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Bolivar

29.470°, -94.620° · tides: Sievers Cove, Goat Island

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Today

Overnight: Low 70° · 2% rain

Areas of fog. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. North wind around 5 mph.

Sunday: High 78° · 5% rain

Areas of fog before 9am. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. East wind around 5 mph.

Sunrise / sunset
6:31 AM / 5:32 PM
Moonrise / moonset
– / 1:04 PM
Moon
Last Quarter, 55%
Major period
5:05 AM–7:05 AM
Minor period
12:34 PM–1:34 PM
Major period
5:35 PM–7:35 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Sun, Nov 16 AM12 PM6 PMMon, Nov 26 AM12 PM6 PMTue, Nov 3clouds66% cloud cover66% cloud cover66% cloud cover66% cloud cover66% cloud cover76% cloud cover79% cloud cover53% cloud cover73% cloud cover45% cloud cover44% cloud cover55% cloud cover44% cloud cover55% cloud cover52% cloud cover72% cloud cover35% cloud cover38% cloud cover31% cloud cover26% cloud cover39% cloud cover42% cloud cover71% cloud cover78% cloud cover89% cloud cover80% cloud cover73% cloud cover84% cloud cover82% cloud cover71% cloud cover79% cloud cover76% cloud cover53% cloud cover50% cloud cover68% cloud cover75% cloud cover83% cloud cover61% cloud cover48% cloud cover87% cloud cover71% cloud cover54% cloud cover57% cloud cover59% cloud cover62% cloud cover64% cloud cover66% cloud cover68% cloud cover🌫🌫🌫🌫🌫🌫🌫🌫65°70°75°80°85°71717678787574737373787879767575rain2% chance2% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance2% chance3% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance5% chance4% chance7% chance6% chance5% chance4% chance4% chance7% chance7% chance7% chance5% chance5% chance5% chance3% chance5% chance5% chance5% chance6% chance6% chance6% chance14% chance, 0.02 in14% chance, 0.02 in14% chance, 0.02 in17% chance, 0.02 in17% chance, 0.02 in17% chance, 0.02 in4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chancewind01020mphN 5 mph, gusts 6NNE 6 mph, gusts 7NNE 7 mph, gusts 8NNE 7 mph, gusts 9NE 6 mph, gusts 9ESE 5 mph, gusts 8ESE 5 mph, gusts 7SE 5 mph, gusts 6ESE 5 mph, gusts 6ESE 5 mph, gusts 6ESE 5 mph, gusts 5E 5 mph, gusts 6E 6 mph, gusts 7ESE 7 mph, gusts 9ESE 9 mph, gusts 12ESE 10 mph, gusts 15SE 12 mph, gusts 15SE 10 mph, gusts 15SE 10 mph, gusts 15SE 10 mph, gusts 14SE 10 mph, gusts 14SE 10 mph, gusts 13SSE 9 mph, gusts 13SSE 9 mph, gusts 12
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Sun 4 AM71°71°71°99%66%2%–N 560.5 mi🌫
Sun 5 AM72°72°71°98%66%2%–NNE 670.7 mi🌫
Sun 6 AM72°72°71°97%66%1%–NNE 670.5 mi🌫
Sun 7 AM71°71°71°100%66%1%–NNE 682.5 mi🌫
Sun 8 AM72°72°72°100%66%1%–NNE 784.9 mi🌫
Sun 9 AM74°74°73°97%76%1%–NNE 7910+ mi
Sun 10 AM76°76°73°90%79%1%–NNE 799.3 mi
Sun 11 AM78°78°73°85%53%2%–NNE 6910+ mi
Sun 12 PM77°77°74°90%73%3%–NE 6910+ mi
Sun 1 PM78°78°73°85%45%4%–E 6910+ mi
Sun 2 PM77°77°73°87%44%4%–ESE 5810+ mi
Sun 3 PM77°77°73°87%55%4%–ESE 5810+ mi
Sun 4 PM78°78°73°85%44%5%–ESE 5710+ mi
Sun 5 PM76°76°73°90%55%4%–ESE 5710+ mi
Sun 6 PM76°76°73°90%52%7%–SE 5610+ mi
Sun 7 PM75°75°74°97%72%6%–SE 5610+ mi
Sun 8 PM74°74°73°97%35%5%–ESE 5610+ mi
Sun 9 PM74°74°73°97%38%4%–ESE 5610+ mi
Sun 10 PM74°74°73°97%31%4%–ESE 5610+ mi
Sun 11 PM73°73°73°100%26%7%–ESE 5510+ mi
Mon 12 AM73°73°73°100%39%7%–ESE 557.7 mi
Mon 1 AM73°73°73°100%42%7%–ESE 357.0 mi
Mon 2 AM73°73°73°100%71%5%–E 567.0 mi
Mon 3 AM73°73°73°100%78%5%–E 567.0 mi
Mon 4 AM73°73°73°100%89%5%–E 677.0 mi
Mon 5 AM73°73°72°97%80%3%–E 686.0 mi🌫
Mon 6 AM72°72°72°100%73%5%–ESE 796.0 mi🌫
Mon 7 AM73°73°73°100%84%5%–ESE 8104.0 mi🌫
Mon 8 AM74°74°73°97%82%5%–ESE 9127.0 mi
Mon 9 AM77°77°74°90%71%6%–ESE 10137.0 mi
Mon 10 AM78°78°74°88%79%6%–ESE 1015–
Mon 11 AM78°78°75°91%76%6%–ESE 1215–
Mon 12 PM78°78°75°91%53%14%0.02"SE 1215–
Mon 1 PM78°78°74°88%50%14%0.02"SE 1215–
Mon 2 PM78°78°74°88%68%14%0.02"SE 1015–
Mon 3 PM78°78°74°88%75%17%0.02"SE 1015–
Mon 4 PM79°79°74°85%83%17%0.02"SE 1015–
Mon 5 PM77°77°74°90%61%17%0.02"SE 1014–
Mon 6 PM77°77°74°90%48%4%–SE 1014–
Mon 7 PM76°76°74°94%87%4%–ESE 1014–
Mon 8 PM75°75°75°100%71%4%–SE 1014–
Mon 9 PM75°75°75°100%54%4%–SE 1013–
Mon 10 PM75°75°75°100%57%4%–SE 1013–
Mon 11 PM75°75°75°100%59%4%–SSE 913–
Tue 12 AM75°75°75°100%62%3%–SSE 913–
Tue 1 AM75°75°75°100%64%3%–SSE 913–
Tue 2 AM75°75°75°100%66%3%–SSE 912–
Tue 3 AM75°75°75°100%68%3%–SSE 912–

