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South Padre

26.080°, -97.200° · tides: Queen Isabella Causeway (west end)

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Today

Tonight: Low 75° · 1% rain

Patchy fog between 4am and 5am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. East wind around 6 mph.

Sunday: High 82° · 6% rain

Patchy fog before 7am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. East northeast wind 3 to 10 mph.

Sunrise / sunset
7:37 AM / 6:47 PM
Moonrise / moonset
– / 1:23 PM
Moon
Last Quarter, 58%
Major period
5:20 AM–7:20 AM
Minor period
12:53 PM–1:53 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 31Sun, Nov 16 AM12 PM6 PMMon, Nov 26 AM12 PM6 PMclouds18% cloud cover23% cloud cover22% cloud cover44% cloud cover44% cloud cover48% cloud cover56% cloud cover23% cloud cover31% cloud cover44% cloud cover45% cloud cover34% cloud cover43% cloud cover43% cloud cover33% cloud cover40% cloud cover32% cloud cover22% cloud cover24% cloud cover27% cloud cover32% cloud cover53% cloud cover55% cloud cover56% cloud cover55% cloud cover53% cloud cover72% cloud cover57% cloud cover64% cloud cover68% cloud cover52% cloud cover48% cloud cover62% cloud cover77% cloud cover64% cloud cover50% cloud cover46% cloud cover41% cloud cover37% cloud cover39% cloud cover40% cloud cover42% cloud cover41% cloud cover39% cloud cover38% cloud cover38% cloud cover38% cloud cover38% cloud cover🌫🌫70°75°80°85°78787677808080787878777781838179rain1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance2% chance3% chance3% chance4% chance5% chance3% chance2% chance2% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chancewind01020mphE 6 mph, gusts 7E 3 mph, gusts 6E 3 mph, gusts 5ENE 3 mph, gusts 5NNE 3 mph, gusts 3N 3 mph, gusts 5NE 7 mph, gusts 7NE 9 mph, gusts 10ENE 9 mph, gusts 13ENE 10 mph, gusts 13E 9 mph, gusts 12E 9 mph, gusts 12ESE 8 mph, gusts 10SE 7 mph, gusts 9SE 7 mph, gusts 9SSE 8 mph, gusts 9SSE 8 mph, gusts 9SSE 9 mph, gusts 12SSE 13 mph, gusts 15SSE 15 mph, gusts 17SE 15 mph, gusts 18SE 15 mph, gusts 18SE 14 mph, gusts 17SSE 15 mph, gusts 18
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Sat 11 PM78°78°75°89%18%1%–E 67–
Sun 12 AM78°78°75°89%23%1%–E 57–
Sun 1 AM78°78°75°90%22%1%–E 36–
Sun 1 AM78°78°75°90%44%1%–E 35–
Sun 2 AM78°78°75°91%44%1%–E 35–
Sun 3 AM77°77°75°94%48%1%–E 35–
Sun 4 AM76°76°75°95%56%1%–ENE 35–🌫
Sun 5 AM76°76°75°95%23%1%–NE 33–
Sun 6 AM76°76°75°97%31%2%–NNE 33–🌫
Sun 7 AM77°77°75°94%44%3%–N 33–
Sun 8 AM78°78°76°94%45%3%–N 35–
Sun 9 AM79°83°76°89%34%4%–NNE 56–
Sun 10 AM80°85°76°87%43%5%–NE 77–
Sun 11 AM80°86°76°85%43%3%–NE 89–
Sun 12 PM81°87°76°84%33%2%–NE 910–
Sun 1 PM80°86°76°86%40%2%–ENE 912–
Sun 2 PM81°88°76°83%32%1%–ENE 913–
Sun 3 PM81°87°76°84%22%1%–ENE 1013–
Sun 4 PM80°86°76°85%24%1%–ENE 1013–
Sun 5 PM80°85°75°85%27%1%–ENE 912–
Sun 6 PM78°79°75°88%32%0%–E 912–
Sun 7 PM78°79°75°89%53%0%–E 812–
Sun 8 PM78°79°75°89%55%0%–E 912–
Sun 9 PM78°78°75°90%56%0%–ESE 912–
Sun 10 PM78°78°75°89%55%1%–ESE 810–
Sun 11 PM78°78°75°89%53%0%–ESE 810–
Mon 12 AM78°78°75°90%72%0%–SE 79–
Mon 1 AM78°78°75°90%57%0%–SE 79–
Mon 2 AM77°77°75°93%64%0%–SE 79–
Mon 3 AM77°77°75°93%68%0%–SSE 89–
Mon 4 AM77°77°75°94%52%0%–SSE 89–
Mon 5 AM76°76°75°96%48%0%–SSE 79–
Mon 6 AM76°76°75°95%62%0%–SSE 89–
Mon 7 AM77°77°75°93%77%0%–SSE 810–
Mon 8 AM78°78°75°90%64%0%–SSE 912–
Mon 9 AM80°85°76°87%50%0%–SSE 1214–
Mon 10 AM81°87°76°84%46%0%–SSE 1315–
Mon 11 AM82°88°75°81%41%0%–SSE 1416–
Mon 12 PM82°89°75°79%37%0%–SSE 1517–
Mon 1 PM83°90°75°78%39%0%–SSE 1518–
Mon 2 PM83°90°75°78%40%0%–SE 1518–
Mon 3 PM82°89°75°79%42%0%–SE 1518–
Mon 4 PM81°87°75°81%41%0%–SE 1518–
Mon 5 PM80°85°75°83%39%0%–SE 1417–
Mon 6 PM79°83°75°86%38%0%–SE 1417–
Mon 7 PM79°79°75°87%38%0%–SE 1417–
Mon 8 PM79°79°75°87%38%0%–SSE 1518–
Mon 9 PM79°79°75°88%38%0%–SSE 1518–

