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Freeport

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

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Today

Today: High 78°

Sunny, with a high near 78. East wind around 5 mph.

Tonight: Low 64° · 4% rain

Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. Southeast wind 0 to 10 mph.

Sunrise / sunset
6:36 AM / 5:32 PM
Moonrise / moonset
3:13 AM / 3:18 PM
Moon
Waning Crescent, 12%
Minor period
2:43 AM–3:43 AM
Major period
8:15 AM–10:15 AM
Minor period
2:48 PM–3:48 PM
Major period
8:45 PM–10:45 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Thu, Nov 56 PMFri, Nov 66 AM12 PM6 PMSat, Nov 76 AM12 PMclouds2% cloud cover2% cloud cover1% cloud cover1% cloud cover2% cloud cover3% cloud cover2% cloud cover2% cloud cover2% cloud cover3% cloud cover8% cloud cover10% cloud cover11% cloud cover18% cloud cover37% cloud cover41% cloud cover45% cloud cover50% cloud cover58% cloud cover56% cloud cover42% cloud cover44% cloud cover41% cloud cover22% cloud cover7% cloud cover2% cloud cover2% cloud cover2% cloud cover5% cloud cover26% cloud cover25% cloud cover32% cloud cover36% cloud cover55% cloud cover59% cloud cover54% cloud cover50% cloud cover53% cloud cover58% cloud cover75% cloud cover76% cloud cover59% cloud cover76% cloud cover72% cloud cover68% cloud cover68% cloud cover67% cloud cover67% cloud cover🌫🌫🌫55°60°65°70°75°80°85°78777270706767747878726968656673rain1% chance5% chance4% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance2% chancewind01020mphE 7 mph, gusts 9E 7 mph, gusts 9ESE 5 mph, gusts 9ESE 3 mph, gusts 9ESE 3 mph, gusts 8NNE 2 mph, gusts 5N 2 mph, gusts 5NNE 2 mph, gusts 7NNE 3 mph, gusts 9N 5 mph, gusts 10N 7 mph, gusts 13NNE 7 mph, gusts 10ENE 9 mph, gusts 12E 8 mph, gusts 12E 6 mph, gusts 12E 5 mph, gusts 12NNW 5 mph, gusts 9N 6 mph, gusts 17NNE 7 mph, gusts 22NNE 8 mph, gusts 23NNE 8 mph, gusts 22NE 9 mph, gusts 16ENE 12 mph, gusts 18ENE 14 mph, gusts 20
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Thu 1 PM78°78°64°62%2%0%–E 7910+ mi
Thu 2 PM78°78°64°62%2%0%–E 71010+ mi
Thu 3 PM78°78°64°62%1%0%–E 7910+ mi
Thu 4 PM77°77°64°64%1%0%–ESE 7910+ mi
Thu 5 PM75°75°65°71%2%0%–ESE 5910+ mi
Thu 6 PM74°74°65°74%3%1%–ESE 5910+ mi
Thu 7 PM72°72°65°79%2%0%–ESE 3910+ mi
Thu 8 PM71°71°65°81%2%0%–ESE 3810+ mi
Thu 9 PM71°71°66°84%2%0%–ESE 3810+ mi
Thu 10 PM70°70°66°87%3%0%–E 2710+ mi
Thu 11 PM69°69°65°87%8%5%–NNE 2510+ mi
Fri 12 AM69°69°65°87%10%4%–N 258.8 mi
Fri 1 AM70°70°66°87%11%1%–N 257.2 mi
Fri 2 AM69°69°66°90%18%1%–N 267.0 mi
Fri 3 AM67°67°66°97%37%1%–NNE 275.7 mi🌫
Fri 4 AM67°67°65°93%41%1%–NNE 285.5 mi🌫
Fri 5 AM66°66°65°97%45%1%–NNE 395.5 mi🌫
Fri 6 AM65°65°65°100%50%2%–NNE 3107.1 mi
Fri 7 AM67°67°66°97%58%2%–N 5108.0 mi
Fri 8 AM68°68°66°93%56%2%–N 6138.4 mi
Fri 9 AM72°72°65°79%42%2%–N 7139.8 mi
Fri 10 AM74°74°64°71%44%2%–NNE 71210.0 mi
Fri 11 AM77°77°64°64%41%2%–NNE 71010+ mi
Fri 12 PM78°78°64°62%22%2%–NE 6910+ mi
Fri 1 PM78°78°64°62%7%2%–ENE 91210+ mi
Fri 2 PM80°82°64°58%2%2%–ENE 91310+ mi
Fri 3 PM79°79°64°60%2%1%–E 81210+ mi
Fri 4 PM78°78°63°60%2%1%–E 81210+ mi
Fri 5 PM77°77°63°62%5%1%–E 61210+ mi
Fri 6 PM73°73°63°71%26%1%–E 51210+ mi
Fri 7 PM72°72°63°73%25%1%–E 51210+ mi
Fri 8 PM71°71°63°76%32%0%–E 61310+ mi
Fri 9 PM71°71°62°73%36%0%–NNW 5910+ mi
Fri 10 PM69°69°62°78%55%0%–NNW 69–
Fri 11 PM68°68°61°78%59%0%–N 617–
Sat 12 AM67°67°61°81%54%0%–N 618–
Sat 1 AM68°68°62°81%50%0%–NNE 722–
Sat 2 AM67°67°61°81%53%0%–NE 824–
Sat 3 AM65°65°61°87%58%0%–NNE 823–
Sat 4 AM65°65°61°87%75%0%–NNE 823–
Sat 5 AM65°65°61°87%76%1%–NNE 822–
Sat 6 AM63°63°61°93%59%1%–NNE 822–
Sat 7 AM66°66°62°87%76%1%–NE 916–
Sat 8 AM69°69°63°81%72%1%–ENE 1017–
Sat 9 AM72°72°63°73%68%1%–ENE 1218–
Sat 10 AM73°73°63°71%68%1%–ENE 1320–
Sat 11 AM74°74°63°69%67%1%–ENE 1420–
Sat 12 PM75°75°63°66%67%2%–ENE 1420–