7-day forecast

Today

Areas Of Fog then Partly Sunny

78° / 70°

7% rain

E 5–7 mph · gusts 9

🌫 Fog

Mon, Nov 2

Patchy Fog then Slight Chance Rain Showers

79° / 73°

17% rain · 0.12"

SE 3–12 mph · gusts 15

🌫 Fog

Tue, Nov 3

Showers And Thunderstorms

79° / 64°

80% rain · 0.42"

SW 7–10 mph · gusts 15

⚡ Storms

Wed, Nov 4

Sunny

74° / 62°

13% rain

NW 6–12 mph · gusts 14

Thu, Nov 5

Sunny

74° / 62°

15% rain

SW 5–7 mph · gusts 10

Fri, Nov 6

Mostly Sunny

74° / 61°

15% rain

N 5–8 mph · gusts 12

Sat, Nov 7

Slight Chance Rain Showers

73° / 62°

27% rain · 0.12"

E 6–8 mph · gusts 12

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Overnight: Areas of fog. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. North wind around 5 mph.
  • Sunday: Areas of fog before 9am. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. East wind around 5 mph.
  • Sunday Night: Patchy fog after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
  • Monday: Patchy fog before 8am, then a slight chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. Southeast wind around 10 mph.
  • Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
  • Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
  • Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 74.
  • Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 62.
  • Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 74.
  • Thursday Night: A slight chance of rain showers after midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74.
  • Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61.
  • Saturday: A slight chance of rain showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 73.

Weather map

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Marine forecast

Galveston Bay

GMZ335 · 1200 AM CDT Sun Nov 1 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.


GMZ335-011715-
Galveston Bay-
1200 AM CDT Sun Nov 1 2026

.OVERNIGHT...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Bay waters smooth.
Areas of fog late. 
.SUNDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Bay waters smooth.
Areas of fog in the morning. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Bay waters
smooth. 
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth.
Patchy fog in the morning. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Bay waters
smooth to slightly choppy. 
.TUESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly
choppy. A chance of showers in the morning, then showers with a
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds around 10 knots, increasing to
10 to 15 knots gusting 20 knots after midnight. Bay waters 
smooth, increasing to slightly choppy after midnight. A chance of 
showers in the evening.
.WEDNESDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming northwest
around 10 knots in the afternoon. Bay waters slightly choppy,
diminishing to smooth in the afternoon. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters
smooth. 
.THURSDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters
smooth. 

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM

GMZ355 · 1200 AM CDT Sun Nov 1 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.


