Texas BiteCast

Freeport

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

Loading current weather…

Today

This Afternoon: High 79° · 66% rain

Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy. High near 79, with temperatures falling to around 75 in the afternoon. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight: Low 68° · 69% rain

Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. East wind 0 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunrise / sunset
7:32 AM / 6:37 PM
Moonrise / moonset
10:53 PM / 12:29 PM
Moon
Waning Gibbous, 71%
Major period
4:10 AM–6:10 AM
Minor period
11:59 AM–12:59 PM
Major period
4:40 PM–6:40 PM
Minor period
10:23 PM–11:23 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Fri, Oct 306 PMSat, Oct 316 AM12 PM6 PMSun, Nov 16 AM12 PMclouds84% cloud cover83% cloud cover86% cloud cover83% cloud cover75% cloud cover78% cloud cover83% cloud cover80% cloud cover75% cloud cover78% cloud cover81% cloud cover77% cloud cover79% cloud cover77% cloud cover73% cloud cover67% cloud cover52% cloud cover53% cloud cover53% cloud cover48% cloud cover46% cloud cover49% cloud cover48% cloud cover44% cloud cover42% cloud cover36% cloud cover36% cloud cover50% cloud cover53% cloud cover56% cloud cover53% cloud cover66% cloud cover63% cloud cover50% cloud cover68% cloud cover69% cloud cover75% cloud cover77% cloud cover64% cloud cover66% cloud cover62% cloud cover59% cloud cover56% cloud cover54% cloud cover52% cloud cover52% cloud cover52% cloud cover53% cloud cover⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡65°70°75°80°85°75727070707078817975717168707881rain66% chance, 0.03 in63% chance, 0.03 in69% chance, 0.02 in53% chance, 0.02 in58% chance, 0.02 in58% chance, 0.02 in46% chance, 0.02 in41% chance, 0.02 in43% chance, 0.01 in45% chance, 0.01 in39% chance, 0.01 in36% chance, 0.01 in27% chance, 0.01 in24% chance, 0.01 in32% chance28% chance26% chance25% chance28% chance31% chance42% chance38% chance33% chance32% chance22% chance13% chance6% chance5% chance5% chance5% chance5% chance7% chance4% chance4% chance3% chance3% chance2% chance2% chance6% chance6% chance6% chance6% chance6% chance6% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chancewind01020mphE 13 mph, gusts 20E 10 mph, gusts 17E 7 mph, gusts 15E 5 mph, gusts 14E 3 mph, gusts 12ENE 2 mph, gusts 10ENE 2 mph, gusts 9ENE 2 mph, gusts 9E 3 mph, gusts 9E 5 mph, gusts 9E 6 mph, gusts 9E 6 mph, gusts 9ESE 6 mph, gusts 9E 2 mph, gusts 9E 1 mph, gusts 8E 1 mph, gusts 8N 0 mph, gusts 7E 0 mph, gusts 6NE 1 mph, gusts 7ENE 2 mph, gusts 9ENE 5 mph, gusts 9ENE 6 mph, gusts 10ENE 7 mph, gusts 10E 7 mph, gusts 12
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Fri 5 PM75°75°71°86%84%66%0.03"E 13206.0 mi⚡
Fri 6 PM75°75°71°86%83%63%0.03"E 12186.0 mi⚡
Fri 7 PM74°74°71°92%86%69%0.02"E 10176.0 mi⚡
Fri 8 PM72°72°71°98%83%53%0.02"ENE 8168.7 mi⚡
Fri 9 PM72°72°71°98%75%58%0.02"E 7156.0 mi⚡
Fri 10 PM70°70°70°100%78%58%0.02"E 6156.0 mi⚡
Fri 11 PM70°70°70°100%83%46%0.02"E 5149.4 mi⚡
Sat 12 AM70°70°70°100%80%41%0.02"E 3139.4 mi⚡
Sat 1 AM70°70°70°100%75%43%0.01"E 3129.4 mi⚡
Sat 2 AM70°70°70°100%78%45%0.01"ENE 2129.4 mi⚡
Sat 3 AM70°70°70°100%81%39%0.01"ENE 2109.3 mi⚡
Sat 4 AM70°70°70°100%77%36%0.01"ENE 298.6 mi⚡
Sat 5 AM70°70°70°100%79%27%0.01"ENE 298.3 mi⚡
Sat 6 AM68°68°68°100%77%24%0.01"ENE 298.4 mi⚡
Sat 7 AM68°68°68°100%73%32%–ENE 298.4 mi⚡
Sat 8 AM70°70°70°100%67%28%–E 397.2 mi⚡
Sat 9 AM71°71°71°100%52%26%–E 397.7 mi⚡
Sat 10 AM75°75°72°92%53%25%–E 599.3 mi⚡
Sat 11 AM78°78°72°83%53%28%–E 599.5 mi⚡
Sat 12 PM79°83°72°78%48%31%–E 689.7 mi⚡
Sat 1 PM79°83°72°78%46%42%–E 6910.0 mi⚡
Sat 2 PM81°85°72°74%49%38%–ESE 699.7 mi⚡
Sat 3 PM81°85°72°74%48%33%–E 699.3 mi⚡
Sat 4 PM81°85°72°74%44%32%–E 699.0 mi⚡
Sat 5 PM79°83°72°78%42%22%–ESE 699.1 mi⚡
Sat 6 PM78°78°72°82%36%13%–E 589.2 mi
Sat 7 PM76°76°72°87%36%6%–E 299.3 mi
Sat 8 PM75°75°72°92%50%5%–E 1810+ mi
Sat 9 PM73°73°72°98%53%5%–E 1810+ mi
Sat 10 PM71°71°71°100%56%5%–E 1810+ mi
Sat 11 PM71°71°71°100%53%5%–E 18–
Sun 12 AM70°70°70°100%66%7%–E 07–
Sun 1 AM70°70°70°100%63%4%–N 07–
Sun 1 AM71°71°71°100%50%4%–N 06–
Sun 2 AM70°70°70°100%68%3%–E 06–
Sun 3 AM70°70°70°100%69%3%–ENE 17–
Sun 4 AM68°68°68°100%75%2%–NE 17–
Sun 5 AM68°68°68°100%77%2%–NE 28–
Sun 6 AM68°68°68°100%64%6%–ENE 29–
Sun 7 AM70°70°70°100%66%6%–ENE 39–
Sun 8 AM73°73°72°98%62%6%–ENE 59–
Sun 9 AM76°76°73°90%59%6%–NE 510–
Sun 10 AM78°78°73°83%56%6%–ENE 610–
Sun 11 AM80°83°72°79%54%6%–ENE 610–
Sun 12 PM80°85°72°75%52%2%–ENE 710–
Sun 1 PM81°85°72°74%52%2%–E 710–
Sun 2 PM81°85°72°73%52%2%–E 712–
Sun 3 PM80°84°72°74%53%2%–E 712–

