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28.030°, -97.050° · tides: Rockport

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Today

Overnight: Low 73° · 1% rain

Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. East northeast wind around 6 mph.

Sunday: High 80° · 2% rain

Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Heat index values as high as 85. Northeast wind 3 to 9 mph.

Sunrise / sunset
6:39 AM / 5:43 PM
Moonrise / moonset
12:11 AM / 1:11 PM
Moon
Last Quarter, 55%
Minor period
12:00 AM–12:41 AM
Major period
5:15 AM–7:15 AM
Minor period
12:41 PM–1:41 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 PMTue, Nov 3clouds38% cloud cover32% cloud cover47% cloud cover32% cloud cover28% cloud cover32% cloud cover30% cloud cover37% cloud cover37% cloud cover32% cloud cover31% cloud cover35% cloud cover32% cloud cover25% cloud cover25% cloud cover28% cloud cover45% cloud cover45% cloud cover54% cloud cover60% cloud cover61% cloud cover61% cloud cover50% cloud cover66% cloud cover66% cloud cover61% cloud cover61% cloud cover63% cloud cover59% cloud cover57% cloud cover52% cloud cover55% cloud cover54% cloud cover52% cloud cover49% cloud cover52% cloud cover57% cloud cover55% cloud cover49% cloud cover53% cloud cover56% cloud cover59% cloud cover51% cloud cover55% cloud cover58% cloud cover62% cloud cover61% cloud cover60% cloud cover70°75°80°85°75747579807877777777798080807979rain1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance2% chance1% chance1% chance2% chance1% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance2% chance1% chance2% chance2% chance1% chance2% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chancewind01020mphENE 3 mph, gusts 5NNE 6 mph, gusts 6NNE 5 mph, gusts 7NNE 6 mph, gusts 8ENE 3 mph, gusts 7ENE 5 mph, gusts 8ESE 7 mph, gusts 10ESE 9 mph, gusts 10SE 8 mph, gusts 10SE 8 mph, gusts 12SE 9 mph, gusts 10SE 8 mph, gusts 10SSE 8 mph, gusts 10SSE 8 mph, gusts 10S 9 mph, gusts 10S 10 mph, gusts 13SSE 9 mph, gusts 13SSE 10 mph, gusts 14SSE 13 mph, gusts 15SE 13 mph, gusts 17SE 14 mph, gusts 18SSE 14 mph, gusts 18SSE 13 mph, gusts 17SSE 13 mph, gusts 17
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Sun 3 AM75°75°74°97%38%1%–ENE 357.7 mi
Sun 4 AM75°75°73°94%32%1%–NE 677.8 mi
Sun 5 AM75°75°73°94%47%1%–NNE 668.2 mi
Sun 6 AM74°74°74°100%32%1%–NNE 578.8 mi
Sun 7 AM73°73°73°100%28%2%–NNE 578.3 mi
Sun 8 AM75°75°74°97%32%1%–N 578.6 mi
Sun 9 AM75°75°74°97%30%1%–NNE 689.7 mi
Sun 10 AM77°77°74°90%37%2%–NE 5710.0 mi
Sun 11 AM78°78°74°88%37%1%–ENE 3710+ mi
Sun 12 PM79°79°74°85%32%2%–ENE 5810+ mi
Sun 1 PM78°78°74°88%31%2%–ENE 5810+ mi
Sun 2 PM79°79°74°85%35%2%–E 5910+ mi
Sun 3 PM80°85°74°82%32%2%–ESE 71010+ mi
Sun 4 PM78°78°73°85%25%1%–ESE 81010+ mi
Sun 5 PM78°78°74°88%25%1%–ESE 91010.0 mi
Sun 6 PM78°78°74°88%28%1%–ESE 8129.9 mi
Sun 7 PM77°77°75°94%45%1%–SE 81010.0 mi
Sun 8 PM77°77°75°94%45%1%–SE 91210.0 mi
Sun 9 PM77°77°75°94%54%1%–SE 81210.0 mi
Sun 10 PM77°77°75°94%60%1%–SE 9129.8 mi
Sun 11 PM78°78°75°91%61%1%–SE 91010+ mi
Mon 12 AM77°77°75°94%61%1%–SE 9109.5 mi
Mon 1 AM77°77°75°94%50%1%–SE 81010+ mi
Mon 2 AM77°77°75°94%66%1%–SE 71010+ mi
Mon 3 AM77°77°75°94%66%1%–SSE 8108.4 mi
Mon 4 AM77°77°75°94%61%2%–SSE 81010+ mi
Mon 5 AM77°77°75°94%61%1%–SSE 8109.0 mi
Mon 6 AM77°77°75°94%63%2%–S 9109.5 mi
Mon 7 AM77°77°75°94%59%2%–S 9109.7 mi
Mon 8 AM76°76°76°100%57%1%–S 10129.9 mi
Mon 9 AM79°79°76°91%52%2%–S 101310+ mi
Mon 10 AM79°79°76°91%55%1%–S 101310+ mi
Mon 11 AM80°86°76°88%54%1%–SSE 91310+ mi
Mon 12 PM80°86°76°88%52%0%–SSE 101410+ mi
Mon 1 PM80°86°76°88%49%1%–SSE 1014–
Mon 2 PM80°86°76°88%52%1%–SSE 1214–
Mon 3 PM80°86°76°88%57%0%–SSE 1315–
Mon 4 PM81°87°76°85%55%0%–SE 1316–
Mon 5 PM80°86°76°88%49%0%–SE 1317–
Mon 6 PM80°87°77°91%53%0%–SE 1318–
Mon 7 PM79°79°77°94%56%0%–SE 1418–
Mon 8 PM79°79°77°94%59%0%–SE 1418–
Mon 9 PM79°79°77°94%51%0%–SSE 1418–
Mon 10 PM79°79°77°94%55%0%–SSE 1318–
Mon 11 PM79°79°77°94%58%0%–SSE 1317–
Tue 12 AM79°79°77°94%62%0%–SSE 1317–
Tue 1 AM79°79°77°94%61%0%–SSE 1317–
Tue 2 AM78°78°76°94%60%0%–SSE 1317–

