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Freeport

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

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Today

Today: High 79° · 48% rain

A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy. High near 79, with temperatures falling to around 76 in the afternoon. East wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight: Low 68° · 44% rain

A chance of rain showers before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1am and 4am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. 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, 75%
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 3012 PM6 PMSat, Oct 316 AM12 PM6 PMSun, Nov 16 AMclouds82% cloud cover80% cloud cover81% cloud cover75% cloud cover78% cloud cover77% cloud cover81% cloud cover87% cloud cover82% cloud cover72% cloud cover81% cloud cover79% cloud cover68% cloud cover58% cloud cover49% cloud cover51% cloud cover50% cloud cover53% cloud cover63% cloud cover38% cloud cover48% cloud cover60% cloud cover63% cloud cover57% cloud cover51% cloud cover58% cloud cover50% cloud cover54% cloud cover60% cloud cover54% cloud cover53% cloud cover45% cloud cover59% cloud cover55% cloud cover65% cloud cover39% cloud cover38% cloud cover37% cloud cover40% cloud cover44% cloud cover47% cloud cover49% cloud cover51% cloud cover53% cloud cover59% cloud cover65% cloud cover71% cloud cover69% cloud cover⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡65°70°75°80°85°72777776737171707278807874727269rain21% chance23% chance29% chance36% chance42% chance, 0.03 in44% chance, 0.03 in46% chance, 0.03 in48% chance, 0.03 in46% chance, 0.03 in44% chance, 0.03 in41% chance, 0.01 in40% chance, 0.01 in38% chance, 0.01 in37% chance, 0.01 in37% chance, 0.01 in38% chance, 0.01 in38% chance, 0.01 in40% chance, 0.01 in42% chance, 0.01 in44% chance, 0.01 in40% chance, 0.01 in36% chance, 0.01 in32% chance30% chance28% chance26% chance35% chance43% chance51% chance43% chance35% chance27% chance21% chance10% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance5% chance5% chancewind01020mphE 9 mph, gusts 15E 13 mph, gusts 17E 14 mph, gusts 18E 14 mph, gusts 18E 13 mph, gusts 18E 10 mph, gusts 16E 7 mph, gusts 16E 6 mph, gusts 15E 3 mph, gusts 12E 3 mph, gusts 12E 3 mph, gusts 12ENE 3 mph, gusts 12E 5 mph, gusts 10E 7 mph, gusts 10E 8 mph, gusts 12E 5 mph, gusts 9E 5 mph, gusts 9E 2 mph, gusts 9E 1 mph, gusts 8ENE 2 mph, gusts 9ENE 0 mph, gusts 7ENE 0 mph, gusts 7NE 2 mph, gusts 8NE 3 mph, gusts 10