7-day forecast

Today

Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

79° / 68°

69% rain · 0.16"

E 5–13 mph · gusts 20

⚡ Storms

Sat, Oct 31

Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

81° / 68°

45% rain · 0.08"

E 1–6 mph · gusts 13

⚡ Storms

Sun, Nov 1

Partly Sunny

81° / 69°

7% rain

E 0–7 mph · gusts 12

Mon, Nov 2

Partly Sunny

82° / 70°

6% rain

SE 1–10 mph · gusts 16

Tue, Nov 3

Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

81° / 59°

69% rain · 0.36"

SW 5–10 mph · gusts 16

⚡ Storms

Wed, Nov 4

Sunny

76° / 58°

15% rain · 0.06"

NW 2–10 mph · gusts 16

Thu, Nov 5

Sunny

77° / 58°

11% rain

NW 1–8 mph · gusts 13

Detailed NWS forecast
  • This Afternoon: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy. High near 79, with temperatures falling to around 75 in the afternoon. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
  • Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. East wind 0 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
  • Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. East wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
  • Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. East wind 0 to 5 mph.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny. High near 81, with temperatures falling to around 78 in the afternoon. East wind 0 to 5 mph.
  • Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69.
  • Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 82.
  • Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 70.
  • Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
  • Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
  • Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 76.
  • Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58.
  • Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 77.
  • Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58.

Weather map

Live readings from nearby stations, radar, clouds, warnings, and storms. Tap a station for details.

Marine forecast

Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM

GMZ355 · 1233 PM CDT Fri Oct 30 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.