7-day forecast

Today

Mostly Sunny

80° / 73°

2% rain

NE 3–9 mph · gusts 12

Mon, Nov 2

Partly Sunny

82° / 75°

2% rain

SSE 7–14 mph · gusts 18

Tue, Nov 3

Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

82° / 66°

70% rain · 0.24"

WSW 5–13 mph · gusts 17

⚡ Storms

Wed, Nov 4

Sunny

77° / 66°

3% rain

N 2–13 mph · gusts 16

Thu, Nov 5

Sunny

78° / 65°

15% rain

E 2–9 mph · gusts 12

Fri, Nov 6

Sunny

77° / 65°

15% rain

NNE 5–10 mph · gusts 14

Sat, Nov 7

Chance Rain Showers

76° / 67°

40% rain · 0.18"

ENE 7–10 mph · gusts 15

⚡ Storms

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Overnight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. East northeast wind around 6 mph.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Heat index values as high as 85. Northeast wind 3 to 9 mph.
  • Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. Southeast wind around 9 mph.
  • Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Heat index values as high as 87. South southeast wind 9 to 13 mph.
  • Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. South southeast wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
  • Tuesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before noon, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. West southwest wind 5 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
  • Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. North wind 9 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
  • Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 77. North wind 9 to 13 mph.
  • Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 66. Northeast wind 2 to 7 mph.
  • Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 78.
  • Thursday Night: A slight chance of rain showers after midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Friday: Sunny, with a high near 77.
  • Friday Night: A slight chance of rain showers after midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Saturday: A chance of rain showers before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 76.

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Marine forecast

Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays

GMZ236 · 126 AM CDT Sun Nov 1 2026

Middle Texas coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Matagorda ship
channel out to 60 nautical miles.
 
Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest
1/3 of the waves...along with occasional height of the average
highest 10 percent of the waves. 
 


GMZ236-237-011915-
Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays-
San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays-
126 AM CDT Sun Nov 1 2026

.TODAY...North winds around 5 knots, becoming east late. Bay and
inland waters smooth. Patchy fog early this morning. 
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
smooth. 
.MONDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
smooth. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters slightly choppy. 
.TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west in the
afternoon. Bay and inland waters smooth. A slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers likely
with a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
smooth to slightly choppy. A chance of showers in the evening. 
.WEDNESDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
smooth to slightly choppy. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, diminishing to
around 5 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters smooth to
slightly choppy. 
.THURSDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming east in the
afternoon. Bay and inland waters smooth. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, diminishing to around
5 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters smooth. 

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out 20 NM

GMZ255 · 126 AM CDT Sun Nov 1 2026

Middle Texas coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Matagorda ship
channel out to 60 nautical miles.
 
Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest
1/3 of the waves...along with occasional height of the average
highest 10 percent of the waves. 
 


