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Sargent

28.770°, -95.620° · tides: Sargent, ICWW

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Today

Today: High 78° · 68% rain

A chance of rain showers before 1pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. East wind 10 to 15 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.

Tonight: Low 68° · 62% rain

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 4am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. East wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Sunrise / sunset
7:33 AM / 6:38 PM
Moonrise / moonset
10:55 PM / 12:30 PM
Moon
Waning Gibbous, 74%
Major period
4:10 AM–6:10 AM
Minor period
12:00 PM–1:00 PM
Major period
4:45 PM–6:45 PM
Minor period
10:25 PM–11:25 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Fri, Oct 3012 PM6 PMSat, Oct 316 AM12 PM6 PMSun, Nov 16 AMclouds70% cloud cover72% cloud cover75% cloud cover74% cloud cover65% cloud cover76% cloud cover70% cloud cover62% cloud cover67% cloud cover75% cloud cover58% cloud cover32% cloud cover51% cloud cover39% cloud cover47% cloud cover48% cloud cover57% cloud cover46% cloud cover52% cloud cover49% cloud cover56% cloud cover56% cloud cover49% cloud cover52% cloud cover49% cloud cover52% cloud cover45% cloud cover42% cloud cover46% cloud cover43% cloud cover28% cloud cover26% cloud cover35% cloud cover24% cloud cover29% cloud cover33% cloud cover36% cloud cover38% cloud cover39% cloud cover41% cloud cover46% cloud cover50% cloud cover55% cloud cover58% cloud cover61% cloud cover64% cloud cover62% cloud cover61% cloud cover⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡65°70°75°80°85°74777774727271707478787574737170rain34% chance44% chance42% chance46% chance, 0.06 in52% chance, 0.06 in61% chance, 0.06 in68% chance, 0.06 in67% chance, 0.06 in62% chance, 0.06 in56% chance, 0.01 in51% chance, 0.01 in49% chance, 0.01 in47% chance, 0.01 in44% chance, 0.01 in40% chance, 0.01 in37% chance, 0.03 in38% chance, 0.03 in40% chance, 0.03 in41% chance, 0.03 in37% chance, 0.03 in33% chance, 0.03 in29% chance29% chance28% chance28% chance31% chance34% chance37% chance35% chance34% chance32% chance25% chance10% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance0.060.060.06wind01020mphE 12 mph, gusts 16E 14 mph, gusts 18E 14 mph, gusts 20E 