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Port Mansfield

26.560°, -97.420° · tides: Padre Island, Port Mansfield Channel Ent.

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Today

Overnight: Low 74° · 2% rain

Patchy fog after 1am. Mostly clear, with a low around 74. East wind around 3 mph.

Sunday: High 82° · 7% rain

Patchy fog before 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. East northeast wind 2 to 9 mph.

Sunrise / sunset
6:39 AM / 5:47 PM
Moonrise / moonset
12:16 AM / 1:10 PM
Moon
Last Quarter, 57%
Minor period
12:00 AM–12:46 AM
Major period
5:15 AM–7:15 AM
Minor period
12:40 PM–1:40 PM
Major period
5:45 PM–7:45 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Sun, Nov 16 AM12 PM6 PMMon, Nov 26 AM12 PM6 PMclouds17% cloud cover16% cloud cover20% cloud cover29% cloud cover36% cloud cover39% cloud cover50% cloud cover53% cloud cover39% cloud cover43% cloud cover32% cloud cover34% cloud cover23% cloud cover25% cloud cover42% cloud cover34% cloud cover41% cloud cover30% cloud cover40% cloud cover42% cloud cover43% cloud cover31% cloud cover39% cloud cover42% cloud cover47% cloud cover49% cloud cover67% cloud cover64% cloud cover44% cloud cover69% cloud cover56% cloud cover59% cloud cover50% cloud cover42% cloud cover42% cloud cover49% cloud cover38% cloud cover33% cloud cover42% cloud cover34% cloud cover26% cloud cover26% cloud cover36% cloud cover61% cloud cover53% cloud cover45% cloud cover47% cloud cover49% cloud cover🌫🌫🌫🌫🌫🌫🌫🌫70°75°80°85°90°77767479818179787776758083838079rain2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance5% chance4% chance5% chance5% chance7% chance6% chance4% chance4% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chancewind01020mphESE 3 mph, gusts 6E 2 mph, gusts 5E 2 mph, gusts 5E 3 mph, gusts 5ENE 2 mph, gusts 5E 3 mph, gusts 6ENE 5 mph, gusts 8ENE 8 mph, gusts 12ENE 9 mph, gusts 15E 9 mph, gusts 14E 9 mph, gusts 13ESE 8 mph, gusts 12ESE 7 mph, gusts 10SE 7 mph, gusts 10SSE 7 mph, gusts 12SSE 7 mph, gusts 12SSE 8 mph, gusts 12SSE 10 mph, gusts 15SE 12 mph, gusts 17SE 15 mph, gusts 22SE 17 mph, gusts 25SE 17 mph, gusts 24SSE 17 mph, gusts 23SSE 17 mph, gusts 23
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Sun 1 AM77°77°76°95%17%2%–ESE 36–🌫
Sun 1 AM76°77°75°95%16%2%–E 25–🌫
Sun 2 AM76°76°75°96%20%2%–E 25–🌫
Sun 3 AM76°76°75°96%29%2%–E 25–🌫
Sun 4 AM75°75°75°99%36%2%–E 25–🌫
Sun 5 AM74°75°74°100%39%2%–E 25–🌫
Sun 6 AM74°74°74°99%50%5%–E 35–🌫
Sun 7 AM74°74°74°100%53%4%–ENE 35–🌫
Sun 8 AM76°76°76°100%39%5%–ENE 25–
Sun 9 AM79°79°76°93%43%5%–ENE 36–
Sun 10 AM80°85°76°89%32%7%–E 36–
Sun 11 AM81°88°76°85%34%6%–ENE 57–
Sun 12 PM81°88°76°84%23%4%–ENE 58–
Sun 1 PM81°88°76°84%25%4%–ENE 69–
Sun 2 PM82°89°76°83%42%2%–ENE 812–
Sun 3 PM81°88°76°83%34%2%–ENE 914–
Sun 4 PM81°87°76°84%41%2%–ENE 915–
Sun 5 PM80°86°76°85%30%1%–E 915–
Sun 6 PM79°83°76°89%40%1%–E 914–
Sun 7 PM79°79°76°90%42%1%–E 913–
Sun 8 PM79°79°76°91%43%1%–E 913–
Sun 9 PM78°79°76°91%31%1%–E 813–
Sun 10 PM78°78°76°92%39%1%–ESE 812–
Sun 11 PM78°78°76°94%42%1%–ESE 712–
Mon 12 AM77°77°76°94%47%1%–ESE 710–
Mon 1 AM77°77°75°94%49%1%–SE 710–
Mon 2 AM76°76°75°96%67%1%–SE 710–
Mon 3 AM76°76°75°96%64%1%–SSE 712–
Mon 4 AM76°76°75°97%44%1%–SSE 712–
Mon 5 AM75°75°75°99%69%1%–SSE 712–
Mon 6 AM75°75°75°98%56%1%–SSE 712–
Mon 7 AM75°75°75°100%59%1%–S 712–
Mon 8 AM77°77°76°98%50%0%–SSE 812–
Mon 9 AM80°85°77°92%42%0%–SSE 914–
Mon 10 AM81°88°77°87%42%0%–SSE 1015–
Mon 11 AM82°91°77°83%49%0%–SSE 1016–
Mon 12 PM83°91°76°81%38%0%–SE 1217–
Mon 1 PM83°92°77°82%33%0%–SE 1320–
Mon 2 PM84°93°77°81%42%0%–SE 1522–
Mon 3 PM83°92°77°81%34%0%–SE 1624–
Mon 4 PM83°91°77°82%26%0%–SE 1725–
Mon 5 PM82°89°76°84%26%0%–SE 1825–
Mon 6 PM80°86°76°87%36%0%–SE 1724–
Mon 7 PM80°85°76°89%61%0%–SE 1723–
Mon 8 PM80°84°76°90%53%0%–SSE 1723–
Mon 9 PM79°84°76°91%45%0%–SSE 1723–
Mon 10 PM79°79°76°92%47%0%–SSE 1723–
Mon 11 PM79°79°76°92%49%0%–SSE 1623–

