rain1% chance1% chance1% chance2% chance2% chance3% chance10% chance8% chance9% chance10% chance15% chance20% chance25% chance, 0.01 in24% chance, 0.01 in24% chance, 0.01 in24% chance, 0.01 in22% chance, 0.01 in21% chance, 0.01 in19% chance, 0.01 in23% chance, 0.01 in27% chance, 0.01 in31% chance, 0.01 in25% chance, 0.01 in13% chance, 0.01 in7% chance7% chance7% chance7% chance7% chance7% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chancewind01020mphNE 6 mph, gusts 8ENE 5 mph, gusts 7E 5 mph, gusts 7ESE 5 mph, gusts 7SE 3 mph, gusts 6ESE 5 mph, gusts 7E 6 mph, gusts 9E 7 mph, gusts 10E 9 mph, gusts 12ESE 10 mph, gusts 13ESE 10 mph, gusts 14E 10 mph, gusts 14E 10 mph, gusts 13E 8 mph, gusts 12E 7 mph, gusts 10E 5 mph, gusts 8E 5 mph, gusts 8NE 6 mph, gusts 8N 9 mph, gusts 13N 13 mph, gusts 17N 16 mph, gusts 20N 15 mph, gusts 18N 13 mph, gusts 16N 12 mph, gusts 15
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Wed 5 PM73°73°59°62%1%0%–NE 6810+ mi
Wed 6 PM73°73°60°64%1%0%–NE 6810+ mi
Wed 7 PM72°72°61°68%2%0%–ENE 5710+ mi
Wed 8 PM72°72°60°66%3%0%–E 5710+ mi
Wed 9 PM72°72°61°68%3%0%–E 5710+ mi
Wed 10 PM71°71°61°71%3%0%–E 5710+ mi
Wed 11 PM71°71°61°71%2%0%–ESE 5710+ mi
Thu 12 AM71°71°62°73%3%0%–SE 5710+ mi
Thu 1 AM71°71°62°73%4%0%–SE 3610+ mi
Thu 2 AM71°71°63°76%7%0%–ESE 3610+ mi
Thu 3 AM70°70°63°78%5%0%–ESE 5710+ mi
Thu 4 AM70°70°63°78%12%0%–E 5810+ mi
Thu 5 AM69°69°64°84%15%0%–E 6910+ mi
Thu 6 AM70°70°65°84%7%1%–E 71010+ mi
Thu 7 AM70°70°65°84%15%1%–E 71010+ mi
Thu 8 AM70°70°66°87%13%1%–E 81210+ mi
Thu 9 AM72°72°67°84%12%2%–E 91210+ mi
Thu 10 AM73°73°67°81%10%2%–E 91310+ mi
Thu 11 AM74°74°68°82%11%3%–ESE 101310+ mi
Thu 12 PM74°74°69°84%5%10%–ESE 101410+ mi
Thu 1 PM75°75°70°84%15%8%–ESE 101410+ mi
Thu 2 PM75°75°70°84%26%9%–E 101410+ mi
Thu 3 PM75°75°70°84%43%10%–E 101410+ mi
Thu 4 PM75°75°71°87%47%15%–E 101410+ mi⚡
Thu 5 PM76°76°71°85%51%20%–E 101310+ mi⚡
Thu 6 PM74°74°71°90%46%25%0.01"E 91310+ mi⚡
Thu 7 PM74°74°71°90%54%24%0.01"E 81210+ mi⚡
Thu 8 PM74°74°71°90%73%24%0.01"E 7109.2 mi⚡
Thu 9 PM74°74°71°90%80%24%0.01"E 7109.2 mi⚡
Thu 10 PM74°74°71°90%78%22%0.01"E 68–⚡
Thu 11 PM73°73°71°93%83%21%0.01"E 58–⚡
Fri 12 AM73°73°70°90%78%19%0.01"E 57–⚡
Fri 1 AM72°72°70°93%82%23%0.01"E 58–⚡
Fri 2 AM72°72°70°93%71%27%0.01"ENE 58–⚡
Fri 3 AM71°71°69°93%79%31%0.01"NE 68–
Fri 4 AM70°70°68°93%56%25%0.01"NNE 710–
Fri 5 AM70°70°68°93%63%13%0.01"N 913–
Fri 6 AM69°69°67°93%71%7%–N 1215–
Fri 7 AM68°68°67°97%66%7%–N 1317–
Fri 8 AM68°68°65°90%58%7%–N 1518–
Fri 9 AM68°68°65°90%50%7%–N 1620–
Fri 10 AM69°69°65°87%39%7%–N 1620–
Fri 11 AM71°71°64°79%27%7%–N 1518–
Fri 12 PM73°73°65°76%16%1%–N 1417–
Fri 1 PM74°74°65°74%15%1%–N 1316–
Fri 2 PM74°74°65°74%15%1%–N 1315–
Fri 3 PM75°75°65°71%14%1%–N 1215–
Fri 4 PM75°75°64°69%16%1%–N 1215–