GMZ350-355-310630-
Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out
20 NM-Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM-
1233 PM CDT Fri Oct 30 2026

.THIS AFTERNOON...East winds 15 to 20 knots gusting 25 knots.
Gusts over 30 knots in heavier showers and thunderstorms. Seas 3 
to 4 feet. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 6 seconds. Showers and 
thunderstorms likely. 
.TONIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots,
diminishing to around 10 knots after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 feet.
Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 6 seconds. Showers likely with
isolated thunderstorms. 
.SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave
Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds. A chance of showers. A chance
of thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 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. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet.
.TUESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. A chance
of showers in the morning, then showers likely with a chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...West winds around 15 knots, becoming northwest
15 to 20 knots after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 feet. A chance of
showers in the evening. 

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · June 2002

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
62% lit
↑ 1:10 AM
↓ 12:02 PM
★★★★c66
2
53% lit
↑ 1:45 AM
↓ 12:57 PM
★★★☆c56
Last Quarter
3
43% lit
↑ 2:17 AM
↓ 1:50 PM
★★☆☆c45
4
34% lit
↑ 2:46 AM
↓ 2:43 PM
★★☆☆c31
Apogee · 404,521 km
5
26% lit
↑ 3:15 AM
↓ 3:35 PM
★★☆☆c37
Moon crosses the equator
6
18% lit
↑ 3:44 AM
↓ 4:27 PM
★★★☆c51
7
11% lit
↑ 4:14 AM
↓ 5:22 PM
★★★★c64
8
5% lit
↑ 4:46 AM
↓ 6:18 PM
★★★★c76
9
2% lit
↑ 5:23 AM
↓ 7:17 PM
★★★★c85
best
10
0% lit
↑ 6:05 AM
↓ 8:17 PM
★★★★c90
New Moon
best
11
1% lit
↑ 6:52 AM
↓ 9:17 PM
★★★★c93
best
12
3% lit
↑ 7:47 AM
↓ 10:14 PM
★★★★c93
Moon farthest north (25.5°)
13
9% lit
↑ 8:47 AM
↓ 11:08 PM
★★★★c92
14
16% lit
↑ 9:51 AM
↓ 11:56 PM
★☆☆☆c89
15
25% lit
↑ 10:56 AM
↓ –
★★★★c86
16
35% lit
↑ 12:01 PM
↓ 12:38 AM
★★★★c77
17
47% lit
↑ 1:05 PM
↓ 1:17 AM
★★★☆c64
First Quarter
18
58% lit
↑ 2:09 PM
↓ 1:54 AM
★★☆☆c43
Moon crosses the equator
19
69% lit
↑ 3:13 PM
↓ 2:29 AM
★★★☆c48
Perigee · 369,310 km
20
79% lit
↑ 4:17 PM
↓ 3:04 AM
★★★★c68
21
88% lit
↑ 5:23 PM
↓ 3:42 AM
★★★★c83
22
94% lit
↑ 6:28 PM
↓ 4:23 AM
★★★★c94
23
98% lit
↑ 7:33 PM
↓ 5:08 AM
★★★★c98
24
100% lit
↑ 8:35 PM
↓ 5:59 AM
★★★★c98
Full Moon · Strawberry Moon
best
25
99% lit
↑ 9:31 PM
↓ 6:54 AM
★★★★c96
Moon farthest south (-24.5°)
best
26
96% lit
↑ 10:21 PM
↓ 7:53 AM
★★★★c91
27
91% lit
↑ 11:05 PM
↓ 8:52 AM
★★★★c83
28
85% lit
↑ 11:42 PM
↓ 9:50 AM
★☆☆☆c75
29
77% lit
↑ –
↓ 10:47 AM
★★★★c69
30
69% lit
↑ 12:16 AM
↓ 11:41 AM
★★★★c59

Lunar events this month

  • Sun, Jun 2 · 7:06 PM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Tue, Jun 4 · 8:00 AM — Apogee · 404,521 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Wed, Jun 5 · 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, Jun 10 · 6:47 PM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Wed, Jun 12 · 9:00 AM — Moon farthest north (25.5°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Mon, Jun 17 · 7:29 PM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Tue, Jun 18 · 6:00 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, Jun 19 · 2:00 AM — Perigee · 369,310 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Mon, Jun 24 · 4:42 PM — Full Moon · Strawberry MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Tue, Jun 25 · 5:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-24.5°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.

Best fishing days

Sun, Jun 9 · Mon, Jun 10 · Tue, Jun 11 · Mon, Jun 24 · Tue, Jun 25

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

Moon distance

369,358 km closest · 404,503 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 Fri 1:20 PM.