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28.030°, -97.050° · tides: Rockport

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Today

Today: High 81° · 8% rain

Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Heat index values as high as 83. East wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight: Low 74° · 16% rain

A slight chance of rain showers after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. East wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunrise / sunset
7:37 AM / 6:45 PM
Moonrise / moonset
9:55 PM / 11:32 AM
Moon
Waning Gibbous, 84%
Major period
3:10 AM–5:10 AM
Minor period
11:02 AM–12:02 PM
Major period
3:45 PM–5:45 PM
Minor period
9:25 PM–10:25 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Thu, Oct 2912 PM6 PMFri, Oct 306 AM12 PM6 PMSat, Oct 316 AMclouds50% cloud cover47% cloud cover51% cloud cover51% cloud cover61% cloud cover63% cloud cover54% cloud cover56% cloud cover56% cloud cover75% cloud cover74% cloud cover65% cloud cover68% cloud cover83% cloud cover46% cloud cover51% cloud cover55% cloud cover42% cloud cover52% cloud cover49% cloud cover57% cloud cover63% cloud cover73% cloud cover69% cloud cover73% cloud cover52% cloud cover64% cloud cover48% cloud cover43% cloud cover50% cloud cover60% cloud cover44% cloud cover38% cloud cover46% cloud cover50% cloud cover47% cloud cover41% cloud cover36% cloud cover33% cloud cover32% cloud cover34% cloud cover37% cloud cover39% cloud cover40% cloud cover39% cloud cover37% cloud cover34% cloud cover31% cloud cover⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡65°70°75°80°85°77808078787776757778787877777674rain6% chance6% chance6% chance6% chance7% chance7% chance8% chance6% chance3% chance1% chance3% chance4% chance6% chance7% chance8% chance10% chance11% chance12% chance13% chance16% chance19% chance22% chance24% chance26% chance28% chance29% chance30% chance31% chance30% chance27% chance25% chance22% chance20% chance26% chance, 0.02 in26% chance, 0.02 in26% chance, 0.02 in26% chance, 0.02 in26% chance, 0.02 in26% chance, 0.02 in17% chance17% chance17% chance17% chance17% chance17% chance13% chance13% chance13% chancewind01020mphE 10 mph, gusts 14E 12 mph, gusts 15E 13 mph, gusts 16E 14 mph, gusts 17E 15 mph, gusts 18E 15 mph, gusts 20E 15 mph, gusts 20ESE 14 mph, gusts 18ESE 13 mph, gusts 16ESE 10 mph, gusts 15ESE 10 mph, gusts 14E 10 mph, gusts 14ESE 10 mph, gusts 14ESE 10 mph, gusts 15ESE 10 mph, gusts 14ESE 12 mph, gusts 15E 12 mph, gusts 14E 10 mph, gusts 14ESE 10 mph, gusts 14ESE 9 mph, gusts 12ESE 7 mph, gusts 9ESE 6 mph, gusts 8ESE 6 mph, gusts 8ESE 6 mph, gusts 7
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Thu 10 AM77°77°71°82%50%6%–E 101410+ mi
Thu 11 AM78°78°71°79%47%6%–E 121510+ mi
Thu 12 PM79°79°71°77%51%6%–E 121510+ mi
Thu 1 PM80°83°70°72%51%6%–E 131510+ mi
Thu 2 PM79°79°69°72%61%7%–E 131610+ mi
Thu 3 PM80°83°69°69%63%7%–E 141610+ mi
Thu 4 PM80°83°69°69%54%8%–E 141710+ mi
Thu 5 PM79°79°68°69%56%6%–E 151710+ mi
Thu 6 PM79°79°68°69%56%3%–E 151810+ mi
Thu 7 PM78°78°68°71%75%1%–E 152010+ mi
Thu 8 PM78°78°68°71%74%3%–E 152010+ mi
Thu 9 PM78°78°67°69%65%4%–E 152010+ mi
Thu 10 PM78°78°68°71%68%6%–E 152010+ mi
Thu 11 PM78°78°67°69%83%7%–E 141810+ mi
Fri 12 AM77°77°67°71%46%8%–ESE 141810+ mi
Fri 1 AM77°77°68°74%51%10%–ESE 131710+ mi
Fri 2 AM76°76°68°76%55%11%–ESE 131610+ mi
Fri 3 AM76°76°68°76%42%12%–ESE 121510+ mi
Fri 4 AM76°76°69°79%52%13%–ESE 101510.0 mi
Fri 5 AM76°76°68°76%49%16%–ESE 10148.5 mi
Fri 6 AM76°76°68°76%57%19%–ESE 10148.9 mi
Fri 7 AM75°75°69°82%63%22%–ESE 10149.4 mi
Fri 8 AM75°75°69°82%73%24%–E 101410+ mi
Fri 9 AM75°75°71°87%69%26%–ESE 91410+ mi
Fri 10 AM77°77°71°82%73%28%–ESE 10149.4 mi
Fri 11 AM77°77°71°82%52%29%–ESE 10159.2 mi
Fri 12 PM78°78°72°82%64%30%–ESE 10159.4 mi
Fri 1 PM78°78°72°82%48%31%–ESE 12159.8 mi⚡
Fri 2 PM78°78°72°82%43%30%–ESE 1014–⚡
Fri 3 PM79°79°72°79%50%27%–ESE 1215–⚡
Fri 4 PM78°78°72°82%60%25%–ESE 1215–⚡
Fri 5 PM79°79°72°79%44%22%–ESE 1215–⚡
Fri 6 PM78°78°72°82%38%20%–E 1214–⚡
Fri 7 PM78°78°73°85%46%26%0.02"E 1214–
Fri 8 PM78°78°73°85%50%26%0.02"E 1014–
Fri 9 PM77°77°73°88%47%26%0.02"E 1014–
Fri 10 PM77°77°74°90%41%26%0.02"ESE 1014–
Fri 11 PM77°77°74°90%36%26%0.02"ESE 913–
Sat 12 AM77°77°73°88%33%26%0.02"ESE 912–
Sat 1 AM77°77°74°90%32%17%–ESE 810–⚡
Sat 2 AM77°77°74°90%34%17%–ESE 79–⚡
Sat 3 AM76°76°74°94%37%17%–ESE 78–⚡
Sat 4 AM76°76°74°94%39%17%–ESE 68–⚡
Sat 5 AM75°75°73°94%40%17%–ESE 68–⚡
Sat 6 AM75°75°73°94%39%17%–ESE 68–⚡
Sat 7 AM74°74°73°97%37%13%–ESE 68–
Sat 8 AM75°75°73°94%34%13%–ESE 67–
Sat 9 AM75°75°74°97%31%13%–E 67–