GMZ350-355-011715-
Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out
20 NM-Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM-
1200 AM CDT Sun Nov 1 2026

.OVERNIGHT...East winds around 5 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave
Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds. Patchy fog. Areas of fog late. 
.SUNDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave
Detail: East 2 feet at 7 seconds. Areas of fog in the morning.
.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: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 5 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. Seas 2 to
3 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. 
.WEDNESDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds around 10 knots. Seas around
2 feet. 
.THURSDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds around 10 knots, becoming north
10 to 15 knots after midnight. Seas around 2 feet. 

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · October 2002

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
29% lit
↑ 1:42 AM
↓ 4:04 PM
★★★☆c81
2
20% lit
↑ 2:47 AM
↓ 4:51 PM
★★★☆c78
3
11% lit
↑ 3:54 AM
↓ 5:34 PM
★★★☆c70
4
5% lit
↑ 5:03 AM
↓ 6:13 PM
★★★☆c59
5
1% lit
↑ 6:12 AM
↓ 6:51 PM
★★☆☆c46
6
0% lit
↑ 7:21 AM
↓ 7:28 PM
★★★☆c47
Moon crosses the equator
New Moon (supermoon)
Perigee · 356,923 km
7
2% lit
↑ 8:31 AM
↓ 8:07 PM
★★★☆c61
8
8% lit
↑ 9:41 AM
↓ 8:48 PM
★★★★c74
best
9
15% lit
↑ 10:51 AM
↓ 9:33 PM
★★★★c86
best
10
24% lit
↑ 11:59 AM
↓ 10:23 PM
★★★★c93
best
11
34% lit
↑ 1:03 PM
↓ 11:17 PM
★★★★c94
best
12
45% lit
↑ 2:01 PM
↓ –
★★★☆c94
Moon farthest south (-25.0°)
13
55% lit
↑ 2:52 PM
↓ 12:14 AM
★★★☆c90
First Quarter
14
65% lit
↑ 3:37 PM
↓ 1:13 AM
★★★☆c82
15
74% lit
↑ 4:15 PM
↓ 2:12 AM
★★★☆c73
16
82% lit
↑ 4:49 PM
↓ 3:08 AM
★★☆☆c63
17
89% lit
↑ 5:20 PM
↓ 4:04 AM
★★☆☆c53
18
94% lit
↑ 5:49 PM
↓ 4:57 AM
★★☆☆c42
19
98% lit
↑ 6:16 PM
↓ 5:50 AM
★★☆☆c34
Moon crosses the equator
20
100% lit
↑ 6:44 PM
↓ 6:42 AM
★★☆☆c42
Apogee · 406,359 km
21
100% lit
↑ 7:13 PM
↓ 7:34 AM
★★★☆c51
Full Moon · Hunter's Moon
22
98% lit
↑ 7:45 PM
↓ 8:28 AM
★★★☆c64
23
95% lit
↑ 8:19 PM
↓ 9:23 AM
★☆☆☆c67
24
90% lit
↑ 8:59 PM
↓ 10:19 AM
★★★☆c74
25
83% lit
↑ 9:44 PM
↓ 11:16 AM
★★★☆c80
26
75% lit
↑ 10:34 PM
↓ 12:13 PM
★★★☆c83
Moon farthest north (26.1°)
best
27
66% lit
↑ 10:31 PM
↓ 12:08 PM
★★★☆c84
28
55% lit
↑ 11:32 PM
↓ 12:58 PM
★★★☆c84
Last Quarter
29
44% lit
↑ –
↓ 1:45 PM
★★★☆c82
30
34% lit
↑ 12:37 AM
↓ 2:28 PM
★★★☆c74
31
23% lit
↑ 1:43 AM
↓ 3:07 PM
★★☆☆c63

Lunar events this month

  • Sun, Oct 6 · 2:00 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, Oct 6 · 6:17 AM — 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.
  • Sun, Oct 6 · 8:00 AM — Perigee · 356,923 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Sat, Oct 12 · 11:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-25.0°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Sun, Oct 13 · 12:33 AM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Sat, Oct 19 · 4:00 PM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Sun, Oct 20 · 12:00 AM — Apogee · 406,359 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Mon, Oct 21 · 2:19 AM — Full Moon · Hunter's MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Sat, Oct 26 · 11:00 PM — Moon farthest north (26.1°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Mon, Oct 28 · 11:27 PM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.

Best fishing days

Tue, Oct 8 · Wed, Oct 9 · Thu, Oct 10 · Fri, Oct 11 · Sat, Oct 26

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

Moon distance

356,947 km closest · 406,277 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 Sievers Cove, Goat IslandSurf report: Bolivar Peninsula (Crystal Beach)Offshore 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 Sun 3:36 AM.