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Sargent

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

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Today

Overnight: Low 68° · 9% rain

Cloudy, with a low around 68. East wind around 10 mph.

Friday: High 78° · 51% rain

A chance of rain showers between 7am and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. East wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunrise / sunset
7:33 AM / 6:38 PM
Moonrise / moonset
10:55 PM / 12:30 PM
Moon
Waning Gibbous, 78%
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 306 AM12 PM6 PMSat, Oct 316 AM12 PM6 PMSun, Nov 1clouds91% cloud cover85% cloud cover91% cloud cover83% cloud cover83% cloud cover77% cloud cover85% cloud cover77% cloud cover70% 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 cover⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡60°65°70°75°80°85°72707076777673727170697780787474rain9% chance6% chance2% chance8% chance15% chance21% chance24% chance27% chance30% chance34% chance39% chance43% chance, 0.06 in45% chance, 0.06 in48% chance, 0.06 in50% chance, 0.06 in51% chance, 0.06 in52% chance, 0.06 in53% 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% chance0.060.060.06wind01020mphE 12 mph, gusts 17E 10 mph, gusts 15E 9 mph, gusts 15E 10 mph, gusts 15E 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 8
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Fri 2 AM72°72°62°71%91%9%–E 121710+ mi
Fri 3 AM71°71°62°73%85%6%–E 101610+ mi
Fri 4 AM71°71°63°76%91%2%–E 101510+ mi
Fri 5 AM70°70°64°81%83%8%–E 91510+ mi
Fri 6 AM69°69°64°84%83%15%–E 91510+ mi
Fri 7 AM70°70°66°87%77%21%–E 91410+ mi
Fri 8 AM70°70°66°87%85%24%–E 101510+ mi
Fri 9 AM71°71°68°90%77%27%–E 101510+ mi
Fri 10 AM74°74°69°84%70%30%–E 121610+ mi
Fri 11 AM76°76°70°82%72%34%–E 131710.0 mi
Fri 12 PM77°77°70°79%75%39%–E 141810.0 mi
Fri 1 PM77°77°71°82%74%43%0.06"E 141810.0 mi
Fri 2 PM77°77°71°82%65%45%0.06"E 142010.0 mi
Fri 3 PM76°76°71°85%76%48%0.06"E 14209.7 mi
Fri 4 PM77°77°72°85%70%50%0.06"E 141810.0 mi⚡
Fri 5 PM76°76°72°87%62%51%0.06"E 141810.0 mi⚡
Fri 6 PM76°76°72°87%67%52%0.06"E 13179.6 mi⚡
Fri 7 PM74°74°72°93%75%53%0.01"E 12179.9 mi⚡
Fri 8 PM73°73°71°93%58%51%0.01"E 12179.9 mi⚡
Fri 9 PM73°73°71°93%32%49%0.01"E 121610.0 mi⚡
Fri 10 PM72°72°72°100%51%47%0.01"E 101610.0 mi⚡
Fri 11 PM72°72°71°97%39%44%0.01"E 9159.7 mi⚡
Sat 12 AM72°72°71°97%47%40%0.01"E 8149.5 mi⚡
Sat 1 AM72°72°71°97%48%37%0.03"E 7139.2 mi⚡
Sat 2 AM71°71°71°100%57%38%0.03"E 7129.1 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 7128.8 mi⚡
Sat 5 AM70°70°69°97%49%37%0.03"E 7108.9 mi⚡
Sat 6 AM70°70°69°97%56%33%0.03"ENE 6108.9 mi⚡
Sat 7 AM70°70°69°97%56%29%–ENE 7109.0 mi
Sat 8 AM69°69°69°100%49%29%–ENE 6109.1 mi
Sat 9 AM71°71°71°100%52%28%–E 6109.2 mi
Sat 10 AM74°74°74°100%49%28%–E 7109.3 mi⚡
Sat 11 AM77°77°74°90%52%31%–E 710–⚡
Sat 12 PM78°78°74°88%45%34%–E 710–⚡
Sat 1 PM78°78°73°85%42%37%–E 810–⚡
Sat 2 PM80°84°73°79%46%35%–ESE 79–⚡
Sat 3 PM78°78°72°82%43%34%–E 78–⚡
Sat 4 PM78°78°73°85%28%32%–E 78–⚡
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–

7-day forecast

Today

Chance Rain Showers

78° / 68°

53% 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° / 60°

6% rain

N 6–10 mph · gusts 21

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Overnight: Cloudy, with a low around 68. East wind around 10 mph.
  • Friday: A chance of rain showers between 7am and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. East wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
  • Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm 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 50%. 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%.
  • Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 80.
  • 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.