GMZ255-011915-
Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out
20 NM-
126 AM CDT Sun Nov 1 2026

.TODAY...North winds around 5 knots, becoming east late. Seas
around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 7 seconds. 
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 7 seconds. 
.MONDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave
Detail: East 2 feet at 6 seconds. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 4 seconds and east 2 feet at
7 seconds. 
.TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southwest in the
afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at
6 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
morning, then showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in
the afternoon. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to
15 knots after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to
5 feet. Wave Detail: North 3 feet at 3 seconds and south 2 feet
at 5 seconds. A chance of showers in the evening. 
.WEDNESDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to
10 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to
5 feet. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northeast
after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet. 
.THURSDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. 

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · December 1999

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
32% lit
↑ 1:26 AM
↓ 2:04 PM
★☆☆☆c41
2
23% lit
↑ 2:21 AM
↓ 2:38 PM
★☆☆☆c35
Moon crosses the equator
3
15% lit
↑ 3:14 AM
↓ 3:12 PM
★☆☆☆c52
4
9% lit
↑ 4:07 AM
↓ 3:46 PM
★☆☆☆c64
5
4% lit
↑ 5:00 AM
↓ 4:21 PM
★★☆☆c73
6
1% lit
↑ 5:52 AM
↓ 4:59 PM
★★☆☆c79
7
0% lit
↑ 6:45 AM
↓ 5:40 PM
★★☆☆c84
New Moon
best
8
1% lit
↑ 7:37 AM
↓ 6:23 PM
★★☆☆c87
Apogee · 406,621 km
best
9
3% lit
↑ 8:27 AM
↓ 7:10 PM
★★☆☆c88
10
7% lit
↑ 9:15 AM
↓ 7:59 PM
★★☆☆c87
Moon farthest south (-21.0°)
11
12% lit
↑ 10:01 AM
↓ 8:51 PM
★★☆☆c85
12
19% lit
↑ 10:44 AM
↓ 9:45 PM
★☆☆☆c81
13
28% lit
↑ 11:25 AM
↓ 10:39 PM
★☆☆☆c75
14
37% lit
↑ 12:03 PM
↓ 11:35 PM
★☆☆☆c67
15
47% lit
↑ 12:40 PM
↓ –
★☆☆☆c55
First Quarter
16
58% lit
↑ 1:17 PM
↓ 12:32 AM
★☆☆☆c43
Moon crosses the equator
17
68% lit
↑ 1:54 PM
↓ 1:30 AM
★☆☆☆c38
18
78% lit
↑ 2:34 PM
↓ 2:31 AM
★☆☆☆c53
19
87% lit
↑ 3:17 PM
↓ 3:34 AM
★☆☆☆c70
20
94% lit
↑ 4:06 PM
↓ 4:41 AM
★★☆☆c85
21
98% lit
↑ 4:59 PM
↓ 5:49 AM
★★☆☆c95
best
22
100% lit
↑ 5:59 PM
↓ 6:58 AM
★★☆☆c101
Perigee · 356,657 km
Full Moon · Cold Moon (supermoon)
best
23
98% lit
↑ 7:03 PM
↓ 8:03 AM
★★☆☆c104
Moon farthest north (20.7°)
best
24
94% lit
↑ 8:09 PM
↓ 9:04 AM
★★☆☆c101
25
87% lit
↑ 9:15 PM
↓ 9:57 AM
★★☆☆c96
26
79% lit
↑ 10:17 PM
↓ 10:45 AM
★☆☆☆c86
27
69% lit
↑ 11:17 PM
↓ 11:27 AM
★☆☆☆c71
28
59% lit
↑ –
↓ 12:04 PM
★☆☆☆c53
29
48% lit
↑ 12:14 AM
↓ 12:40 PM
★☆☆☆c39
Last Quarter
Moon crosses the equator
30
39% lit
↑ 1:09 AM
↓ 1:14 PM
★☆☆☆c50
31
29% lit
↑ 2:02 AM
↓ 1:48 PM
★☆☆☆c54

Lunar events this month

  • Thu, Dec 2 · 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.
  • Tue, Dec 7 · 4:31 PM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Wed, Dec 8 · 5:00 AM — Apogee · 406,621 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Fri, Dec 10 · 12:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-21.0°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Wed, Dec 15 · 6:50 PM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Thu, Dec 16 · 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.
  • Wed, Dec 22 · 5:00 AM — Perigee · 356,657 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Wed, Dec 22 · 11:31 AM — Full Moon · Cold 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, Dec 23 · 3:00 AM — Moon farthest north (20.7°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Wed, Dec 29 · 8:04 AM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Wed, Dec 29 · 3:00 PM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.

Best fishing days

Tue, Dec 7 · Wed, Dec 8 · Tue, Dec 21 · Wed, Dec 22 · Thu, Dec 23

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

Moon distance

356,721 km closest · 406,601 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 RockportSurf report: Port Aransas Beach & Horace Caldwell PierOffshore 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 1:46 AM.