7-day forecast

Today

Partly Cloudy then Patchy Fog

78° / 75°

1% rain

E 6–6 mph · gusts 7

Sun, Nov 1

Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny

82° / 76°

6% rain

ENE 3–10 mph · gusts 13

🌫 Fog

Mon, Nov 2

Mostly Sunny

83° / 77°

1% rain

SSE 7–16 mph · gusts 20

Tue, Nov 3

Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

84° / 72°

57% rain · 0.06"

SSE 9–16 mph · gusts 20

⚡ Storms

Wed, Nov 4

Sunny

77° / 70°

20% rain

NNE 7–15 mph · gusts 18

Thu, Nov 5

Sunny

80° / 71°

12% rain

ESE 7–14 mph · gusts 16

Fri, Nov 6

Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny

78° / 71°

19% rain

ENE 7–15 mph · gusts 17

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Tonight: Patchy fog between 4am and 5am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. East wind around 6 mph.
  • Sunday: Patchy fog before 7am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. East northeast wind 3 to 10 mph.
  • Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 76. East southeast wind around 9 mph.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. South southeast wind 8 to 15 mph.
  • Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 77. South southeast wind around 15 mph.
  • Tuesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny. High near 84, with temperatures falling to around 80 in the afternoon. South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Tuesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. North northeast wind 9 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
  • Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 77. North northeast wind around 15 mph.
  • Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 70. East wind 6 to 12 mph.
  • Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 80. East southeast wind 7 to 12 mph.
  • Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 71. East southeast wind 7 to 10 mph.
  • Friday: A slight chance of rain showers before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Friday Night: A slight chance of rain showers after midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Saturday: A chance of rain showers before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.

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Marine forecast

Laguna Madre From the Port Of Brownsville to the Arroyo Colorado

GMZ130 · 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 · March 2000

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
19% lit
↑ 3:46 AM
↓ 2:37 PM
★★★☆c70
2
12% lit
↑ 4:33 AM
↓ 3:29 PM
★★★★c70
3
6% lit
↑ 5:17 AM
↓ 4:23 PM
★★★★c69
4
2% lit
↑ 5:59 AM
↓ 5:19 PM
★★★★c65
best
5
0% lit
↑ 6:39 AM
↓ 6:15 PM
★★★★c59
New Moon
6
0% lit
↑ 7:17 AM
↓ 7:11 PM
★★★☆c52
7
3% lit
↑ 7:55 AM
↓ 8:09 PM
★★★☆c46
Moon crosses the equator
8
7% lit
↑ 8:33 AM
↓ 9:08 PM
★★☆☆c39
9
14% lit
↑ 9:12 AM
↓ 10:07 PM
★★☆☆c50
10
23% lit
↑ 9:53 AM
↓ 11:09 PM
★☆☆☆c50
11
33% lit
↑ 10:38 AM
↓ –
★★★☆c72
12
44% lit
↑ 11:27 AM
↓ 12:11 AM
★★★☆c83
13
55% lit
↑ 12:21 PM
↓ 1:13 AM
★★★☆c92
First Quarter
14
67% lit
↑ 1:19 PM
↓ 2:15 AM
★★★★c96
Moon farthest north (21.1°)
Perigee · 369,541 km
15
77% lit
↑ 2:20 PM
↓ 3:13 AM
★★★★c96
best
16
86% lit
↑ 3:23 PM
↓ 4:07 AM
★★★★c94
best
17
93% lit
↑ 4:26 PM
↓ 4:56 AM
★★★★c85
best
18
97% lit
↑ 5:28 PM
↓ 5:41 AM
★★★★c66
best
19
100% lit
↑ 6:27 PM
↓ 6:23 AM
★★★★c58
Full Moon · Worm Moon
20
99% lit
↑ 7:25 PM
↓ 7:02 AM
★★★☆c50
Moon crosses the equator
21
97% lit
↑ 8:22 PM
↓ 7:39 AM
★★★☆c50
22
93% lit
↑ 9:17 PM
↓ 8:16 AM
★★★☆c56
23
87% lit
↑ 10:12 PM
↓ 8:53 AM
★★★☆c60
24
79% lit
↑ 11:05 PM
↓ 9:31 AM
★☆☆☆c62
25
71% lit
↑ 11:58 PM
↓ 10:12 AM
★★★☆c63
26
62% lit
↑ –
↓ 10:54 AM
★★☆☆c65
27
53% lit
↑ 12:49 AM
↓ 11:40 AM
★★☆☆c65
Apogee · 404,170 km
Last Quarter
28
43% lit
↑ 1:39 AM
↓ 12:28 PM
★★☆☆c65
Moon farthest south (-21.4°)
29
34% lit
↑ 2:26 AM
↓ 1:19 PM
★★★☆c64
30
25% lit
↑ 3:11 AM
↓ 2:12 PM
★★★☆c62
31
17% lit
↑ 3:54 AM
↓ 3:06 PM
★★★☆c61

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 · Wed, Mar 15 · Thu, Mar 16 · Fri, Mar 17 · Sat, Mar 18

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 Queen Isabella Causeway (west end)Surf report: South Padre IslandOffshore 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 10:15 PM.