14 mph, gusts 18E 13 mph, gusts 17E 12 mph, gusts 17E 10 mph, gusts 16E 8 mph, gusts 14E 7 mph, gusts 12E 7 mph, gusts 12ENE 6 mph, gusts 10ENE 6 mph, gusts 10E 7 mph, gusts 10E 7 mph, gusts 10ESE 7 mph, gusts 9E 7 mph, gusts 8E 6 mph, gusts 8E 5 mph, gusts 9ENE 6 mph, gusts 9ENE 5 mph, gusts 8ENE 3 mph, gusts 7NE 3 mph, gusts 7NE 5 mph, gusts 9NE 6 mph, gusts 10
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Fri 10 AM74°74°69°84%70%34%–E 121610+ mi
Fri 11 AM76°76°70°82%72%44%–E 131710+ mi
Fri 12 PM77°77°70°79%75%42%–E 141810.0 mi
Fri 1 PM77°77°71°82%74%46%0.06"E 141810.0 mi⚡
Fri 2 PM77°77°71°82%65%52%0.06"E 142010.0 mi⚡
Fri 3 PM76°76°71°85%76%61%0.06"E 142010.0 mi⚡
Fri 4 PM77°77°72°85%70%68%0.06"E 141810.0 mi⚡
Fri 5 PM76°76°72°87%62%67%0.06"E 141810.0 mi⚡
Fri 6 PM76°76°72°87%67%62%0.06"E 13178.9 mi⚡
Fri 7 PM74°74°72°93%75%56%0.01"E 12178.9 mi⚡
Fri 8 PM73°73°71°93%58%51%0.01"E 12179.4 mi⚡
Fri 9 PM73°73°71°93%32%49%0.01"E 12169.8 mi⚡
Fri 10 PM72°72°72°100%51%47%0.01"E 10169.8 mi⚡
Fri 11 PM72°72°71°97%39%44%0.01"E 9159.6 mi⚡
Sat 12 AM72°72°71°97%47%40%0.01"E 8149.9 mi⚡
Sat 1 AM72°72°71°97%48%37%0.03"E 7139.8 mi⚡
Sat 2 AM71°71°71°100%57%38%0.03"E 7129.5 mi⚡
Sat 3 AM71°71°71°100%46%40%0.03"E 7129.0 mi⚡
Sat 4 AM71°71°69°93%52%41%0.03"E 7128.3 mi⚡
Sat 5 AM70°70°69°97%49%37%0.03"E 7108.4 mi⚡
Sat 6 AM70°70°69°97%56%33%0.03"ENE 6108.5 mi⚡
Sat 7 AM70°70°69°97%56%29%–ENE 7108.6 mi
Sat 8 AM69°69°69°100%49%29%–ENE 6109.0 mi
Sat 9 AM71°71°71°100%52%28%–E 6109.4 mi
Sat 10 AM74°74°74°100%49%28%–E 7109.9 mi⚡
Sat 11 AM77°77°74°90%52%31%–E 7109.9 mi⚡
Sat 12 PM78°78°74°88%45%34%–E 7109.8 mi⚡
Sat 1 PM78°78°73°85%42%37%–E 8109.8 mi⚡
Sat 2 PM80°84°73°79%46%35%–ESE 7910+ mi⚡
Sat 3 PM78°78°72°82%43%34%–E 7810+ mi⚡
Sat 4 PM78°78°73°85%28%32%–E 7810+ mi⚡
Sat 5 PM78°78°73°85%26%25%–E 68–⚡
Sat 6 PM76°76°73°90%35%10%–E 68–
Sat 7 PM75°75°73°94%24%3%–E 68–
Sat 8 PM74°74°73°97%29%3%–E 59–
Sat 9 PM74°74°73°97%33%3%–E 59–
Sat 10 PM74°74°73°97%36%3%–ENE 69–
Sat 11 PM74°74°72°93%38%3%–ENE 68–
Sun 12 AM73°73°72°97%39%3%–ENE 58–
Sun 1 AM73°73°72°97%41%2%–ENE 37–
Sun 1 AM73°73°71°93%46%2%–ENE 37–
Sun 2 AM72°72°71°97%50%2%–NE 37–
Sun 3 AM71°71°70°97%55%2%–NE 37–
Sun 4 AM70°70°70°100%58%2%–NE 58–
Sun 5 AM70°70°69°97%61%2%–NE 59–
Sun 6 AM70°70°70°100%64%3%–NE 610–
Sun 7 AM71°71°71°100%62%3%–NE 610–
Sun 8 AM73°73°71°93%61%3%–NE 710–

