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Rockport

28.030°, -97.050° · tides: Rockport

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Today

Tonight: Low 73° · 21% rain

A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1am and 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. East southeast wind 6 to 12 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday: High 81° · 5% rain

Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Heat index values as high as 85. East northeast wind 5 to 9 mph. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunrise / sunset
7:38 AM / 6:45 PM
Moonrise / moonset
11:03 PM / 12:34 PM
Moon
Waning Gibbous, 69%
Major period
4:15 AM–6:15 AM
Minor period
12:04 PM–1:04 PM
Major period
4:50 PM–6:50 PM
Minor period
10:33 PM–11:33 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Fri, Oct 30Sat, Oct 316 AM12 PM6 PMSun, Nov 16 AM12 PM6 PMclouds58% cloud cover60% cloud cover53% cloud cover53% cloud cover60% cloud cover47% cloud cover41% cloud cover47% cloud cover57% cloud cover75% cloud cover72% cloud cover67% cloud cover60% cloud cover44% cloud cover45% cloud cover35% cloud cover34% cloud cover31% cloud cover28% cloud cover23% cloud cover17% cloud cover27% cloud cover22% cloud cover30% cloud cover32% cloud cover38% cloud cover36% cloud cover34% cloud cover34% cloud cover37% cloud cover40% cloud cover43% cloud cover49% cloud cover56% cloud cover67% cloud cover47% cloud cover47% cloud cover46% cloud cover46% cloud cover45% cloud cover48% cloud cover52% cloud cover55% cloud cover55% cloud cover56% cloud cover56% cloud cover54% cloud cover52% cloud cover⚡⚡⚡70°75°80°85°77777575767980797777767577798079rain12% chance13% chance13% chance13% chance, 0.01 in11% chance, 0.01 in8% chance, 0.01 in5% chance, 0.01 in5% chance, 0.01 in5% chance, 0.01 in4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance3% chance3% chance5% chance5% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chancewind01020mphE 10 mph, gusts 14E 8 mph, gusts 10E 6 mph, gusts 8ESE 6 mph, gusts 8ENE 5 mph, gusts 7ENE 5 mph, gusts 7ENE 6 mph, gusts 8E 6 mph, gusts 8E 7 mph, gusts 9E 9 mph, gusts 12E 8 mph, gusts 12E 8 mph, gusts 12E 8 mph, gusts 10E 7 mph, gusts 9E 5 mph, gusts 7ENE 5 mph, gusts 7ENE 6 mph, gusts 7NE 6 mph, gusts 9ENE 7 mph, gusts 10E 8 mph, gusts 10E 9 mph, gusts 12E 12 mph, gusts 14E 10 mph, gusts 14E 10 mph, gusts 14
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Fri 10 PM77°77°74°90%58%12%–E 10149.2 mi
Fri 11 PM77°77°74°90%60%13%–E 9128.9 mi
Sat 12 AM77°77°74°90%53%13%–E 8108.6 mi
Sat 1 AM77°77°74°90%53%13%0.01"ESE 798.2 mi⚡
Sat 2 AM76°76°75°97%60%11%0.01"E 686.9 mi⚡
Sat 3 AM76°76°74°94%47%8%0.01"ESE 686.3 mi⚡
Sat 4 AM75°75°74°97%41%5%0.01"ESE 686.5 mi
Sat 5 AM75°75°74°97%47%5%0.01"E 675.2 mi
Sat 6 AM75°75°74°97%57%5%0.01"ENE 575.0 mi
Sat 7 AM75°75°74°97%75%4%–ENE 684.9 mi
Sat 8 AM73°73°73°100%72%4%–ENE 575.0 mi
Sat 9 AM74°74°74°100%67%4%–ENE 575.7 mi
Sat 10 AM76°76°75°97%60%4%–ENE 689.5 mi
Sat 11 AM77°77°75°94%44%4%–E 689.6 mi
Sat 12 PM78°78°75°91%45%4%–E 689.8 mi
Sat 1 PM79°79°75°88%35%4%–E 6810+ mi
Sat 2 PM80°85°75°85%34%4%–E 7910+ mi
Sat 3 PM80°85°75°85%31%3%–E 81010+ mi
Sat 4 PM80°85°75°85%28%3%–E 91210+ mi
Sat 5 PM80°85°75°85%23%5%–E 91210+ mi
Sat 6 PM79°79°75°88%17%5%–E 81210+ mi
Sat 7 PM79°79°75°88%27%1%–E 81210+ mi
Sat 8 PM78°78°75°91%22%1%–E 8129.9 mi
Sat 9 PM77°77°75°94%30%1%–E 8109.8 mi
Sat 10 PM77°77°75°94%32%1%–E 8109.6 mi
Sat 11 PM77°77°75°94%38%1%–E 799.6 mi
Sun 12 AM77°77°76°97%36%1%–E 799.5 mi
Sun 1 AM77°77°76°97%34%1%–E 689.5 mi
Sun 1 AM77°77°76°97%34%1%–E 579.5 mi
Sun 2 AM76°76°75°97%37%1%–E 579.5 mi
Sun 3 AM76°76°75°97%40%1%–ENE 579.6 mi
Sun 4 AM75°75°75°100%43%1%–ENE 579.4 mi
Sun 5 AM75°75°75°100%49%1%–ENE 679.2 mi
Sun 6 AM75°75°75°100%56%2%–NE 689.0 mi
Sun 7 AM76°76°76°100%67%2%–NE 69–
Sun 8 AM76°76°76°100%47%2%–ENE 79–
Sun 9 AM77°77°77°100%47%2%–ENE 710–
Sun 10 AM78°78°77°97%46%2%–ENE 710–
Sun 11 AM79°79°76°91%46%2%–E 810–
Sun 12 PM79°79°76°91%45%0%–E 810–
Sun 1 PM80°86°76°88%48%0%–E 912–
Sun 2 PM80°86°76°88%52%0%–E 1013–
Sun 3 PM80°86°76°88%55%0%–E 1214–
Sun 4 PM80°86°76°88%55%0%–E 1214–
Sun 5 PM79°79°76°91%56%0%–E 1014–
Sun 6 PM79°79°76°91%56%0%–E 1014–
Sun 7 PM78°78°76°94%54%0%–E 1014–
Sun 8 PM78°78°76°94%52%0%–ESE 1014–

