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Freeport

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

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Today

Today: High 80° · 35% rain

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Low 68° · 22% rain

A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunrise / sunset
7:30 AM / 6:39 PM
Moonrise / moonset
7:45 PM / 9:09 AM
Moon
Waning Gibbous, 97%
Major period
1:00 AM–3:00 AM
Minor period
8:39 AM–9:39 AM
Major period
1:25 PM–3:25 PM
Minor period
7:15 PM–8:15 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Tue, Oct 2712 PM6 PMWed, Oct 286 AM12 PM6 PMThu, Oct 296 AMclouds77% cloud cover71% cloud cover62% cloud cover67% cloud cover76% cloud cover67% cloud cover61% cloud cover70% cloud cover66% cloud cover73% cloud cover59% cloud cover58% cloud cover42% cloud cover41% cloud cover36% cloud cover46% cloud cover62% cloud cover76% cloud cover50% cloud cover58% cloud cover68% cloud cover61% cloud cover40% cloud cover61% cloud cover60% cloud cover65% cloud cover65% cloud cover63% cloud cover59% cloud cover58% cloud cover48% cloud cover33% cloud cover23% cloud cover17% cloud cover30% cloud cover3% cloud cover22% cloud cover41% cloud cover42% cloud cover42% cloud cover43% cloud cover46% cloud cover48% cloud cover51% cloud cover50% cloud cover50% cloud cover49% cloud cover48% cloud cover⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡60°65°70°75°80°85°72798078737272717380808074727068rain10% chance13% chance13% chance14% chance15% chance, 0.01 in15% chance, 0.01 in14% chance, 0.01 in14% chance, 0.01 in15% chance, 0.01 in15% chance, 0.01 in16% chance, 0.01 in14% chance, 0.01 in13% chance, 0.01 in11% chance, 0.01 in12% chance, 0.01 in13% chance, 0.01 in13% chance16% chance18% chance20% chance22% chance25% chance27% chance, 0.01 in27% chance, 0.01 in27% chance, 0.01 in27% chance, 0.01 in27% chance, 0.01 in27% chance, 0.01 in26% chance26% chance26% chance11% chance11% chance11% chancewind01020mphE 6 mph, gusts 13E 9 mph, gusts 14E 10 mph, gusts 15E 12 mph, gusts 15E 12 mph, gusts 16E 8 mph, gusts 15E 7 mph, gusts 15E 7 mph, gusts 15E 5 mph, gusts 13E 3 mph, gusts 12ESE 5 mph, gusts 12E 5 mph, gusts 13ESE 7 mph, gusts 13ESE 10 mph, gusts 15ESE 12 mph, gusts 16ESE 13 mph, gusts 16E 12 mph, gusts 16E 7 mph, gusts 14ESE 5 mph, gusts 14ESE 5 mph, gusts 12ESE 3 mph, gusts 10ESE 2 mph, gusts 9ESE 2 mph, gusts 9E 3 mph, gusts 12
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Tue 9 AM72°72°66°81%77%10%–E 61310+ mi
Tue 10 AM77°77°67°71%71%13%–E 81310+ mi
Tue 11 AM78°78°67°69%62%13%–E 91410+ mi
Tue 12 PM79°79°67°67%67%14%–E 101410+ mi
Tue 1 PM79°79°68°69%76%15%0.01"E 101510+ mi
Tue 2 PM79°79°68°69%67%15%0.01"E 121510+ mi
Tue 3 PM80°82°67°65%61%14%0.01"E 121510+ mi
Tue 4 PM79°79°68°69%70%14%0.01"E 121610+ mi
Tue 5 PM79°79°68°69%66%15%0.01"E 121610+ mi
Tue 6 PM78°78°68°71%73%15%0.01"E 101510+ mi
Tue 7 PM75°75°69°82%59%16%0.01"E 81510+ mi
Tue 8 PM74°74°69°84%58%14%0.01"E 81510+ mi
Tue 9 PM73°73°69°87%42%13%0.01"E 71510+ mi
Tue 10 PM73°73°69°87%41%11%0.01"E 71510+ mi
Tue 11 PM72°72°69°90%36%12%0.01"E 71510+ mi
Wed 12 AM72°72°69°90%46%13%0.01"E 51410+ mi
Wed 1 AM72°72°69°90%62%13%–E 51310+ mi
Wed 2 AM73°73°68°84%76%16%–E 31310+ mi⚡
Wed 3 AM72°72°68°87%50%18%–E 31210+ mi⚡
Wed 4 AM71°71°69°93%58%20%–ESE 31210+ mi⚡
Wed 5 AM71°71°69°93%68%22%–ESE 51210+ mi⚡
Wed 6 AM71°71°68°90%61%25%–ESE 51310+ mi⚡
Wed 7 AM69°69°68°97%40%27%0.01"E 51310+ mi⚡
Wed 8 AM71°71°69°93%61%27%0.01"E 61310+ mi⚡
Wed 9 AM73°73°69°87%60%27%0.01"ESE 71310+ mi⚡
Wed 10 AM77°77°69°76%65%27%0.01"ESE 91510+ mi⚡
Wed 11 AM79°79°69°72%65%27%0.01"ESE 101510+ mi⚡
Wed 12 PM80°83°69°69%63%27%0.01"ESE 121610+ mi⚡
Wed 1 PM80°83°68°67%59%26%–ESE 121610+ mi⚡
Wed 2 PM80°83°68°67%58%26%–ESE 131610+ mi⚡
Wed 3 PM80°83°68°67%48%26%–ESE 131610+ mi⚡
Wed 4 PM81°83°67°63%33%11%–ESE 121610+ mi
Wed 5 PM80°82°67°65%23%11%–E 1216–
Wed 6 PM80°82°67°65%17%11%–E 1015–
Wed 7 PM78°78°68°71%30%0%–E 714–
Wed 8 PM76°76°67°74%3%0%–E 614–
Wed 9 PM74°74°67°79%22%0%–ESE 514–
Wed 10 PM74°74°67°79%41%0%–ESE 513–
Wed 11 PM73°73°67°81%42%0%–ESE 512–
Thu 12 AM72°72°66°81%42%0%–ESE 312–
Thu 1 AM71°71°66°84%43%0%–ESE 310–
Thu 2 AM71°71°66°84%46%0%–ESE 39–
Thu 3 AM70°70°66°87%48%0%–ESE 29–
Thu 4 AM70°70°66°87%51%0%–ESE 29–
Thu 5 AM69°69°66°90%50%0%–ESE 29–
Thu 6 AM68°68°66°93%50%0%–E 210–
Thu 7 AM68°68°66°93%49%0%–E 312–
Thu 8 AM71°71°67°87%48%0%–E 613–

