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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, 13%
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 512 PM6 PMFri, Nov 66 AM12 PM6 PMSat, Nov 76 AMclouds5% cloud cover7% cloud cover12% cloud cover19% cloud cover24% cloud cover27% cloud cover28% cloud cover28% cloud cover31% cloud cover34% cloud cover39% cloud cover43% cloud cover45% cloud cover43% cloud cover41% cloud cover47% cloud cover49% cloud cover49% cloud cover51% cloud cover54% cloud cover52% cloud cover52% cloud cover53% cloud cover50% cloud cover53% cloud cover49% cloud cover36% cloud cover26% cloud cover29% cloud cover27% cloud cover27% cloud cover28% cloud cover36% cloud cover43% cloud cover39% cloud cover42% cloud cover48% cloud cover50% cloud cover47% cloud cover46% cloud cover49% cloud cover55% cloud cover63% cloud cover65% cloud cover67% cloud cover69% cloud cover70% cloud cover71% cloud cover55°60°65°70°75°80°85°72787873696767647179797469656463rain3% chance3% chance3% chance2% chance2% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance1% chance1% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance5% chance5% chance5% chancewind01020mphENE 5 mph, gusts 6E 6 mph, gusts 8ESE 6 mph, gusts 8ESE 7 mph, gusts 9ESE 5 mph, gusts 7ESE 5 mph, gusts 6SE 5 mph, gusts 6SSE 2 mph, gusts 3SE 0 mph, gusts 2E 1 mph, gusts 3N 8 mph, gusts 8N 13 mph, gusts 14N 12 mph, gusts 14N 10 mph, gusts 13NNE 8 mph, gusts 9NE 8 mph, gusts 10ENE 7 mph, gusts 8ENE 3 mph, gusts 6ENE 3 mph, gusts 6NE 5 mph, gusts 7NE 8 mph, gusts 9NE 12 mph, gusts 14NE 12 mph, gusts 14NE 12 mph, gusts 15
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Thu 9 AM72°72°63°73%5%0%–ENE 5610+ mi
Thu 10 AM75°75°63°66%7%0%–E 6810+ mi
Thu 11 AM76°76°63°64%12%0%–E 6810+ mi
Thu 12 PM78°78°63°60%19%0%–E 6810+ mi
Thu 1 PM78°78°63°60%24%0%–ESE 6810+ mi
Thu 2 PM78°78°63°60%27%0%–ESE 6810+ mi
Thu 3 PM78°78°64°62%28%0%–ESE 7910+ mi
Thu 4 PM77°77°64°64%28%0%–ESE 7910+ mi
Thu 5 PM76°76°64°66%31%0%–ESE 5710+ mi
Thu 6 PM73°73°65°76%34%3%–ESE 5710+ mi
Thu 7 PM72°72°65°79%39%3%–ESE 5610+ mi
Thu 8 PM71°71°65°81%43%3%–SE 5610+ mi
Thu 9 PM69°69°65°87%45%2%–SE 5610+ mi
Thu 10 PM68°68°65°90%43%2%–SSE 359.0 mi
Thu 11 PM68°68°65°90%41%3%–SSE 237.0 mi
Fri 12 AM67°67°65°93%47%3%–SSE 127.0 mi
Fri 1 AM68°68°65°90%49%3%–SE 027.0 mi
Fri 2 AM67°67°65°93%49%4%–ESE 027.0 mi
Fri 3 AM67°67°65°93%51%4%–E 137.0 mi
Fri 4 AM65°65°65°100%54%4%–ENE 557.0 mi
Fri 5 AM64°64°64°100%52%4%–N 887.0 mi
Fri 6 AM64°64°64°100%52%3%–N 12137.0 mi
Fri 7 AM64°64°64°100%53%3%–N 13147.0 mi
Fri 8 AM67°67°65°93%50%3%–N 13137.0 mi
Fri 9 AM71°71°65°81%53%1%–N 121410+ mi
Fri 10 AM75°75°64°69%49%1%–N 101310+ mi
Fri 11 AM77°77°63°62%36%0%–N 101310+ mi
Fri 12 PM79°79°63°58%26%0%–NNE 9910+ mi
Fri 1 PM80°81°63°56%29%0%–NNE 8910+ mi
Fri 2 PM80°81°63°56%27%0%–NE 81010+ mi
Fri 3 PM79°79°63°58%27%0%–NE 81010+ mi
Fri 4 PM77°77°63°62%28%0%–ENE 89–
Fri 5 PM76°76°63°64%36%0%–ENE 78–
Fri 6 PM74°74°63°69%43%0%–ENE 57–
Fri 7 PM72°72°63°73%39%0%–ENE 36–
Fri 8 PM71°71°62°73%42%0%–ENE 36–
Fri 9 PM69°69°62°78%48%0%–ENE 36–
Fri 10 PM67°67°61°81%50%0%–ENE 36–
Fri 11 PM66°66°61°84%47%0%–NE 57–
Sat 12 AM65°65°61°87%46%2%–NE 68–
Sat 1 AM65°65°61°87%49%2%–NE 89–
Sat 2 AM64°64°61°90%55%2%–NE 1012–
Sat 3 AM64°64°61°90%63%2%–NE 1214–
Sat 4 AM63°63°61°93%65%2%–NE 1214–
Sat 5 AM62°62°61°97%67%2%–NE 1214–
Sat 6 AM63°63°61°93%69%5%–NE 1215–
Sat 7 AM65°65°61°87%70%5%–NE 1215–
Sat 8 AM69°69°62°78%71%5%–NE 1215–