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Fri 9 AM72°72°67°84%82%21%–E 91510+ mi
Fri 10 AM75°75°68°79%80%23%–E 101610+ mi
Fri 11 AM77°77°68°74%81%29%–E 131710+ mi
Fri 12 PM77°77°68°74%75%36%–E 141810+ mi
Fri 1 PM77°77°69°76%78%42%0.03"E 141810+ mi
Fri 2 PM77°77°70°79%77%44%0.03"E 141810.0 mi
Fri 3 PM77°77°70°79%81%46%0.03"E 141810+ mi
Fri 4 PM77°77°70°79%87%48%0.03"E 131810.0 mi
Fri 5 PM76°76°70°82%82%46%0.03"E 131810.0 mi
Fri 6 PM76°76°70°82%72%44%0.03"E 121710.0 mi
Fri 7 PM75°75°71°87%81%41%0.01"E 10169.6 mi⚡
Fri 8 PM73°73°71°93%79%40%0.01"E 8169.8 mi⚡
Fri 9 PM73°73°71°93%68%38%0.01"E 7169.7 mi⚡
Fri 10 PM72°72°72°100%58%37%0.01"E 7159.7 mi⚡
Fri 11 PM72°72°70°93%49%37%0.01"E 6159.6 mi⚡
Sat 12 AM71°71°70°97%51%38%0.01"E 5139.9 mi⚡
Sat 1 AM72°72°70°93%50%38%0.01"E 3129.9 mi⚡
Sat 2 AM72°72°70°93%53%40%0.01"E 3129.9 mi⚡
Sat 3 AM71°71°70°97%63%42%0.01"E 3129.7 mi⚡
Sat 4 AM70°70°70°100%38%44%0.01"E 3128.5 mi⚡
Sat 5 AM70°70°70°100%48%40%0.01"E 3128.7 mi⚡
Sat 6 AM70°70°68°93%60%36%0.01"ENE 3108.9 mi⚡
Sat 7 AM69°69°68°97%63%32%–ENE 3129.1 mi
Sat 8 AM70°70°70°100%57%30%–ENE 3109.4 mi
Sat 9 AM72°72°72°100%51%28%–E 5109.7 mi
Sat 10 AM75°75°73°94%58%26%–E 6109.9 mi⚡
Sat 11 AM77°77°73°88%50%35%–E 7109.9 mi⚡
Sat 12 PM78°78°72°82%54%43%–E 7109.9 mi⚡
Sat 1 PM79°79°72°79%60%51%–E 8129.9 mi⚡
Sat 2 PM79°79°72°79%54%43%–E 6910+ mi⚡
Sat 3 PM80°84°72°77%53%35%–E 5910+ mi⚡
Sat 4 PM79°79°72°79%45%27%–E 5910+ mi⚡
Sat 5 PM79°79°72°79%59%21%–E 59–⚡
Sat 6 PM78°78°73°85%55%10%–E 58–
Sat 7 PM76°76°73°90%65%4%–E 29–
Sat 8 PM75°75°73°94%39%4%–E 18–
Sat 9 PM74°74°73°97%38%4%–E 18–
Sat 10 PM73°73°72°97%37%4%–ENE 29–
Sat 11 PM72°72°72°100%40%4%–ENE 29–
Sun 12 AM72°72°72°100%44%4%–ENE 18–
Sun 1 AM72°72°72°100%47%2%–ENE 07–
Sun 1 AM72°72°72°100%49%2%–ENE 07–
Sun 2 AM72°72°72°100%51%2%–ENE 07–
Sun 3 AM71°71°71°100%53%2%–NE 17–
Sun 4 AM70°70°70°100%59%2%–NE 28–
Sun 5 AM69°69°69°100%65%2%–NE 29–
Sun 6 AM69°69°69°100%71%5%–NE 310–
Sun 7 AM71°71°71°100%69%5%–NE 510–

