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Port Mansfield

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

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Today

This Afternoon: High 81° · 1% rain

Sunny, with a high near 81. East northeast wind around 10 mph.

Tonight: Low 74° · 3% rain

Patchy fog after 11pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 74. East northeast wind 2 to 9 mph.

Sunrise / sunset
7:38 AM / 6:47 PM
Moonrise / moonset
– / 1:25 PM
Moon
Waning Gibbous, 61%
Major period
5:20 AM–7:20 AM
Minor period
12:55 PM–1:55 PM
Major period
5:50 PM–7:50 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Sat, Oct 316 PMSun, Nov 16 AM12 PM6 PMMon, Nov 26 AM12 PMclouds7% cloud cover9% cloud cover8% cloud cover17% cloud cover13% cloud cover17% cloud cover14% cloud cover19% cloud cover26% cloud cover26% cloud cover18% cloud cover22% cloud cover20% cloud cover28% cloud cover34% cloud cover36% cloud cover56% cloud cover63% cloud cover29% cloud cover13% cloud cover31% cloud cover28% cloud cover22% cloud cover20% cloud cover19% cloud cover22% cloud cover28% cloud cover40% cloud cover60% cloud cover68% cloud cover51% cloud cover53% cloud cover52% cloud cover66% cloud cover57% cloud cover63% cloud cover67% cloud cover50% cloud cover42% cloud cover55% cloud cover72% cloud cover61% cloud cover50% cloud cover46% cloud cover43% cloud cover39% cloud cover40% cloud cover40% cloud cover🌫🌫🌫🌫🌫🌫🌫🌫🌫70°75°80°85°90°81807877767579828279787876757983rain1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance3% chance4% chance5% chance4% chance3% chance4% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chancewind01020mphENE 9 mph, gusts 14ENE 9 mph, gusts 14ENE 8 mph, gusts 12E 7 mph, gusts 9E 5 mph, gusts 7E 2 mph, gusts 5ENE 2 mph, gusts 3NNE 2 mph, gusts 3N 2 mph, gusts 5NNE 3 mph, gusts 6ENE 5 mph, gusts 8ENE 7 mph, gusts 10ENE 9 mph, gusts 14ENE 9 mph, gusts 15E 9 mph, gusts 14ESE 9 mph, gusts 14SE 8 mph, gusts 12SE 7 mph, gusts 12SSE 8 mph, gusts 12SSE 7 mph, gusts 12SSE 7 mph, gusts 12SSE 9 mph, gusts 14SSE 10 mph, gusts 16SE 14 mph, gusts 20
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Sat 4 PM81°87°75°83%7%1%–ENE 914–
Sat 5 PM81°86°76°85%9%1%–ENE 1014–
Sat 6 PM80°86°76°86%8%1%–ENE 914–
Sat 7 PM80°84°76°87%17%1%–ENE 913–
Sat 8 PM79°79°76°90%13%1%–ENE 812–
Sat 9 PM78°79°76°92%17%1%–E 710–
Sat 10 PM78°78°76°93%14%1%–E 79–
Sat 11 PM78°78°76°94%19%1%–E 58–🌫
Sun 12 AM77°77°76°95%26%1%–E 57–
Sun 1 AM77°77°76°95%26%1%–E 36–🌫
Sun 1 AM77°77°75°95%18%2%–E 25–🌫
Sun 2 AM76°76°75°96%22%2%–E 25–🌫
Sun 3 AM76°76°75°98%20%2%–ENE 23–🌫
Sun 4 AM75°75°75°99%28%2%–NE 23–🌫
Sun 5 AM75°75°75°100%34%3%–NNE 23–🌫
Sun 6 AM75°75°75°100%36%4%–N 25–🌫
Sun 7 AM74°74°74°100%56%5%–N 25–🌫
Sun 8 AM76°76°76°100%63%4%–N 25–
Sun 9 AM79°79°77°94%29%3%–NNE 36–
Sun 10 AM80°86°77°90%13%4%–NE 37–
Sun 11 AM81°88°77°87%31%2%–ENE 58–
Sun 12 PM82°89°76°85%28%2%–ENE 69–
Sun 1 PM82°89°76°85%22%2%–ENE 710–
Sun 2 PM82°90°76°84%20%2%–ENE 813–
Sun 3 PM82°89°76°84%19%1%–ENE 914–
Sun 4 PM81°88°76°86%22%1%–ENE 914–
Sun 5 PM80°87°76°87%28%1%–ENE 915–
Sun 6 PM79°83°76°89%40%1%–ENE 914–
Sun 7 PM79°79°76°90%60%1%–E 914–
Sun 8 PM79°79°76°92%68%0%–E 914–
Sun 9 PM78°78°76°93%51%0%–ESE 914–
Sun 10 PM78°78°76°93%53%0%–ESE 813–
Sun 11 PM78°78°76°94%52%0%–SE 812–
Mon 12 AM78°78°76°94%66%0%–SE 712–
Mon 1 AM77°77°75°94%57%0%–SE 712–
Mon 2 AM76°77°75°96%63%0%–SSE 812–
Mon 3 AM76°76°75°97%67%0%–SSE 812–
Mon 4 AM76°76°75°97%50%0%–SSE 712–
Mon 5 AM75°75°75°99%42%0%–SSE 712–
Mon 6 AM75°75°75°98%55%0%–SSE 712–
Mon 7 AM75°75°75°100%72%0%–SSE 712–
Mon 8 AM77°77°76°97%61%0%–SSE 813–
Mon 9 AM79°84°77°93%50%0%–SSE 914–
Mon 10 AM81°89°77°88%46%0%–SSE 1015–
Mon 11 AM82°91°77°84%43%0%–SSE 1016–
Mon 12 PM83°92°76°81%39%0%–SE 1217–
Mon 1 PM84°93°77°80%40%0%–SE 1420–
Mon 2 PM83°92°77°80%40%0%–SE 1622–