7-day forecast

Today

Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

77° / 73°

21% rain

E 9–10 mph · gusts 14

Sat, Oct 31

Mostly Sunny

81° / 75°

13% rain · 0.06"

ENE 5–9 mph · gusts 12

⚡ Storms

Sun, Nov 1

Partly Sunny

81° / 75°

2% rain

ENE 5–12 mph · gusts 14

Mon, Nov 2

Mostly Sunny

81° / 72°

3% rain

SE 8–15 mph · gusts 23

Tue, Nov 3

Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

82° / 64°

54% rain · 0.18"

WSW 8–12 mph · gusts 21

⚡ Storms

Wed, Nov 4

Sunny

78° / 65°

15% rain

NNW 6–12 mph · gusts 18

Thu, Nov 5

Sunny

78° / 65°

8% rain

NNE 6–10 mph · gusts 16

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Tonight: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1am and 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. East southeast wind 6 to 12 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Heat index values as high as 85. East northeast wind 5 to 9 mph. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
  • Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. East wind 5 to 8 mph.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Heat index values as high as 86. East northeast wind 6 to 12 mph.
  • Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. East southeast wind around 10 mph.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Southeast wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
  • Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 72. South southeast wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
  • Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. West southwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
  • Tuesday Night: A slight chance of rain showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. North northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 78.
  • Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 65.
  • Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 78.
  • Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 65.
  • Friday: Sunny, with a high near 77.

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Marine forecast

Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays

GMZ236 · 156 PM CDT Fri Oct 30 2026

Middle Texas coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Matagorda ship
channel out to 60 nautical miles.
 
Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest
1/3 of the waves...along with occasional height of the average
highest 10 percent of the waves. 
 


GMZ236-237-310715-
Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays-
San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays-
156 PM CDT Fri Oct 30 2026

.THIS AFTERNOON...East winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters slightly choppy. A chance of showers with a slight chance
of thunderstorms. 
.TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. 
.SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
smooth. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, diminishing to around
5 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters smooth. 
.SUNDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming east in the
afternoon. Bay and inland waters smooth. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters smooth. 
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to
15 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy
to occasionally choppy. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming south
5 to 10 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters slightly
choppy to occasionally choppy. 
.TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west in the
afternoon. Bay and inland waters smooth. A chance of
thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the morning, then showers
likely in the afternoon. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters smooth to slightly choppy. 

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out 20 NM

GMZ255 · 156 PM CDT Fri Oct 30 2026

Middle Texas coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Matagorda ship
channel out to 60 nautical miles.
 
Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest
1/3 of the waves...along with occasional height of the average
highest 10 percent of the waves. 
 