7-day forecast

Today

Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny

82° / 74°

7% rain

ENE 2–9 mph · gusts 15

🌫 Fog

Mon, Nov 2

Mostly Sunny

84° / 76°

1% rain

SSE 7–18 mph · gusts 25

Tue, Nov 3

Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

85° / 70°

46% rain · 0.06"

SE 5–16 mph · gusts 23

⚡ Storms

Wed, Nov 4

Sunny

78° / 68°

14% rain

NNE 5–14 mph · gusts 20

Thu, Nov 5

Sunny

80° / 69°

12% rain

ESE 5–10 mph · gusts 16

Fri, Nov 6

Slight Chance Rain Showers then Sunny

78° / 69°

15% rain

NE 6–13 mph · gusts 18

Sat, Nov 7

Chance Rain Showers

78° / 70°

40% rain · 0.42"

ENE 8–13 mph · gusts 20

⚡ Storms

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Overnight: Patchy fog after 1am. Mostly clear, with a low around 74. East wind around 3 mph.
  • Sunday: Patchy fog before 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. East northeast wind 2 to 9 mph.
  • Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. East southeast wind around 9 mph.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. South southeast wind 7 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
  • Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. South southeast wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
  • Tuesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny. High near 85, with temperatures falling to around 80 in the afternoon. Southeast wind 5 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9pm and midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. North northeast wind 9 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
  • Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 78. North northeast wind 9 to 13 mph.
  • Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 68. East wind 5 to 9 mph.
  • Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 80. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
  • Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 69. East southeast wind 6 to 10 mph.
  • Friday: A slight chance of rain showers before noon. Sunny, with a high near 78. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69.
  • Saturday: A chance of rain showers before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.

Weather map

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Marine forecast

Laguna Madre From 5 nm North Of Port Mansfield To Baffin Bay TX

GMZ135 · 146 PM CDT Sat Oct 31 2026

Lower Texas coastal waters from Baffin Bay to the mouth of the
Rio Grande out 60 NM. 

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.


GMZ130-132-135-010715-
Laguna Madre from the Port of Brownsville to the Arroyo Colorado-
Laguna Madre from the Arroyo Colorado To 5 NM north of Port
Mansfield TX-
Laguna Madre from 5 nm north of Port Mansfield to Baffin Bay TX-
146 PM CDT Sat Oct 31 2026

.TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, diminishing to around
5 knots after midnight. Smooth on the bay. Patchy fog after
midnight. 
.SUNDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, increasing to 5 to
10 knots in the afternoon. Light chop on the bay. Patchy fog
early in the morning. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast
early in the morning. Light chop on the bay. 
.MONDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast 10 to
15 knots in the afternoon. A moderate chop on the bay. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. A moderate chop
on the bay. 
.TUESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to
10 knots in the afternoon, then becoming southeast late in the
afternoon. A moderate chop on the bay, diminishing to light chop
in the afternoon. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming north in
the late evening and early morning, then increasing to 10 to
15 knots early in the morning. Light chop on the bay, increasing
to a moderate chop early in the morning. A chance of showers with
a slight chance of thunderstorms until early morning. 
.WEDNESDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. A moderate chop on the
bay. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Light chop on
the bay. 
.THURSDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east in the
afternoon. Light chop on the bay, diminishing to smooth late in
the morning, then increasing to light chop in the afternoon. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast
after midnight. Light chop on the bay. A slight chance of showers
after midnight. 

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

Coastal waters from Port Mansfield TX to the Rio Grande River out 20 NM

GMZ150 · 146 PM CDT Sat Oct 31 2026

Lower Texas coastal waters from Baffin Bay to the mouth of the
Rio Grande out 60 NM. 

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.


