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Freeport

28.950°, -95.360° · tides: Old Brazos River, Freeport

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Today

This Afternoon: High 81° · 18% rain

A slight chance of rain showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: Low 68° · 18% rain

A slight chance of rain showers before 7pm, then patchy fog. Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. Northeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunrise / sunset
7:33 AM / 6:36 PM
Moonrise / moonset
– / 1:22 PM
Moon
Waning Gibbous, 61%
Major period
5:10 AM–7:10 AM
Minor period
12:52 PM–1:52 PM
Major period
5:40 PM–7:40 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 PMclouds29% cloud cover29% cloud cover33% cloud cover25% cloud cover18% cloud cover24% cloud cover39% cloud cover33% cloud cover32% cloud cover61% cloud cover61% cloud cover64% cloud cover77% cloud cover77% cloud cover75% cloud cover74% cloud cover89% cloud cover71% cloud cover74% cloud cover65% cloud cover76% cloud cover67% cloud cover57% cloud cover44% cloud cover34% cloud cover36% cloud cover40% cloud cover45% cloud cover53% cloud cover50% cloud cover40% cloud cover41% cloud cover50% cloud cover50% cloud cover45% cloud cover57% cloud cover76% cloud cover86% cloud cover92% cloud cover91% cloud cover79% cloud cover75% cloud cover70% cloud cover66% cloud cover61% cloud cover57% cloud cover55% cloud cover53% cloud cover🌫🌫🌫🌫🌫🌫🌫🌫65°70°75°80°85°80777373716976808076737271697780rain17% chance18% chance18% chance3% chance3% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance3% chance3% chance2% chance2% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance2% chance2% chance2% chancewind01020mphE 7 mph, gusts 7E 6 mph, gusts 7E 5 mph, gusts 6E 5 mph, gusts 5ENE 3 mph, gusts 5NE 3 mph, gusts 8NNE 3 mph, gusts 8NNE 3 mph, gusts 8NNE 2 mph, gusts 7NE 3 mph, gusts 8ENE 6 mph, gusts 8E 6 mph, gusts 9E 7 mph, gusts 10E 5 mph, gusts 9E 2 mph, gusts 8ESE 2 mph, gusts 9ESE 1 mph, gusts 8SE 1 mph, gusts 7SE 1 mph, gusts 7SE 1 mph, gusts 8SE 2 mph, gusts 8SE 6 mph, gusts 12SE 8 mph, gusts 14SE 9 mph, gusts 14
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Sat 4 PM80°84°72°77%29%17%–E 7710+ mi
Sat 5 PM79°79°73°82%29%18%–ESE 7710+ mi
Sat 6 PM78°78°73°85%33%18%–E 6710+ mi
Sat 7 PM77°77°73°88%25%3%–E 5710+ mi
Sat 8 PM75°75°73°94%18%3%–E 5610+ mi
Sat 9 PM74°74°73°97%24%2%–E 5610+ mi
Sat 10 PM73°73°72°97%39%2%–E 559.5 mi
Sat 11 PM73°73°72°97%33%2%–E 338.8 mi
Sun 12 AM73°73°71°93%32%3%–ENE 358.1 mi
Sun 1 AM73°73°71°93%61%3%–NE 367.0 mi
Sun 1 AM73°73°71°93%61%2%–NE 385.7 mi🌫
Sun 2 AM73°73°71°93%64%2%–NNE 375.4 mi🌫
Sun 3 AM71°71°71°100%77%3%–NNE 384.8 mi🌫
Sun 4 AM71°71°71°100%77%3%–NNE 374.5 mi🌫
Sun 5 AM70°70°70°100%75%3%–NNE 384.3 mi🌫
Sun 6 AM69°69°69°100%74%3%–NNE 274.4 mi🌫
Sun 7 AM71°71°70°97%89%3%–NNE 273.7 mi🌫
Sun 8 AM72°72°71°97%71%3%–NE 274.5 mi🌫
Sun 9 AM76°76°72°87%74%4%–NE 388.2 mi
Sun 10 AM78°78°72°82%65%4%–ENE 589.5 mi
Sun 11 AM78°78°72°82%76%4%–ENE 689.7 mi
Sun 12 PM80°84°72°77%67%4%–ENE 699.8 mi
Sun 1 PM80°84°72°77%57%4%–E 699.8 mi
Sun 2 PM80°84°72°77%44%3%–E 6109.8 mi
Sun 3 PM80°84°72°77%34%3%–E 7109.9 mi
Sun 4 PM79°79°72°79%36%3%–E 61010+ mi
Sun 5 PM78°78°72°82%40%3%–E 5910+ mi
Sun 6 PM76°76°72°87%45%0%–E 2810+ mi
Sun 7 PM75°75°72°90%53%0%–E 2810+ mi
Sun 8 PM73°73°72°97%50%0%–ESE 2910+ mi
Sun 9 PM73°73°72°97%40%0%–ESE 2910+ mi
Sun 10 PM72°72°71°97%41%0%–ESE 19–
Sun 11 PM72°72°71°97%50%0%–ESE 18–
Mon 12 AM72°72°71°97%50%0%–SE 18–
Mon 1 AM72°72°71°97%45%0%–SE 17–
Mon 2 AM72°72°71°97%57%0%–SE 17–
Mon 3 AM71°71°71°100%76%0%–SE 17–
Mon 4 AM71°71°71°100%86%0%–SE 17–
Mon 5 AM71°71°71°100%92%1%–SE 18–
Mon 6 AM69°69°69°100%91%1%–ESE 28–
Mon 7 AM71°71°71°100%79%1%–SE 28–
Mon 8 AM74°74°73°97%75%1%–SE 39–
Mon 9 AM77°77°74°90%70%1%–SE 612–
Mon 10 AM79°79°74°85%66%1%–SE 713–
Mon 11 AM80°84°73°79%61%1%–SE 814–
Mon 12 PM80°84°73°79%57%2%–SE 914–
Mon 1 PM81°86°73°77%55%2%–SE 914–
Mon 2 PM81°86°73°77%53%2%–SE 913–