GMZ255-310715-
Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out
20 NM-
156 PM CDT Fri Oct 30 2026

.THIS AFTERNOON...East winds around 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet.
Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms early, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms late. 
.TONIGHT...Southeast 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, mainly in the evening. 
.SATURDAY...East winds around 5 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave
Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning. 
.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...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around
2 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 7 seconds. 
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
.TUESDAY...South winds around 10 knots, becoming west in the
afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming north
10 to 15 knots after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A chance of
showers in the evening. 

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · December 2002

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
9% lit
↑ 4:01 AM
↓ 3:40 PM
★☆☆☆c59
2
3% lit
↑ 5:09 AM
↓ 4:21 PM
★★☆☆c78
Perigee · 362,293 km
3
0% lit
↑ 6:18 AM
↓ 5:07 PM
★★☆☆c91
best
4
0% lit
↑ 7:28 AM
↓ 5:59 PM
★★☆☆c98
New Moon
best
5
3% lit
↑ 8:35 AM
↓ 6:57 PM
★★☆☆c101
best
6
8% lit
↑ 9:36 AM
↓ 7:58 PM
★★☆☆c98
Moon farthest south (-25.3°)
7
15% lit
↑ 10:30 AM
↓ 9:00 PM
★★☆☆c93
8
23% lit
↑ 11:17 AM
↓ 10:01 PM
★☆☆☆c84
9
32% lit
↑ 11:56 AM
↓ 10:59 PM
★☆☆☆c74
10
41% lit
↑ 12:31 PM
↓ 11:54 PM
★☆☆☆c62
11
51% lit
↑ 1:02 PM
↓ –
★☆☆☆c50
First Quarter
12
60% lit
↑ 1:31 PM
↓ 12:47 AM
★☆☆☆c38
13
69% lit
↑ 1:59 PM
↓ 1:39 AM
★☆☆☆c34
Moon crosses the equator
Apogee · 404,912 km
14
78% lit
↑ 2:28 PM
↓ 2:30 AM
★☆☆☆c48
15
85% lit
↑ 2:58 PM
↓ 3:23 AM
★☆☆☆c60
16
91% lit
↑ 3:31 PM
↓ 4:16 AM
★★☆☆c71
17
96% lit
↑ 4:08 PM
↓ 5:11 AM
★★☆☆c80
18
99% lit
↑ 4:51 PM
↓ 6:09 AM
★★☆☆c86
19
100% lit
↑ 5:39 PM
↓ 7:07 AM
★★☆☆c90
Full Moon · Cold Moon
best
20
99% lit
↑ 6:33 PM
↓ 8:04 AM
★★☆☆c92
Moon farthest north (26.3°)
best
21
96% lit
↑ 7:32 PM
↓ 8:58 AM
★★☆☆c92
22
91% lit
↑ 8:35 PM
↓ 9:49 AM
★★☆☆c91
23
83% lit
↑ 9:38 PM
↓ 10:34 AM
★★☆☆c87
24
75% lit
↑ 10:41 PM
↓ 11:14 AM
★☆☆☆c80
25
64% lit
↑ 11:44 PM
↓ 11:52 AM
★☆☆☆c68
26
53% lit
↑ –
↓ 12:27 PM
★☆☆☆c51
Last Quarter
27
42% lit
↑ 12:46 AM
↓ 1:02 PM
★☆☆☆c36
Moon crosses the equator
28
31% lit
↑ 1:49 AM
↓ 1:37 PM
★☆☆☆c58
29
21% lit
↑ 2:53 AM
↓ 2:15 PM
★☆☆☆c76
Perigee · 367,906 km
30
12% lit
↑ 4:00 AM
↓ 2:58 PM
★☆☆☆c81
31
6% lit
↑ 5:07 AM
↓ 3:46 PM
★★☆☆c94

Lunar events this month

  • Mon, Dec 2 · 3:00 AM — Perigee · 362,293 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Wed, Dec 4 · 1:34 AM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Fri, Dec 6 · 1:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-25.3°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Wed, Dec 11 · 9:48 AM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Fri, Dec 13 · 4:00 AM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Fri, Dec 13 · 10:00 PM — Apogee · 404,912 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Thu, Dec 19 · 1:10 PM — Full Moon · Cold MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Fri, Dec 20 · 1:00 PM — Moon farthest north (26.3°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Thu, Dec 26 · 6:31 PM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Fri, Dec 27 · 1:00 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, Dec 29 · 7:00 PM — Perigee · 367,906 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.

Best fishing days

Tue, Dec 3 · Wed, Dec 4 · Thu, Dec 5 · Thu, Dec 19 · Fri, Dec 20

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

Moon distance

362,382 km closest · 404,786 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 RockportSurf report: Port Aransas Beach & Horace Caldwell PierOffshore 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 5:56 PM.