7-day forecast

Today

Chance Rain Showers

79° / 68°

48% rain · 0.23"

E 6–14 mph · gusts 18

⚡ Storms

Sat, Oct 31

Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

81° / 68°

51% rain · 0.07"

E 1–8 mph · gusts 13

⚡ Storms

Sun, Nov 1

Partly Sunny

82° / 69°

7% rain

NE 0–8 mph · gusts 12

Mon, Nov 2

Partly Sunny

82° / 71°

11% rain

SE 2–12 mph · gusts 17

Tue, Nov 3

Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

82° / 59°

73% rain · 0.36"

SW 3–10 mph · gusts 17

⚡ Storms

Wed, Nov 4

Sunny

76° / 58°

11% rain

NW 2–10 mph · gusts 17

Thu, Nov 5

Sunny

77° / 59°

7% rain

N 1–8 mph · gusts 18

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Today: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy. High near 79, with temperatures falling to around 76 in the afternoon. East wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
  • Tonight: A chance of rain showers before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1am and 4am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
  • Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 5pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
  • Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny. High near 82, with temperatures falling to around 79 in the afternoon. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
  • Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69.
  • Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 82.
  • Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71.
  • Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
  • Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. 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: Partly cloudy, with a low around 59.

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Marine forecast

Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM

GMZ355 · 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 · April 2003

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
0% lit
↑ 6:23 AM
↓ 6:43 PM
★★★☆c36
Moon crosses the equator
New Moon
2
1% lit
↑ 6:51 AM
↓ 7:36 PM
★★★★c46
3
3% lit
↑ 7:19 AM
↓ 8:29 PM
★★★★c54
Apogee · 406,210 km
4
8% lit
↑ 7:50 AM
↓ 9:23 PM
★★★★c61
best
5
13% lit
↑ 8:23 AM
↓ 10:18 PM
★★★★c67
6
20% lit
↑ 10:00 AM
↓ –
★☆☆☆c69
7
28% lit
↑ 10:42 AM
↓ 12:14 AM
★★★★c71
8
37% lit
↑ 11:30 AM
↓ 1:09 AM
★★★★c72
Moon farthest north (26.6°)
9
47% lit
↑ 12:24 PM
↓ 2:03 AM
★★★☆c72
First Quarter
10
58% lit
↑ 1:23 PM
↓ 2:55 AM
★★★☆c72
11
68% lit
↑ 2:25 PM
↓ 3:42 AM
★★★★c71
12
78% lit
↑ 3:30 PM
↓ 4:25 AM
★★★★c69
13
86% lit
↑ 4:36 PM
↓ 5:05 AM
★★★★c59
14
93% lit
↑ 5:43 PM
↓ 5:42 AM
★★★★c49
15
98% lit
↑ 6:50 PM
↓ 6:18 AM
★★★★c55
Moon crosses the equator
16
100% lit
↑ 8:00 PM
↓ 6:54 AM
★★★★c77
Full Moon · Pink Moon (supermoon)
best
17
99% lit
↑ 9:11 PM
↓ 7:33 AM
★★★★c95
Perigee · 357,156 km
best
18
95% lit
↑ 10:23 PM
↓ 8:15 AM
★★★★c106
best
19
88% lit
↑ 11:34 PM
↓ 9:02 AM
★★★★c110
20
79% lit
↑ –
↓ 9:55 AM
★☆☆☆c110
21
69% lit
↑ 12:41 AM
↓ 10:53 AM
★★★★c108
Moon farthest south (-25.9°)
22
59% lit
↑ 1:41 AM
↓ 11:55 AM
★★★☆c100
23
48% lit
↑ 2:33 AM
↓ 12:57 PM
★★★☆c87
Last Quarter
24
38% lit
↑ 3:17 AM
↓ 1:58 PM
★★★★c73
25
28% lit
↑ 3:56 AM
↓ 2:56 PM
★★★☆c59
26
20% lit
↑ 4:29 AM
↓ 3:52 PM
★★★☆c42
27
13% lit
↑ 4:59 AM
↓ 4:46 PM
★★☆☆c31
28
7% lit
↑ 5:27 AM
↓ 5:39 PM
★★★☆c38
Moon crosses the equator
29
3% lit
↑ 5:54 AM
↓ 6:31 PM
★★★★c51
30
1% lit
↑ 6:22 AM
↓ 7:24 PM
★★★★c62
best

Lunar events this month

  • Tue, Apr 1 · 8:00 AM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Tue, Apr 1 · 1:18 PM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Thu, Apr 3 · 10:00 PM — Apogee · 406,210 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Tue, Apr 8 · 8:00 PM — Moon farthest north (26.6°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Wed, Apr 9 · 6:39 PM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Tue, Apr 15 · 10:00 AM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Wed, Apr 16 · 2:35 PM — Full Moon · Pink 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.
  • Thu, Apr 17 · 12:00 AM — Perigee · 357,156 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Mon, Apr 21 · 4:00 PM — Moon farthest south (-25.9°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Wed, Apr 23 · 7:18 AM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Mon, Apr 28 · 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.

Best fishing days

Fri, Apr 4 · Wed, Apr 16 · Thu, Apr 17 · Fri, Apr 18 · Wed, Apr 30

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

Moon distance

357,400 km closest · 406,403 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 7:20 AM.