7-day forecast

Today

Slight Chance Rain Showers

81° / 68°

18% rain

E 3–7 mph · gusts 7

Sun, Nov 1

Patchy Fog then Partly Sunny

81° / 68°

4% rain

NE 1–7 mph · gusts 10

🌫 Fog

Mon, Nov 2

Partly Sunny

82° / 71°

2% rain

SE 1–9 mph · gusts 15

Tue, Nov 3

Showers And Thunderstorms

82° / 60°

77% rain · 0.60"

SW 2–12 mph · gusts 17

⚡ Storms

Wed, Nov 4

Sunny

75° / 59°

7% rain

NW 1–9 mph · gusts 16

Thu, Nov 5

Sunny

77° / 58°

12% rain

NW 1–8 mph · gusts 12

Fri, Nov 6

Sunny

76° / 57°

12% rain

NE 2–9 mph · gusts 13

Detailed NWS forecast
  • This Afternoon: A slight chance of rain showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Tonight: A slight chance of rain showers before 7pm, then patchy fog. Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. Northeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Sunday: Patchy fog before 9am. Partly sunny. High near 81, with temperatures falling to around 78 in the afternoon. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
  • Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy. Low around 68, with temperatures rising to around 71 overnight. East wind around 0 mph.
  • Monday: Partly sunny. High near 82, with temperatures falling to around 79 in the afternoon. Southeast wind 0 to 10 mph.
  • Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71.
  • Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and noon, then showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
  • Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
  • Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 75.
  • Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59.
  • Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 77.
  • Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.
  • Friday: Sunny, with a high near 76.
  • Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57.

Weather map

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Marine forecast

Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM

GMZ355 · 1219 PM CDT Sat Oct 31 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.


GMZ350-355-010615-
Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out
20 NM-Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM-
1219 PM CDT Sat Oct 31 2026

.THIS AFTERNOON...East winds around 5 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of
thunderstorms early. A slight chance of showers. 
.TONIGHT...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave
Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds. 
.SUNDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave
Detail: East 2 feet at 7 seconds. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 6 seconds. 
.MONDAY...Southeast 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 2 feet at 7 seconds. 
.TUESDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A 
chance of showers in the morning, then showers likely with a 
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots gusting 25 knots.
Seas 2 to 3 feet. A chance of showers in the evening. 
.WEDNESDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots gusting 20 knots. 
Seas 2 to 3 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds around 10 knots. Seas around
2 feet. 

