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Port Mansfield

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

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Today

Today: High 81° · 3% rain

Sunny, with a high near 81. East wind 0 to 9 mph.

Tonight: Low 74° · 2% rain

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, 63%
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 AMclouds26% cloud cover16% cloud cover10% cloud cover18% cloud cover19% cloud cover10% cloud cover12% cloud cover14% cloud cover21% cloud cover28% cloud cover15% cloud cover23% cloud cover24% cloud cover24% cloud cover25% cloud cover23% cloud cover28% cloud cover31% cloud cover42% cloud cover34% cloud cover39% cloud cover36% cloud cover40% cloud cover41% cloud cover44% cloud cover40% cloud cover32% cloud cover54% cloud cover37% cloud cover27% cloud cover27% cloud cover42% cloud cover68% cloud cover53% cloud cover38% cloud cover42% cloud cover45% cloud cover49% cloud cover53% cloud cover56% cloud cover60% cloud cover60% cloud cover61% cloud cover61% cloud cover55% cloud cover49% cloud cover43% cloud cover42% cloud cover70°75°80°85°80818078777674768081807877767477rain3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance1% chance2% chance2% chance5% chance6% chance6% chance6% chance4% chance1% chance1% chancewind01020mphENE 2 mph, gusts 5ENE 5 mph, gusts 8ENE 9 mph, gusts 13ENE 9 mph, gusts 14ENE 8 mph, gusts 12ENE 8 mph, gusts 12E 5 mph, gusts 8E 3 mph, gusts 6ENE 2 mph, gusts 5NNE 2 mph, gusts 3N 2 mph, gusts 5ENE 3 mph, gusts 6E 5 mph, gusts 8ENE 7 mph, gusts 12ENE 9 mph, gusts 15ENE 10 mph, gusts 16ENE 10 mph, gusts 14E 9 mph, gusts 14ESE 8 mph, gusts 13SE 7 mph, gusts 12SSE 7 mph, gusts 12SSE 6 mph, gusts 10SSE 6 mph, gusts 10SSE 7 mph, gusts 12
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Sat 12 PM80°84°74°84%26%3%–ENE 25–
Sat 1 PM81°86°74°81%16%3%–ENE 37–
Sat 2 PM81°86°75°82%10%3%–ENE 58–
Sat 3 PM81°87°75°81%18%3%–ENE 710–
Sat 4 PM81°87°75°81%19%2%–ENE 913–
Sat 5 PM81°86°75°83%10%2%–ENE 914–
Sat 6 PM80°85°75°84%12%2%–ENE 914–
Sat 7 PM79°79°74°86%14%2%–ENE 913–
Sat 8 PM78°78°75°89%21%2%–ENE 812–
Sat 9 PM78°78°75°91%28%2%–ENE 812–
Sat 10 PM78°78°75°92%15%2%–ENE 812–
Sat 11 PM77°77°75°93%23%2%–E 69–
Sun 12 AM77°77°75°94%24%2%–E 58–
Sun 1 AM76°76°75°96%24%2%–E 37–
Sun 1 AM76°76°75°95%25%2%–E 36–
Sun 2 AM76°76°75°97%23%2%–E 25–
Sun 3 AM75°75°75°98%28%1%–ENE 25–
Sun 4 AM75°75°74°99%31%2%–NE 23–
Sun 5 AM74°74°74°99%42%2%–NNE 23–
Sun 6 AM74°74°74°99%34%5%–N 25–
Sun 7 AM74°75°74°100%39%6%–N 25–
Sun 8 AM76°76°76°100%36%6%–ENE 35–
Sun 9 AM78°78°76°95%40%6%–ENE 36–
Sun 10 AM79°84°76°91%41%4%–E 57–
Sun 11 AM80°87°76°88%44%1%–E 58–
Sun 12 PM81°87°76°86%40%1%–E 69–
Sun 1 PM81°88°76°85%32%0%–ENE 712–
Sun 2 PM81°88°76°85%54%0%–ENE 813–
Sun 3 PM81°87°76°84%37%0%–ENE 915–
Sun 4 PM81°87°76°85%27%0%–ENE 1015–
Sun 5 PM80°86°76°86%27%0%–ENE 1016–
Sun 6 PM79°79°75°89%42%0%–ENE 1015–
Sun 7 PM78°78°75°91%68%0%–ENE 1014–
Sun 8 PM78°78°75°92%53%0%–E 1014–
Sun 9 PM78°78°75°92%38%0%–E 914–
Sun 10 PM78°78°75°93%42%0%–ESE 813–
Sun 11 PM77°77°75°93%45%0%–ESE 813–
Mon 12 AM77°77°75°94%49%0%–SE 712–
Mon 1 AM76°76°74°94%53%0%–SE 712–
Mon 2 AM76°76°74°95%56%0%–SSE 712–
Mon 3 AM75°75°74°96%60%0%–SSE 712–
Mon 4 AM75°75°74°97%60%0%–SSE 712–
Mon 5 AM74°74°74°98%61%0%–SSE 610–
Mon 6 AM74°75°74°98%61%0%–SSE 610–
Mon 7 AM76°76°75°97%55%0%–SSE 610–
Mon 8 AM77°77°76°96%49%0%–SSE 610–
Mon 9 AM78°79°76°93%43%0%–SSE 712–
Mon 10 AM80°85°76°89%42%0%–SSE 813–