7-day forecast

Today

Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

78° / 68°

68% rain · 0.41"

E 9–14 mph · gusts 20

⚡ Storms

Sat, Oct 31

Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

80° / 69°

41% rain · 0.19"

E 5–8 mph · gusts 14

⚡ Storms

Sun, Nov 1

Partly Sunny

80° / 70°

6% rain

NE 3–8 mph · gusts 12

Mon, Nov 2

Partly Sunny

81° / 71°

8% rain

SE 6–12 mph · gusts 17

Tue, Nov 3

Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

80° / 60°

63% rain · 0.24"

SW 7–12 mph · gusts 18

⚡ Storms

Wed, Nov 4

Sunny

75° / 60°

9% rain

NW 8–13 mph · gusts 20

Thu, Nov 5

Sunny

75° / 61°

9% rain

N 6–10 mph · gusts 21

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Today: A chance of rain showers before 1pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. East wind 10 to 15 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.
  • Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 4am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. East wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
  • Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
  • Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny. High near 80, with temperatures falling to around 77 in the afternoon. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
  • Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70.
  • Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 81.
  • Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71.
  • Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
  • Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
  • Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 75.
  • Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60.
  • Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 75.
  • Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61.

Weather map

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Marine forecast

Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out 20 NM

GMZ350 · 554 AM 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.


GMZ350-355-302315-
Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out
20 NM-Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM-
554 AM CDT Fri Oct 30 2026

.TODAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave
Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of showers
early this morning. A chance of showers late this morning and
afternoon. A slight chance of thunderstorms late. 
.TONIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave
Detail: East 4 feet at 7 seconds. A chance of showers and
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. 
.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 2 to 3 feet. Wave
Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave
Detail: East 2 feet at 7 seconds. 
.MONDAY...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 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 · September 2002

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
34% lit
↑ 1:12 AM
↓ 3:34 PM
★★☆☆c84
2
25% lit
↑ 2:04 AM
↓ 4:32 PM
★★☆☆c91
Moon farthest north (25.8°)
3
16% lit
↑ 3:02 AM
↓ 5:27 PM
★★★☆c95
best
4
8% lit
↑ 4:06 AM
↓ 6:18 PM
★★★☆c95
best
5
3% lit
↑ 5:14 AM
↓ 7:04 PM
★★★☆c92
best
6
0% lit
↑ 6:23 AM
↓ 7:46 PM
★★★☆c84
New Moon (supermoon)
best
7
1% lit
↑ 7:33 AM
↓ 8:25 PM
★★☆☆c70
Perigee · 358,749 km
best
8
4% lit
↑ 8:41 AM
↓ 9:03 PM
★★☆☆c53
Moon crosses the equator
9
10% lit
↑ 9:49 AM
↓ 9:40 PM
★★☆☆c49
10
18% lit
↑ 10:56 AM
↓ 10:19 PM
★★☆☆c57
11
28% lit
↑ 12:03 PM
↓ 11:01 PM
★★☆☆c72
12
39% lit
↑ 1:09 PM
↓ 11:47 PM
★★☆☆c85
13
50% lit
↑ 2:13 PM
↓ –
★★☆☆c92
First Quarter
14
60% lit
↑ 3:13 PM
↓ 12:37 AM
★★☆☆c94
15
70% lit
↑ 4:08 PM
↓ 1:31 AM
★★☆☆c94
Moon farthest south (-24.9°)
16
79% lit
↑ 4:56 PM
↓ 2:28 AM
★★☆☆c91
17
86% lit
↑ 5:39 PM
↓ 3:26 AM
★★☆☆c85
18
92% lit
↑ 6:16 PM
↓ 4:23 AM
★★☆☆c76
19
97% lit
↑ 6:49 PM
↓ 5:19 AM
★★☆☆c65
20
99% lit
↑ 7:20 PM
↓ 6:13 AM
★★☆☆c53
21
100% lit
↑ 7:49 PM
↓ 7:06 AM
★★☆☆c43
Full Moon · Corn Moon
22
99% lit
↑ 8:17 PM
↓ 7:58 AM
★★☆☆c33
Moon crosses the equator
Apogee · 406,351 km
23
96% lit
↑ 8:46 PM
↓ 8:50 AM
★★☆☆c38
24
91% lit
↑ 9:16 PM
↓ 9:42 AM
★★☆☆c45
25
85% lit
↑ 9:48 PM
↓ 10:36 AM
★★☆☆c56
26
78% lit
↑ 10:25 PM
↓ 11:31 AM
★☆☆☆c62
27
70% lit
↑ 11:06 PM
↓ 12:27 PM
★★☆☆c70
28
60% lit
↑ 11:54 PM
↓ 1:24 PM
★★☆☆c76
29
50% lit
↑ –
↓ 2:21 PM
★★☆☆c80
Last Quarter
Moon farthest north (25.9°)
30
40% lit
↑ 12:48 AM
↓ 3:16 PM
★★☆☆c83

Lunar events this month

  • Mon, Sep 2 · 8:00 AM — Moon farthest north (25.8°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Fri, Sep 6 · 10:10 PM — New 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.
  • Sat, Sep 7 · 10:00 PM — Perigee · 358,749 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Sun, Sep 8 · 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.
  • Fri, Sep 13 · 1:07 PM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Sun, Sep 15 · 3:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-24.9°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Sat, Sep 21 · 8:59 AM — Full Moon · Corn MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Sun, Sep 22 · 9:00 AM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Sun, Sep 22 · 10:00 PM — Apogee · 406,351 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Sun, Sep 29 · 12:02 PM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Sun, Sep 29 · 4:00 PM — Moon farthest north (25.9°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.

Best fishing days

Tue, Sep 3 · Wed, Sep 4 · Thu, Sep 5 · Fri, Sep 6 · Sat, Sep 7

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

Moon distance

358,919 km closest · 406,284 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 Sargent, ICWWSurf report: Sargent 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 8:46 AM.