7-day forecast

Today

Partly Sunny

81° / 74°

16% rain

E 10–15 mph · gusts 20

Fri, Oct 30

Chance Rain Showers

80° / 74°

31% rain · 0.10"

ESE 9–14 mph · gusts 18

⚡ Storms

Sat, Oct 31

Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Sunny

81° / 74°

26% rain · 0.02"

ESE 6–9 mph · gusts 12

⚡ Storms

Sun, Nov 1

Mostly Sunny

81° / 73°

2% rain

E 3–10 mph · gusts 13

Mon, Nov 2

Mostly Sunny

82° / 73°

10% rain

SE 7–14 mph · gusts 21

Tue, Nov 3

Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

82° / 66°

46% rain · 0.36"

SW 9–14 mph · gusts 22

⚡ Storms

Wed, Nov 4

Slight Chance Rain Showers then Sunny

78° / 64°

15% rain

NW 7–12 mph · gusts 17

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Heat index values as high as 83. East wind 10 to 15 mph.
  • Tonight: A slight chance of rain showers after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. East wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Friday: A chance of rain showers before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1pm and 5pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. East southeast wind around 12 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
  • Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. East southeast wind 6 to 12 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
  • Saturday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. East southeast wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 74. East wind 3 to 9 mph.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. East wind 6 to 10 mph.
  • Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. Southeast wind around 8 mph.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Southeast wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
  • Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 73.
  • Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
  • Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
  • Wednesday: A slight chance of rain showers before noon. Sunny, with a high near 78. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 64.

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Marine forecast

Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays

GMZ236 · 149 AM CDT Thu Oct 29 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. 
 


GMZ236-237-291915-
Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays-
San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays-
149 AM CDT Thu Oct 29 2026

.TODAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots
late. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally
choppy. 
.TONIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to
10 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to
occasionally choppy. 
.FRIDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.
A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
afternoon. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
smooth. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers,
mainly in the evening. 
.SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
morning. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. 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. Bay and inland waters
smooth. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland
waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. 

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

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

GMZ255 · 149 AM CDT Thu Oct 29 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. 
 