7-day forecast

Today

Sunny

78° / 64°

4% rain

E 2–7 mph · gusts 9

Fri, Nov 6

Mostly Sunny

80° / 62°

4% rain

NE 0–13 mph · gusts 14

Sat, Nov 7

Partly Sunny

77° / 58°

19% rain

NE 6–15 mph · gusts 20

Sun, Nov 8

Chance Rain Showers

69° / 55°

39% rain · 0.12"

NE 5–18 mph · gusts 23

Mon, Nov 9

Chance Rain Showers

71° / 55°

29% rain · 0.06"

N 1–9 mph · gusts 16

Tue, Nov 10

Slight Chance Rain Showers

74° / 57°

17% rain

NE 0–6 mph · gusts 12

Wed, Nov 11

Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny

75° / 58°

15% rain

NE 0–6 mph · gusts 9

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 · October 1988

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
60% lit
↑ 11:45 PM
↓ 1:36 PM
★★★☆c84
Moon farthest north (28.5°)
2
50% lit
↑ –
↓ 2:29 PM
★☆☆☆c77
Last Quarter
3
40% lit
↑ 12:43 AM
↓ 3:15 PM
★★★☆c74
4
31% lit
↑ 1:42 AM
↓ 3:53 PM
★★★★c66
5
22% lit
↑ 2:40 AM
↓ 4:27 PM
★★★★c59
6
15% lit
↑ 3:35 AM
↓ 4:56 PM
★★★★c52
7
9% lit
↑ 4:29 AM
↓ 5:23 PM
★★★☆c45
Apogee · 405,978 km
8
4% lit
↑ 5:21 AM
↓ 5:49 PM
★★★☆c36
Moon crosses the equator
9
1% lit
↑ 6:13 AM
↓ 6:15 PM
★★★☆c37
10
0% lit
↑ 7:06 AM
↓ 6:42 PM
★★★★c48
New Moon
11
1% lit
↑ 8:01 AM
↓ 7:11 PM
★★★★c60
best
12
3% lit
↑ 8:58 AM
↓ 7:44 PM
★★★★c73
best
13
8% lit
↑ 9:57 AM
↓ 8:22 PM
★★★★c79
14
14% lit
↑ 10:58 AM
↓ 9:07 PM
★★★★c82
15
22% lit
↑ 11:59 AM
↓ 9:58 PM
★★★★c83
16
31% lit
↑ 12:57 PM
↓ 10:57 PM
★★★★c84
Moon farthest south (-28.2°)
17
41% lit
↑ 1:51 PM
↓ –
★★★☆c82
18
52% lit
↑ 2:39 PM
↓ 12:02 AM
★☆☆☆c79
First Quarter
19
63% lit
↑ 3:22 PM
↓ 1:09 AM
★★★★c77
20
74% lit
↑ 3:59 PM
↓ 2:17 AM
★★★★c70
21
83% lit
↑ 4:34 PM
↓ 3:25 AM
★★★★c59
22
91% lit
↑ 5:08 PM
↓ 4:32 AM
★★★☆c47
Moon crosses the equator
23
97% lit
↑ 5:42 PM
↓ 5:39 AM
★★★★c56
Perigee · 361,110 km
best
24
100% lit
↑ 6:18 PM
↓ 6:47 AM
★★★★c77
Full Moon · Hunter's Moon
best
25
99% lit
↑ 6:58 PM
↓ 7:57 AM
★★★★c100
best
26
97% lit
↑ 7:44 PM
↓ 9:07 AM
★★★★c105
27
91% lit
↑ 8:35 PM
↓ 10:16 AM
★★★★c105
28
84% lit
↑ 9:32 PM
↓ 11:21 AM
★★★★c102
29
76% lit
↑ 10:31 PM
↓ 12:19 PM
★★★★c94
Moon farthest north (28.5°)
30
67% lit
↑ 10:32 PM
↓ 12:08 PM
★★★★c83
31
57% lit
↑ 11:31 PM
↓ 12:51 PM
★★★☆c71

Lunar events this month

  • Sat, Oct 1 · 5:00 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, Oct 2 · 11:58 AM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Fri, Oct 7 · 4:00 PM — Apogee · 405,978 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Sat, Oct 8 · 11:00 PM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Mon, Oct 10 · 4:49 PM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Sun, Oct 16 · 3:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-28.2°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Tue, Oct 18 · 8:00 AM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Sat, Oct 22 · 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.
  • Sun, Oct 23 · 7:00 AM — Perigee · 361,110 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Mon, Oct 24 · 11:35 PM — Full Moon · Hunter's MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Sat, Oct 29 · 12:00 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.

Best fishing days

Tue, Oct 11 · Wed, Oct 12 · Sun, Oct 23 · Mon, Oct 24 · Tue, Oct 25

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

Moon distance

361,140 km closest · 405,968 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 6:20 AM.