7-day forecast

Today

Sunny

81° / 74°

3% rain

E 2–9 mph · gusts 14

Sun, Nov 1

Mostly Sunny

81° / 74°

6% rain

NE 2–10 mph · gusts 16

Mon, Nov 2

Mostly Sunny

83° / 75°

Dry

SE 6–16 mph · gusts 24

Tue, Nov 3

Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

83° / 68°

24% rain

SE 3–14 mph · gusts 21

⚡ Storms

Wed, Nov 4

Sunny

78° / 66°

9% rain

NNE 8–12 mph · gusts 18

Thu, Nov 5

Sunny

80° / 67°

8% rain

ESE 5–10 mph · gusts 17

Fri, Nov 6

Sunny

79° / 68°

9% rain

ENE 5–13 mph · gusts 20

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Today: Sunny, with a high near 81. East wind 0 to 9 mph.
  • Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 74. East northeast wind 2 to 9 mph.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Northeast wind 2 to 10 mph.
  • Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. East southeast wind 6 to 10 mph.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Southeast wind 6 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
  • Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. South southeast wind 12 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
  • Tuesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Southeast wind 3 to 12 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Tuesday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. North northeast wind around 12 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 78. North northeast wind around 12 mph.
  • Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 66. East wind around 9 mph.
  • Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 80. East southeast wind 7 to 10 mph.
  • Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67.
  • Friday: Sunny, with a high near 79.
  • Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 68.

Weather map

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Marine forecast

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

GMZ135 · 215 AM 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.


GMZ130-132-135-312030-
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-
215 AM CDT Sat Oct 31 2026

.TODAY...South winds around 5 knots early this morning, becoming
light and variable winds, then becoming northeast around 5 knots
early this afternoon, becoming east. A light chop on the bay. 
.TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, diminishing to around
5 knots after midnight. A light chop on the bay. 
.SUNDAY...North winds around 5 knots, becoming northeast in the
afternoon. A light chop on the bay. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast
after midnight. A light chop on the bay. 
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to
15 knots late in the afternoon. A light chop on the bay, 
increasing to a moderate chop on the bay late in the afternoon. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. A moderate chop
on the bay. 
.TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots, diminishing to around
5 knots early in the afternoon, then becoming southeast late in
the afternoon. A light chop on the bay. A chance of showers and 
thunderstorms in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds around 10 knots, becoming north early
in the morning. A light chop on the bay, increasing to a moderate
chop on the bay early in the morning. A slight chance of 
thunderstorms. A chance of showers, mainly in the evening. 
.WEDNESDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming northeast late
in the afternoon. A moderate chop on the bay, diminishing to
a light chop on the bay late in the afternoon. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east
after midnight. A light chop on the bay. 

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

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

GMZ150 · 215 AM 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.


GMZ150-155-312030-
Gulf waters from Port Mansfield to the Rio Grande out 20 nm-
Gulf waters from Baffin Bay to Port Mansfield out 20 nm-
215 AM CDT Sat Oct 31 2026

.TODAY...South winds around 5 knots, becoming north late this
morning, then becoming northeast this afternoon. Seas 2 to
3 feet. Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds. 
.TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave
Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds. 
.SUNDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, increasing to 5 to
10 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: East
3 feet at 7 seconds. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast 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 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to
15 knots late in the afternoon. 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 3 feet. A slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northeast
late in the evening, then becoming north 10 to 15 knots after
midnight. Seas 2 to 4 feet. A chance of thunderstorms in the
evening. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms
after midnight. 
.WEDNESDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. A
slight chance of showers early in the morning. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 10 knots, becoming east
after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet. 