7-day forecast

Today

Sunny

74° / 68°

Dry

NNE 5–6 mph · gusts 8

Thu, Nov 5

Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

76° / 68°

31% rain · 0.06"

E 3–10 mph · gusts 14

⚡ Storms

Fri, Nov 6

Mostly Sunny

75° / 65°

31% rain · 0.06"

N 5–16 mph · gusts 20

⚡ Storms

Sat, Nov 7

Partly Sunny

73° / 62°

40% rain

NE 13–18 mph · gusts 25

Sun, Nov 8

Chance Rain Showers

67° / 59°

52% rain · 0.54"

NNE 12–21 mph · gusts 28

Mon, Nov 9

Slight Chance Rain Showers

68° / 61°

21% rain · 0.06"

NNE 6–13 mph · gusts 18

Tue, Nov 10

Mostly Sunny

70° / 64°

11% rain

NNE 5–9 mph · gusts 12

Detailed NWS forecast
  • This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 74. North northeast wind 6 to 10 mph.
  • Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 68. East wind around 6 mph.
  • Thursday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Sunny, with a high near 76. East wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
  • Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2am and 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. East northeast wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. North wind 12 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
  • Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. North northeast wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
  • Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 73. Northeast wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
  • Saturday Night: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Northeast wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
  • Sunday: A chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 67. North northeast wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
  • Sunday Night: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
  • Monday: A slight chance of rain showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61.
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.
  • Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64.

Weather map

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Marine forecast

Matagorda Bay

GMZ330 · 146 PM CST Wed Nov 4 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.


GMZ330-050830-
Matagorda Bay-
146 PM CST Wed Nov 4 2026

.THIS AFTERNOON...Northwest to north winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay 
waters smooth. 
.TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. 
.THURSDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds around 10 knots, becoming northeast
10 to 15 knots after midnight. Bay waters smooth, increasing to
slightly choppy after midnight. A chance of showers. 
.FRIDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters
slightly choppy. 
.SATURDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly
choppy. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 15 knots, becoming north
15 to 20 knots after midnight. Bay waters slightly choppy,
increasing to choppy after midnight. 
.SUNDAY...North winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to around
15 knots in the afternoon. Bay waters choppy, diminishing to
slightly choppy in the afternoon. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...North winds around 10 knots. Bay waters smooth to
slightly choppy.

Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out 20 NM

GMZ350 · 146 PM CST Wed Nov 4 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.


GMZ350-355-050830-
Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out
20 NM-Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM-
146 PM CST Wed Nov 4 2026

.THIS AFTERNOON...North winds 5 to 10 knots with higher gusts. 
Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: North 3 feet at 4 seconds and 
southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. 
.TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave
Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 4 seconds and southeast 1 foot at
6 seconds. 
.THURSDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave
Detail: South 1 foot at 4 seconds and east 1 foot at 4 seconds. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northeast
after midnight. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot
at 5 seconds. A chance of showers. 
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave
Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 3 seconds and southeast 1 foot at
6 seconds. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
Wave Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 3 seconds and south 1 foot at
5 seconds. 
.SATURDAY...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to around
15 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 feet. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to
5 feet. 
.SUNDAY...Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots, diminishing to around
20 knots in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 feet. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet.

