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South Padre

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

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Today

This Afternoon: High 82° · 1% rain

Sunny, with a high near 82. East northeast wind around 10 mph.

Tonight: Low 75° · 1% rain

Patchy fog between 4am and 5am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. East northeast wind 3 to 9 mph.

Sunrise / sunset
7:37 AM / 6:47 PM
Moonrise / moonset
– / 1:23 PM
Moon
Waning Gibbous, 61%
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 316 PMSun, Nov 16 AM12 PM6 PMMon, Nov 26 AM12 PMclouds13% cloud cover10% cloud cover7% cloud cover10% cloud cover20% cloud cover22% cloud cover19% cloud cover17% cloud cover18% 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 cover🌫🌫70°75°80°85°80807878787678808180787877767882rain1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance2% chance3% chance3% chance4% chance5% chance3% chance2% chance2% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chancewind01020mphENE 9 mph, gusts 12ENE 10 mph, gusts 13ENE 9 mph, gusts 12E 8 mph, gusts 10E 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 17
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Sat 3 PM80°86°75°83%13%1%–ENE 912–
Sat 4 PM81°87°75°81%10%1%–ENE 1013–
Sat 5 PM80°85°74°82%7%1%–ENE 1013–
Sat 6 PM80°84°74°83%10%1%–ENE 912–
Sat 7 PM79°83°74°84%20%1%–ENE 912–
Sat 8 PM78°79°75°88%22%1%–ENE 810–
Sat 9 PM78°79°75°88%19%1%–E 810–
Sat 10 PM78°78°75°89%17%1%–E 79–
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–

7-day forecast

Today

Sunny

82° / 75°

1% rain

ENE 6–10 mph · gusts 13

Sun, Nov 1

Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny

82° / 76°

5% rain

NE 3–10 mph · gusts 13

🌫 Fog

Mon, Nov 2

Mostly Sunny

83° / 77°

Dry

SSE 7–16 mph · gusts 20

Tue, Nov 3

Mostly Sunny

85° / 72°

42% rain · 0.06"

SSE 9–16 mph · gusts 20

⚡ Storms

Wed, Nov 4

Sunny

78° / 71°

20% rain

N 7–15 mph · gusts 18

Thu, Nov 5

Sunny

79° / 72°

11% rain

NE 7–14 mph · gusts 16

Fri, Nov 6

Mostly Sunny

78° / 71°

12% rain

ESE 7–15 mph · gusts 17

Detailed NWS forecast
  • This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 82. East northeast wind around 10 mph.
  • Tonight: Patchy fog between 4am and 5am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. East northeast wind 3 to 9 mph.
  • Sunday: Patchy fog before 7am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. 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: Partly cloudy, with a low around 77. South southeast wind around 16 mph.
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. South southeast wind around 15 mph.
  • Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 72. North northeast wind 9 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
  • Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 78. North wind around 15 mph.
  • Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 71. North northeast wind 7 to 12 mph.
  • Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 79. Northeast wind 7 to 14 mph.
  • Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 72.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.
  • Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 71.

Weather map

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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 · December 2000

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
28% lit
↑ 11:32 AM
↓ 10:33 PM
★★★★c67
2
37% lit
↑ 12:11 PM
↓ 11:26 PM
★★★☆c61
3
46% lit
↑ 12:48 PM
↓ –
★★☆☆c55
First Quarter
4
56% lit
↑ 1:23 PM
↓ 12:18 AM
★★☆☆c47
5
66% lit
↑ 1:57 PM
↓ 1:12 AM
★★☆☆c40
6
75% lit
↑ 2:32 PM
↓ 2:06 AM
★★☆☆c45
Moon crosses the equator
7
83% lit
↑ 3:08 PM
↓ 3:02 AM
★★☆☆c51
8
91% lit
↑ 3:48 PM
↓ 4:01 AM
★★★★c69
9
96% lit
↑ 4:32 PM
↓ 5:03 AM
★★★★c83
10
99% lit
↑ 5:22 PM
↓ 6:08 AM
★★★★c94
best
11
100% lit
↑ 6:18 PM
↓ 7:14 AM
★★★★c100
Full Moon · Cold Moon
best
12
97% lit
↑ 7:20 PM
↓ 8:20 AM
★★★★c101
Perigee · 360,601 km
Moon farthest north (22.7°)
13
92% lit
↑ 8:26 PM
↓ 9:23 AM
★★★★c101
14
84% lit
↑ 9:32 PM
↓ 10:20 AM
★★★★c97
15
75% lit
↑ 10:37 PM
↓ 11:10 AM
★★★★c87
16
64% lit
↑ 11:40 PM
↓ 11:55 AM
★★★☆c74
17
53% lit
↑ –
↓ 12:36 PM
★★☆☆c58
Last Quarter
18
42% lit
↑ 12:40 AM
↓ 1:13 PM
★★☆☆c40
Moon crosses the equator
19
32% lit
↑ 1:38 AM
↓ 1:49 PM
★★☆☆c46
20
23% lit
↑ 2:35 AM
↓ 2:25 PM
★★☆☆c53
21
15% lit
↑ 3:31 AM
↓ 3:02 PM
★★★★c67
22
8% lit
↑ 4:26 AM
↓ 3:41 PM
★★★★c75
23
4% lit
↑ 5:21 AM
↓ 4:22 PM
★★★★c79
24
1% lit
↑ 6:16 AM
↓ 5:06 PM
★★★★c80
best
25
0% lit
↑ 7:09 AM
↓ 5:53 PM
★★★★c80
New Moon
best
26
1% lit
↑ 7:59 AM
↓ 6:43 PM
★★★★c78
Moon farthest south (-22.3°)
best
27
4% lit
↑ 8:46 AM
↓ 7:34 PM
★★★★c75
28
8% lit
↑ 9:30 AM
↓ 8:27 PM
★★★★c71
Apogee · 406,189 km
29
14% lit
↑ 10:10 AM
↓ 9:19 PM
★★★★c66
30
21% lit
↑ 10:47 AM
↓ 10:11 PM
★★★☆c61
31
29% lit
↑ 11:22 AM
↓ 11:03 PM
★★☆☆c54

Lunar events this month

  • Sun, Dec 3 · 9:55 PM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Wed, Dec 6 · 5:00 AM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Mon, Dec 11 · 3:03 AM — Full Moon · Cold MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Tue, Dec 12 · 4:00 PM — Perigee · 360,601 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Tue, Dec 12 · 4:00 PM — Moon farthest north (22.7°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Sun, Dec 17 · 6:42 PM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Mon, Dec 18 · 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, Dec 25 · 11:21 AM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Tue, Dec 26 · 4:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-22.3°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Thu, Dec 28 · 9:00 AM — Apogee · 406,189 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.

Best fishing days

Sun, Dec 10 · Mon, Dec 11 · Sun, Dec 24 · Mon, Dec 25 · Tue, Dec 26

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

Moon distance

360,643 km closest · 406,186 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 2:18 PM.