7-day forecast

Today

Sunny

81° / 74°

3% rain

ENE 5–10 mph · gusts 14

🌫 Fog

Sun, Nov 1

Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny

82° / 75°

5% rain

NNE 2–9 mph · gusts 15

🌫 Fog

Mon, Nov 2

Mostly Sunny

84° / 76°

Dry

SE 7–17 mph · gusts 24

Tue, Nov 3

Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

85° / 68°

27% rain

SE 6–16 mph · gusts 23

⚡ Storms

Wed, Nov 4

Sunny

79° / 67°

8% rain

N 6–13 mph · gusts 20

Thu, Nov 5

Sunny

81° / 67°

10% rain

NNE 6–10 mph · gusts 18

Fri, Nov 6

Mostly Sunny

78° / 67°

11% rain

ENE 7–13 mph · gusts 18

Detailed NWS forecast
  • This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 81. East northeast wind around 10 mph.
  • Tonight: Patchy fog after 11pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 74. East northeast wind 2 to 9 mph.
  • Sunday: Patchy fog before 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. North northeast wind 2 to 9 mph.
  • Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. East southeast wind around 9 mph.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Southeast wind 7 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 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 chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Southeast wind 6 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
  • Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. North wind 9 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
  • Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 79. North wind around 13 mph.
  • Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67. Northeast wind 6 to 9 mph.
  • Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 81. North northeast wind 6 to 10 mph.
  • Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.
  • Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67.

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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 1998

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
28% lit
↑ 10:12 AM
↓ 11:52 PM
★☆☆☆c89
2
39% lit
↑ 11:05 AM
↓ –
★★★☆c88
Moon farthest north (18.5°)
3
49% lit
↑ 11:59 AM
↓ 12:48 AM
★★★☆c84
First Quarter
4
59% lit
↑ 12:53 PM
↓ 1:39 AM
★★★☆c77
5
69% lit
↑ 2:47 PM
↓ 3:26 AM
★★★☆c69
6
77% lit
↑ 3:40 PM
↓ 4:09 AM
★★★☆c55
7
85% lit
↑ 4:32 PM
↓ 4:48 AM
★★☆☆c46
8
91% lit
↑ 5:23 PM
↓ 5:25 AM
★★☆☆c37
9
96% lit
↑ 6:13 PM
↓ 6:00 AM
★★☆☆c31
10
99% lit
↑ 7:03 PM
↓ 6:35 AM
★★★☆c41
Moon crosses the equator
Apogee · 406,346 km
11
100% lit
↑ 7:53 PM
↓ 7:09 AM
★★★☆c52
Full Moon · Pink Moon
12
99% lit
↑ 8:44 PM
↓ 7:44 AM
★★★★c61
13
97% lit
↑ 9:36 PM
↓ 8:20 AM
★★★★c69
14
93% lit
↑ 10:28 PM
↓ 8:59 AM
★★★★c75
15
87% lit
↑ 11:20 PM
↓ 9:40 AM
★★★★c78
16
80% lit
↑ –
↓ 10:25 AM
★☆☆☆c80
17
71% lit
↑ 12:12 AM
↓ 11:13 AM
★★★★c82
Moon farthest south (-19.1°)
18
62% lit
↑ 1:04 AM
↓ 12:05 PM
★★★★c84
19
51% lit
↑ 1:55 AM
↓ 1:01 PM
★★★☆c82
Last Quarter
20
41% lit
↑ 2:43 AM
↓ 2:00 PM
★★★☆c79
21
30% lit
↑ 3:31 AM
↓ 3:01 PM
★★★☆c72
22
20% lit
↑ 4:16 AM
↓ 4:03 PM
★★★☆c56
23
11% lit
↑ 5:01 AM
↓ 5:08 PM
★★☆☆c42
24
5% lit
↑ 5:46 AM
↓ 6:13 PM
★★★☆c59
Moon crosses the equator
25
1% lit
↑ 6:31 AM
↓ 7:20 PM
★★★★c81
Perigee · 358,045 km
best
26
0% lit
↑ 7:18 AM
↓ 8:26 PM
★★★★c98
New Moon (supermoon)
best
27
2% lit
↑ 8:07 AM
↓ 9:32 PM
★★★★c107
best
28
7% lit
↑ 8:59 AM
↓ 10:36 PM
★★★★c109
best
29
14% lit
↑ 9:52 AM
↓ 11:36 PM
★★★★c108
best
30
23% lit
↑ 10:48 AM
↓ –
★☆☆☆c103
Moon farthest north (18.6°)

Lunar events this month

  • Thu, Apr 2 · 11:00 PM — Moon farthest north (18.5°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Fri, Apr 3 · 2:18 PM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Fri, Apr 10 · 7:00 AM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Fri, Apr 10 · 9:00 PM — Apogee · 406,346 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Sat, Apr 11 · 5:23 PM — Full Moon · Pink MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Fri, Apr 17 · 8:00 PM — Moon farthest south (-19.1°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Sun, Apr 19 · 2:52 PM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Fri, Apr 24 · 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.
  • Sat, Apr 25 · 1:00 PM — Perigee · 358,045 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Sun, Apr 26 · 6:41 AM — 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.
  • Thu, Apr 30 · 8:00 AM — Moon farthest north (18.6°)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

Sat, Apr 25 · Sun, Apr 26 · Mon, Apr 27 · Tue, Apr 28 · Wed, Apr 29

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

Moon distance

358,046 km closest · 406,301 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 Sat 3:18 PM.