7-day forecast

Today

Sunny

78° / 64°

5% rain

E 2–7 mph · gusts 10

Fri, Nov 6

Mostly Sunny

80° / 62°

4% rain

NE 2–9 mph · gusts 17

🌫 Fog

Sat, Nov 7

Partly Sunny

77° / 58°

19% rain

NE 6–14 mph · gusts 24

Sun, Nov 8

Chance Rain Showers

69° / 55°

51% rain · 0.18"

NE 5–14 mph · gusts 24

⚡ Storms

Mon, Nov 9

Chance Rain Showers

71° / 55°

29% rain

N 1–8 mph · gusts 15

Tue, Nov 10

Slight Chance Rain Showers

74° / 57°

15% rain

NE 0–6 mph · gusts 12

Wed, Nov 11

Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny

75° / 58°

15% rain

NE 0–5 mph · gusts 8

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Today: Sunny, with a high near 78. East wind around 5 mph.
  • Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. Southeast wind 0 to 10 mph.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny. High near 80, with temperatures falling to around 76 in the afternoon. Northeast wind 5 to 15 mph.
  • Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
  • Saturday: Partly sunny. High near 77, with temperatures falling to around 74 in the afternoon. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph.
  • Saturday Night: A slight chance of rain showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Sunday: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
  • Sunday Night: A slight chance of rain showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Monday: A chance of rain showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
  • Monday Night: A slight chance of rain showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Tuesday: A slight chance of rain showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Tuesday Night: A slight chance of rain showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Veterans Day: A slight chance of rain showers before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58.

Weather map

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Marine forecast

Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM

GMZ355 · 435 AM CST Thu Nov 5 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.


GMZ355-052330-
Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM-
435 AM CST Thu Nov 5 2026

.TODAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming around 5 knots late.
Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 5 seconds and
south 1 foot at 5 seconds. 
.TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 6 seconds. 
.FRIDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming northeast around
10 knots in the afternoon. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail:
Southeast 1 foot at 6 seconds. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 10 knots, increasing to
10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots after midnight. Seas
2 to 3 feet. 
.SATURDAY...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet.
Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 4 seconds. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to
30 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, building to 4 to 6 feet, occasionally
to 8 feet after midnight. Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 5 seconds,
becoming east 4 feet at 5 seconds. 
.SUNDAY...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet,
occasionally to 8 feet. A chance of showers. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet.
.MONDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to around
10 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 feet. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around
2 feet.