Weather map

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Marine forecast

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

GMZ350 · 1156 PM CDT Thu Oct 29 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.


GMZ350-355-301715-
Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out
20 NM-Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM-
1156 PM CDT Thu Oct 29 2026

.OVERNIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots.
Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds. 
.FRIDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots.
Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds. A
chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
afternoon. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave
Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. 
.SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave
Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds. A chance of showers. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
Wave Detail: Southeast 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. 
.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. A chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming
northwest after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 feet. A chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening. 

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · July 2003

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
4% lit
↑ 8:02 AM
↓ 10:20 PM
★☆☆☆c86
2
9% lit
↑ 9:03 AM
↓ 11:02 PM
★★★☆c86
3
16% lit
↑ 10:05 AM
↓ 11:40 PM
★★☆☆c81
4
25% lit
↑ 11:07 AM
↓ –
★★☆☆c72
5
35% lit
↑ 12:08 PM
↓ 12:14 AM
★☆☆☆c59
6
46% lit
↑ 1:10 PM
↓ 12:48 AM
★☆☆☆c41
Moon crosses the equator
First Quarter
7
57% lit
↑ 2:13 PM
↓ 1:21 AM
★☆☆☆c45
8
68% lit
↑ 3:18 PM
↓ 1:55 AM
★★☆☆c64
9
78% lit
↑ 4:26 PM
↓ 2:33 AM
★★☆☆c83
10
87% lit
↑ 5:36 PM
↓ 3:16 AM
★★★☆c96
Perigee · 365,142 km
11
94% lit
↑ 6:45 PM
↓ 4:05 AM
★★★★c103
best
12
98% lit
↑ 7:51 PM
↓ 5:02 AM
★★★★c105
Moon farthest south (-26.3°)
best
13
100% lit
↑ 8:50 PM
↓ 6:05 AM
★★★★c103
Full Moon · Buck Moon
best
14
99% lit
↑ 9:40 PM
↓ 7:11 AM
★★★★c99
best
15
95% lit
↑ 10:23 PM
↓ 8:17 AM
★☆☆☆c90
16
90% lit
↑ 11:00 PM
↓ 9:21 AM
★★★☆c84
17
83% lit
↑ 11:32 PM
↓ 10:21 AM
★★☆☆c70
18
74% lit
↑ –
↓ 11:18 AM
★★☆☆c51
19
65% lit
↑ 12:01 AM
↓ 12:12 PM
★☆☆☆c39
Moon crosses the equator
20
56% lit
↑ 12:30 AM
↓ 1:05 PM
★☆☆☆c34
21
46% lit
↑ 12:58 AM
↓ 1:58 PM
★☆☆☆c46
Last Quarter
22
37% lit
↑ 1:28 AM
↓ 2:52 PM
★☆☆☆c58
Apogee · 404,330 km
23
28% lit
↑ 2:00 AM
↓ 3:47 PM
★★☆☆c68
24
20% lit
↑ 2:35 AM
↓ 4:43 PM
★★☆☆c76
25
13% lit
↑ 3:16 AM
↓ 5:39 PM
★★★☆c81
26
7% lit
↑ 4:02 AM
↓ 6:35 PM
★★★☆c85
27
3% lit
↑ 4:55 AM
↓ 7:28 PM
★★★☆c86
Moon farthest north (26.9°)
28
1% lit
↑ 5:53 AM
↓ 8:16 PM
★★★★c86
best
29
0% lit
↑ 6:54 AM
↓ 9:00 PM
★★★★c85
New Moon
30
3% lit
↑ 7:57 AM
↓ 9:40 PM
★☆☆☆c80
31
7% lit
↑ 9:00 AM
↓ 10:16 PM
★★★☆c76

Lunar events this month

  • Sun, Jul 6 · 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, Jul 6 · 9:32 PM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Thu, Jul 10 · 5:00 PM — Perigee · 365,142 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Sat, Jul 12 · 3:00 PM — Moon farthest south (-26.3°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Sun, Jul 13 · 2:21 PM — Full Moon · Buck MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Sat, Jul 19 · 1:00 PM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Mon, Jul 21 · 2:01 AM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Tue, Jul 22 · 3:00 PM — Apogee · 404,330 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Sun, Jul 27 · 12:00 AM — Moon farthest north (26.9°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Tue, Jul 29 · 1:52 AM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.

Best fishing days

Fri, Jul 11 · Sat, Jul 12 · Sun, Jul 13 · Mon, Jul 14 · Mon, Jul 28

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

Moon distance

365,169 km closest · 404,323 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 1:21 AM.