Moon calendar · May 1987

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
13% lit
↑ 9:05 AM
↓ 11:47 PM
★★★☆c79
2
20% lit
↑ 9:56 AM
↓ –
★★☆☆c75
Moon farthest north (28.5°)
3
28% lit
↑ 10:50 AM
↓ 12:38 AM
★★☆☆c72
Apogee · 404,701 km
4
37% lit
↑ 11:46 AM
↓ 1:24 AM
★★☆☆c69
5
46% lit
↑ 12:43 PM
↓ 2:04 AM
★★☆☆c65
First Quarter
6
56% lit
↑ 1:40 PM
↓ 2:39 AM
★☆☆☆c59
7
65% lit
↑ 2:36 PM
↓ 3:11 AM
★☆☆☆c49
8
75% lit
↑ 3:32 PM
↓ 3:41 AM
★☆☆☆c36
9
83% lit
↑ 4:29 PM
↓ 4:09 AM
★☆☆☆c34
Moon crosses the equator
10
90% lit
↑ 5:28 PM
↓ 4:38 AM
★★☆☆c54
11
96% lit
↑ 6:30 PM
↓ 5:09 AM
★★★☆c71
12
99% lit
↑ 7:37 PM
↓ 5:44 AM
★★★★c85
13
100% lit
↑ 8:47 PM
↓ 6:23 AM
★☆☆☆c90
Full Moon · Flower Moon
14
98% lit
↑ 9:59 PM
↓ 7:11 AM
★★★★c95
best
15
93% lit
↑ 11:08 PM
↓ 8:07 AM
★★★★c96
Perigee · 363,628 km
best
16
86% lit
↑ –
↓ 9:12 AM
★★★★c97
Moon farthest south (-28.5°)
best
17
77% lit
↑ 12:10 AM
↓ 10:22 AM
★★★☆c95
18
67% lit
↑ 1:03 AM
↓ 11:33 AM
★★★☆c91
19
55% lit
↑ 1:48 AM
↓ 12:41 PM
★★☆☆c81
Last Quarter
20
44% lit
↑ 2:26 AM
↓ 1:46 PM
★★☆☆c67
21
33% lit
↑ 2:59 AM
↓ 2:48 PM
★☆☆☆c47
22
24% lit
↑ 3:29 AM
↓ 3:47 PM
★☆☆☆c33
Moon crosses the equator
23
15% lit
↑ 3:59 AM
↓ 4:45 PM
★★☆☆c54
24
9% lit
↑ 4:29 AM
↓ 5:44 PM
★★☆☆c71
25
4% lit
↑ 5:01 AM
↓ 6:43 PM
★★★☆c82
26
1% lit
↑ 5:36 AM
↓ 7:42 PM
★★★★c86
best
27
0% lit
↑ 6:15 AM
↓ 8:41 PM
★☆☆☆c87
New Moon
28
1% lit
↑ 7:00 AM
↓ 9:38 PM
★★★★c87
best
29
4% lit
↑ 7:49 AM
↓ 10:31 PM
★★★★c86
Moon farthest north (28.5°)
30
9% lit
↑ 8:42 AM
↓ 11:19 PM
★★★☆c82
31
15% lit
↑ 9:38 AM
↓ –
★★★☆c79
Apogee · 405,628 km

Lunar events this month

  • Sat, May 2 · 5:00 AM — Moon farthest north (28.5°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Sun, May 3 · 9:00 PM — Apogee · 404,701 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Tue, May 5 · 9:24 PM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Sat, May 9 · 1:00 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 13 · 7:49 AM — Full Moon · Flower MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Fri, May 15 · 6:00 PM — Perigee · 363,628 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Sat, May 16 · 2:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-28.5°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Tue, May 19 · 11:02 PM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Fri, May 22 · 10:00 AM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Wed, May 27 · 10:12 AM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Fri, May 29 · 12:00 PM — Moon farthest north (28.5°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Sun, May 31 · 1:00 PM — Apogee · 405,628 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.

Best fishing days

Thu, May 14 · Fri, May 15 · Sat, May 16 · Tue, May 26 · Thu, May 28

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

Moon distance

363,664 km closest · 405,627 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 O'CONNOR, MATAGORDA BAYSurf report: Matagorda Island (boat access)Offshore 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 12:21 PM.