Moon calendar · July 1988

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
95% lit
↑ 10:31 PM
↓ 8:13 AM
★★★★c98
2
89% lit
↑ 11:10 PM
↓ 9:24 AM
★☆☆☆c90
Perigee · 363,663 km
3
80% lit
↑ 11:45 PM
↓ 10:33 AM
★★★★c83
4
70% lit
↑ –
↓ 11:39 AM
★★★★c61
5
59% lit
↑ 12:18 AM
↓ 12:43 PM
★★☆☆c42
Moon crosses the equator
6
48% lit
↑ 12:50 AM
↓ 1:46 PM
★★☆☆c47
Last Quarter
7
37% lit
↑ 1:22 AM
↓ 2:50 PM
★★★★c66
8
27% lit
↑ 1:58 AM
↓ 3:54 PM
★★★★c80
9
18% lit
↑ 2:37 AM
↓ 4:58 PM
★★★★c88
10
10% lit
↑ 3:22 AM
↓ 6:00 PM
★★★★c91
11
5% lit
↑ 4:12 AM
↓ 6:58 PM
★★★★c91
Moon farthest north (28.5°)
12
2% lit
↑ 5:07 AM
↓ 7:51 PM
★★★★c89
best
13
0% lit
↑ 6:05 AM
↓ 8:36 PM
★★★★c85
New Moon
best
14
1% lit
↑ 7:04 AM
↓ 9:15 PM
★★★★c79
best
15
3% lit
↑ 8:02 AM
↓ 9:49 PM
★★★★c74
16
7% lit
↑ 8:58 AM
↓ 10:19 PM
★★★★c68
17
13% lit
↑ 9:52 AM
↓ 10:46 PM
★☆☆☆c60
Apogee · 405,511 km
18
20% lit
↑ 10:44 AM
↓ 11:12 PM
★★★★c54
19
28% lit
↑ 11:36 AM
↓ 11:38 PM
★★☆☆c38
Moon crosses the equator
20
37% lit
↑ 12:29 PM
↓ –
★★☆☆c29
21
46% lit
↑ 1:23 PM
↓ 12:05 AM
★★☆☆c40
First Quarter
22
56% lit
↑ 2:21 PM
↓ 12:34 AM
★★★☆c55
23
66% lit
↑ 3:22 PM
↓ 1:08 AM
★★★★c68
24
76% lit
↑ 4:26 PM
↓ 1:47 AM
★★★★c79
25
84% lit
↑ 5:31 PM
↓ 2:35 AM
★★★★c88
26
92% lit
↑ 6:34 PM
↓ 3:32 AM
★★★★c95
Moon farthest south (-28.3°)
27
97% lit
↑ 7:31 PM
↓ 4:37 AM
★★★★c97
28
100% lit
↑ 8:21 PM
↓ 5:49 AM
★★★★c97
Full Moon · Buck Moon (supermoon)
best
29
99% lit
↑ 9:05 PM
↓ 7:03 AM
★★★★c94
best
30
96% lit
↑ 9:42 PM
↓ 8:15 AM
★★★★c85
Perigee · 359,329 km
31
90% lit
↑ 10:17 PM
↓ 9:24 AM
★★☆☆c72

Lunar events this month

  • Sat, Jul 2 · 1:00 AM — Perigee · 363,663 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Tue, Jul 5 · 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.
  • Wed, Jul 6 · 6:36 AM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Mon, Jul 11 · 7:00 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.
  • Wed, Jul 13 · 4:52 PM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Sun, Jul 17 · 8:00 PM — Apogee · 405,511 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Tue, Jul 19 · 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, Jul 21 · 9:14 PM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Tue, Jul 26 · 5:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-28.3°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Thu, Jul 28 · 10:25 PM — Full Moon · Buck 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.
  • Sat, Jul 30 · 3:00 AM — Perigee · 359,329 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.

Best fishing days

Tue, Jul 12 · Wed, Jul 13 · Thu, Jul 14 · Thu, Jul 28 · Fri, Jul 29

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

Moon distance

359,453 km closest · 405,463 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 Thu 12:21 PM.