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · March 2000

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
19% lit
↑ 3:44 AM
↓ 2:24 PM
★★★★c76
2
12% lit
↑ 4:31 AM
↓ 3:16 PM
★★★★c77
3
6% lit
↑ 5:14 AM
↓ 4:11 PM
★★★★c77
4
2% lit
↑ 5:56 AM
↓ 5:07 PM
★★★★c72
best
5
0% lit
↑ 6:35 AM
↓ 6:04 PM
★★★★c66
New Moon
best
6
0% lit
↑ 7:12 AM
↓ 7:02 PM
★★★★c57
best
7
3% lit
↑ 7:48 AM
↓ 8:01 PM
★★★★c47
Moon crosses the equator
8
7% lit
↑ 8:25 AM
↓ 9:01 PM
★★★☆c42
9
14% lit
↑ 9:03 AM
↓ 10:02 PM
★★★☆c53
10
23% lit
↑ 9:43 AM
↓ 11:05 PM
★★☆☆c53
11
33% lit
↑ 10:26 AM
↓ –
★★★★c66
12
44% lit
↑ 11:14 AM
↓ 12:08 AM
★★★☆c81
13
55% lit
↑ 12:07 PM
↓ 1:11 AM
★★★☆c88
First Quarter
14
67% lit
↑ 1:05 PM
↓ 2:13 AM
★★★★c92
Moon farthest north (21.1°)
Perigee · 369,541 km
15
77% lit
↑ 2:07 PM
↓ 3:11 AM
★★★★c93
16
86% lit
↑ 3:11 PM
↓ 4:04 AM
★★★★c93
17
93% lit
↑ 4:15 PM
↓ 4:53 AM
★★★★c83
18
97% lit
↑ 5:17 PM
↓ 5:37 AM
★★★★c72
best
19
100% lit
↑ 6:18 PM
↓ 6:17 AM
★★★★c59
Full Moon · Worm Moon
best
20
99% lit
↑ 7:18 PM
↓ 6:55 AM
★★★★c51
Moon crosses the equator
21
97% lit
↑ 8:16 PM
↓ 7:31 AM
★★★★c47
22
93% lit
↑ 9:12 PM
↓ 8:06 AM
★★★★c52
23
87% lit
↑ 10:08 PM
↓ 8:42 AM
★★★★c55
24
79% lit
↑ 11:02 PM
↓ 9:20 AM
★★★★c58
25
71% lit
↑ 11:56 PM
↓ 9:59 AM
★☆☆☆c58
26
62% lit
↑ –
↓ 10:41 AM
★★★☆c60
27
53% lit
↑ 12:47 AM
↓ 11:26 AM
★★★☆c60
Apogee · 404,170 km
Last Quarter
28
43% lit
↑ 1:37 AM
↓ 12:15 PM
★★★☆c61
Moon farthest south (-21.4°)
29
34% lit
↑ 2:24 AM
↓ 1:06 PM
★★★★c63
30
25% lit
↑ 3:09 AM
↓ 1:59 PM
★★★★c63
31
17% lit
↑ 3:51 AM
↓ 2:54 PM
★★★★c63

Lunar events this month

  • Sun, Mar 5 · 11:17 PM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Tue, Mar 7 · 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, Mar 13 · 12:58 AM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Tue, Mar 14 · 4:00 AM — Moon farthest north (21.1°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Tue, Mar 14 · 6:00 PM — Perigee · 369,541 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Sun, Mar 19 · 10:44 PM — Full Moon · Worm MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Mon, Mar 20 · 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.
  • Mon, Mar 27 · 11:00 AM — Apogee · 404,170 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Mon, Mar 27 · 6:21 PM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Tue, Mar 28 · 5:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-21.4°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.

Best fishing days

Sat, Mar 4 · Sun, Mar 5 · Mon, Mar 6 · Sat, Mar 18 · Sun, Mar 19

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

Moon distance

369,563 km closest · 404,170 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 Sat 1:21 PM.