GMZ255-291915-
Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out
20 NM-
149 AM CDT Thu Oct 29 2026

.TODAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave
Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds. 
.TONIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Wave
Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds. 
.FRIDAY...East winds around 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Wave
Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds. A chance of showers. A slight
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of
thunderstorms. A chance of showers, 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 around 2 feet.
Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 7 seconds. 
.SUNDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around
2 feet. 
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet,
occasionally to 5 feet. 

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · April 2006

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
15% lit
↑ 8:24 AM
↓ 10:41 PM
★★☆☆c90
2
23% lit
↑ 10:11 AM
↓ –
★☆☆☆c94
3
32% lit
↑ 11:02 AM
↓ 12:45 AM
★☆☆☆c89
4
42% lit
↑ 11:57 AM
↓ 1:45 AM
★☆☆☆c83
Moon farthest north (28.5°)
5
52% lit
↑ 12:55 PM
↓ 2:38 AM
★☆☆☆c74
First Quarter
6
62% lit
↑ 1:53 PM
↓ 3:23 AM
★☆☆☆c66
7
71% lit
↑ 2:50 PM
↓ 4:03 AM
★☆☆☆c59
8
79% lit
↑ 3:45 PM
↓ 4:37 AM
★☆☆☆c57
9
86% lit
↑ 4:38 PM
↓ 5:07 AM
★☆☆☆c50
Apogee · 405,549 km
10
92% lit
↑ 5:30 PM
↓ 5:35 AM
★☆☆☆c41
11
96% lit
↑ 6:23 PM
↓ 6:01 AM
★☆☆☆c25
Moon crosses the equator
12
99% lit
↑ 7:16 PM
↓ 6:28 AM
★☆☆☆c43
13
100% lit
↑ 8:10 PM
↓ 6:55 AM
★★☆☆c60
Full Moon · Pink Moon
best
14
99% lit
↑ 9:08 PM
↓ 7:25 AM
★★☆☆c75
best
15
96% lit
↑ 10:08 PM
↓ 7:59 AM
★★☆☆c85
16
91% lit
↑ 11:10 PM
↓ 8:38 AM
★★☆☆c90
17
84% lit
↑ –
↓ 9:23 AM
★★☆☆c93
18
76% lit
↑ 12:12 AM
↓ 10:17 AM
★☆☆☆c94
Moon farthest south (-28.6°)
19
66% lit
↑ 1:12 AM
↓ 11:17 AM
★☆☆☆c92
20
55% lit
↑ 2:07 AM
↓ 12:23 PM
★☆☆☆c90
Last Quarter
21
44% lit
↑ 2:56 AM
↓ 1:31 PM
★☆☆☆c86
22
33% lit
↑ 3:39 AM
↓ 2:39 PM
★☆☆☆c77
23
22% lit
↑ 4:17 AM
↓ 3:46 PM
★☆☆☆c61
24
13% lit
↑ 4:52 AM
↓ 4:51 PM
★☆☆☆c55
Moon crosses the equator
25
6% lit
↑ 5:25 AM
↓ 5:57 PM
★☆☆☆c49
Perigee · 363,736 km
26
2% lit
↑ 5:59 AM
↓ 7:03 PM
★☆☆☆c62
27
0% lit
↑ 6:35 AM
↓ 8:11 PM
★★☆☆c84
New Moon
best
28
1% lit
↑ 7:15 AM
↓ 9:19 PM
★★☆☆c98
best
29
5% lit
↑ 7:59 AM
↓ 10:26 PM
★★☆☆c102
best
30
11% lit
↑ 8:49 AM
↓ 11:30 PM
★★☆☆c102

Lunar events this month

  • Tue, Apr 4 · 6:00 AM — Moon farthest north (28.5°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Wed, Apr 5 · 7:00 AM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Sun, Apr 9 · 8:00 AM — Apogee · 405,549 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Tue, Apr 11 · 2:00 PM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Thu, Apr 13 · 11:40 AM — Full Moon · Pink MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Tue, Apr 18 · 3:00 PM — Moon farthest south (-28.6°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Thu, Apr 20 · 10:28 PM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Mon, Apr 24 · 11:00 PM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Tue, Apr 25 · 6:00 AM — Perigee · 363,736 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Thu, Apr 27 · 2:44 PM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.

Best fishing days

Thu, Apr 13 · Fri, Apr 14 · Thu, Apr 27 · Fri, Apr 28 · Sat, Apr 29

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

Moon distance

363,785 km closest · 405,538 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 Thu 1:46 AM.