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · August 1998

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
62% lit
↑ 2:50 PM
↓ 1:29 AM
★★☆☆c56
2
71% lit
↑ 3:43 PM
↓ 2:09 AM
★★★☆c68
3
79% lit
↑ 4:36 PM
↓ 2:52 AM
★★★★c78
4
87% lit
↑ 5:30 PM
↓ 3:39 AM
★★★★c86
5
93% lit
↑ 6:23 PM
↓ 4:30 AM
★★★★c92
Moon farthest south (-19.4°)
6
98% lit
↑ 7:15 PM
↓ 5:26 AM
★★★★c94
best
7
100% lit
↑ 8:04 PM
↓ 6:25 AM
★★★★c94
Full Moon · Sturgeon Moon
best
8
99% lit
↑ 8:51 PM
↓ 7:26 AM
★★★★c92
best
9
97% lit
↑ 9:36 PM
↓ 8:29 AM
★★★★c85
10
91% lit
↑ 10:20 PM
↓ 9:32 AM
★★★☆c73
11
83% lit
↑ 11:02 PM
↓ 10:35 AM
★★☆☆c58
Perigee · 366,447 km
Moon crosses the equator
12
74% lit
↑ 11:45 PM
↓ 11:38 AM
★★☆☆c42
13
63% lit
↑ –
↓ 12:40 PM
★★☆☆c52
14
51% lit
↑ 12:30 AM
↓ 1:43 PM
★★☆☆c73
Last Quarter
15
40% lit
↑ 1:16 AM
↓ 2:44 PM
★☆☆☆c79
16
29% lit
↑ 2:05 AM
↓ 3:44 PM
★★★★c88
17
20% lit
↑ 2:57 AM
↓ 4:41 PM
★★★★c91
Moon farthest north (18.8°)
18
12% lit
↑ 3:51 AM
↓ 5:35 PM
★★★★c91
19
6% lit
↑ 4:47 AM
↓ 6:25 PM
★★★★c89
best
20
2% lit
↑ 5:43 AM
↓ 7:10 PM
★★★★c85
best
21
0% lit
↑ 6:39 AM
↓ 7:52 PM
★★★★c77
New Moon
22
0% lit
↑ 7:34 AM
↓ 8:31 PM
★★★★c69
23
3% lit
↑ 8:27 AM
↓ 9:07 PM
★★★☆c59
24
7% lit
↑ 9:19 AM
↓ 9:42 PM
★★☆☆c48
Moon crosses the equator
25
12% lit
↑ 10:10 AM
↓ 10:17 PM
★★☆☆c37
26
19% lit
↑ 11:00 AM
↓ 10:51 PM
★★☆☆c36
27
27% lit
↑ 11:51 AM
↓ 11:27 PM
★★☆☆c42
Apogee · 405,147 km
28
36% lit
↑ 12:42 PM
↓ –
★★☆☆c52
29
45% lit
↑ 1:33 PM
↓ 12:05 AM
★★☆☆c59
30
55% lit
↑ 2:25 PM
↓ 12:45 AM
★☆☆☆c64
First Quarter
31
65% lit
↑ 3:18 PM
↓ 1:30 AM
★★★☆c70

Lunar events this month

  • Wed, Aug 5 · 5:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-19.4°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Fri, Aug 7 · 9:09 PM — Full Moon · Sturgeon MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Tue, Aug 11 · 7:00 AM — Perigee · 366,447 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Tue, Aug 11 · 2:00 PM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Fri, Aug 14 · 2:48 PM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Mon, Aug 17 · 6:00 PM — Moon farthest north (18.8°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Fri, Aug 21 · 9:02 PM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Mon, Aug 24 · 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.
  • Thu, Aug 27 · 1:00 AM — Apogee · 405,147 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Sun, Aug 30 · 12:06 AM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.

Best fishing days

Thu, Aug 6 · Fri, Aug 7 · Sat, Aug 8 · Wed, Aug 19 · Thu, Aug 20

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

Moon distance

366,472 km closest · 405,036 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 11:00 AM.