GMZ150-155-010715-
Gulf waters from Port Mansfield to the Rio Grande out 20 nm-
Gulf waters from Baffin Bay to Port Mansfield out 20 nm-
146 PM CDT Sat Oct 31 2026

.TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, diminishing to around
5 knots early this morning. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: East
3 feet at 7 seconds. 
.SUNDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming 5 to 10 knots
in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: East 3 feet at
7 seconds. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast
early in the morning. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet
at 7 seconds. 
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave
Detail: East 2 feet at 7 seconds. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet.
Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 6 seconds. 
.TUESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to
10 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave Detail:
Southeast 3 feet at 5 seconds and east 2 feet at 8 seconds. A
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 10 knots, becoming north
in the late evening and overnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet, building to
3 to 5 feet after midnight. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
until early morning, then a slight chance of showers early in the
morning. 
.WEDNESDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. A
slight chance of showers early in the morning. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. 
.THURSDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northeast in the
afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds around 10 knots, becoming southeast
after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet. 

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · April 1997

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
40% lit
↑ 1:45 AM
↓ 12:55 PM
★★★☆c84
2
29% lit
↑ 2:37 AM
↓ 1:57 PM
★★★★c82
3
19% lit
↑ 3:26 AM
↓ 3:01 PM
★★★☆c70
4
10% lit
↑ 4:13 AM
↓ 4:06 PM
★★★☆c59
5
4% lit
↑ 4:59 AM
↓ 5:11 PM
★★★☆c50
Perigee · 361,500 km
Moon crosses the equator
6
1% lit
↑ 6:44 AM
↓ 7:15 PM
★★★☆c61
7
0% lit
↑ 7:29 AM
↓ 8:19 PM
★★★★c76
New Moon
best
8
2% lit
↑ 8:14 AM
↓ 9:22 PM
★★★★c85
best
9
7% lit
↑ 9:01 AM
↓ 10:23 PM
★★★★c88
best
10
14% lit
↑ 9:49 AM
↓ 11:22 PM
★★★★c89
11
22% lit
↑ 10:38 AM
↓ –
★☆☆☆c87
12
31% lit
↑ 11:29 AM
↓ 12:17 AM
★★★★c84
Moon farthest north (18.3°)
13
40% lit
↑ 12:20 PM
↓ 1:08 AM
★★★☆c78
14
50% lit
↑ 1:12 PM
↓ 1:55 AM
★★☆☆c71
First Quarter
15
60% lit
↑ 2:03 PM
↓ 2:39 AM
★★☆☆c62
16
69% lit
↑ 2:54 PM
↓ 3:19 AM
★★☆☆c51
17
77% lit
↑ 3:44 PM
↓ 3:57 AM
★★☆☆c41
Apogee · 405,003 km
18
85% lit
↑ 4:35 PM
↓ 4:33 AM
★★☆☆c32
19
91% lit
↑ 5:26 PM
↓ 5:09 AM
★★☆☆c35
20
96% lit
↑ 6:17 PM
↓ 5:44 AM
★★☆☆c49
Moon crosses the equator
21
99% lit
↑ 7:10 PM
↓ 6:20 AM
★★★☆c61
22
100% lit
↑ 8:04 PM
↓ 6:57 AM
★★★★c73
Full Moon · Pink Moon
23
99% lit
↑ 8:59 PM
↓ 7:37 AM
★★★★c83
best
24
96% lit
↑ 9:55 PM
↓ 8:20 AM
★★★★c91
best
25
91% lit
↑ 10:52 PM
↓ 9:06 AM
★★★★c95
26
84% lit
↑ 11:47 PM
↓ 9:57 AM
★☆☆☆c96
27
76% lit
↑ –
↓ 10:51 AM
★★★★c97
Moon farthest south (-18.4°)
28
66% lit
↑ 12:42 AM
↓ 11:49 AM
★★★★c96
29
55% lit
↑ 1:33 AM
↓ 12:49 PM
★★★☆c92
Last Quarter
30
43% lit
↑ 2:22 AM
↓ 1:51 PM
★★★☆c83

Lunar events this month

  • Sat, Apr 5 · 11:00 AM — Perigee · 361,500 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Sat, Apr 5 · 9:00 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, Apr 7 · 6:02 AM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Sat, Apr 12 · 11:00 AM — Moon farthest north (18.3°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Mon, Apr 14 · 11:59 AM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Thu, Apr 17 · 10:00 AM — Apogee · 405,003 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Sun, Apr 20 · 4:00 AM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Tue, Apr 22 · 3:33 PM — Full Moon · Pink MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Sun, Apr 27 · 5:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-18.4°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Tue, Apr 29 · 9:37 PM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.

Best fishing days

Mon, Apr 7 · Tue, Apr 8 · Wed, Apr 9 · Wed, Apr 23 · Thu, Apr 24

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

Moon distance

361,500 km closest · 405,001 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 Padre Island, Port Mansfield Channel Ent.Surf report: Mansfield Jetties (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 Sun 12:00 AM.