7-day forecast

Today

Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

80° / 68°

35% rain · 0.11"

E 6–12 mph · gusts 16

Wed, Oct 28

Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

82° / 67°

27% rain · 0.07"

E 3–13 mph · gusts 16

⚡ Storms

Thu, Oct 29

Mostly Sunny

80° / 66°

2% rain

E 2–12 mph · gusts 16

Fri, Oct 30

Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

80° / 68°

35% rain

E 3–12 mph · gusts 16

⚡ Storms

Sat, Oct 31

Slight Chance Rain Showers

82° / 67°

20% rain

SE 1–7 mph · gusts 12

Sun, Nov 1

Mostly Sunny

82° / 69°

3% rain

E 1–8 mph · gusts 12

Mon, Nov 2

Mostly Sunny

83° / 66°

19% rain

S 3–14 mph · gusts 18

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Today: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
  • Tonight: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
  • Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. East wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
  • Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. East wind 0 to 10 mph.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny. High near 80, with temperatures falling to around 76 in the afternoon. East wind 0 to 10 mph.
  • Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66.
  • Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
  • Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
  • Saturday: A slight chance of rain showers after 7am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Saturday Night: A slight chance of rain showers before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.
  • Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83.
  • Monday Night: A slight chance of rain showers after midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66.

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Marine forecast

Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM

GMZ355 · 642 AM CDT Tue Oct 27 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.


GMZ350-355-280015-
Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out
20 NM-Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM-
642 AM CDT Tue Oct 27 2026

.TODAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave
Detail: East 4 feet at 8 seconds. A slight chance of showers. A
slight chance of thunderstorms late. 
.TONIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave
Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms. 
.WEDNESDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Wave
Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds. A chance of showers. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet.
Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds. 
.THURSDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave
Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet.
Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 7 seconds. 
.FRIDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. A chance
of showers in the afternoon. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming southeast
around 10 knots after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 feet. A chance of
showers in the evening. 
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to
3 feet. 

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · August 2009

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
84% lit
↑ 5:23 PM
↓ 2:41 AM
★★★★c79
Moon farthest south (-26.6°)
2
90% lit
↑ 6:10 PM
↓ 3:33 AM
★★★★c79
3
95% lit
↑ 6:52 PM
↓ 4:27 AM
★★★★c78
Apogee · 406,024 km
4
98% lit
↑ 7:30 PM
↓ 5:23 AM
★★★★c77
best
5
100% lit
↑ 8:03 PM
↓ 6:18 AM
★★★★c74
Full Moon · Sturgeon Moon
best
6
100% lit
↑ 8:34 PM
↓ 7:13 AM
★★★★c68
best
7
97% lit
↑ 9:04 PM
↓ 8:07 AM
★★★★c60
8
93% lit
↑ 9:32 PM
↓ 9:01 AM
★★☆☆c50
Moon crosses the equator
9
88% lit
↑ 10:01 PM
↓ 9:56 AM
★★★☆c38
10
80% lit
↑ 10:32 PM
↓ 10:51 AM
★★☆☆c32
11
72% lit
↑ 11:06 PM
↓ 11:49 AM
★★★☆c43
12
62% lit
↑ 11:45 PM
↓ 12:49 PM
★★★☆c63
13
51% lit
↑ –
↓ 1:53 PM
★☆☆☆c70
Last Quarter
14
40% lit
↑ 12:31 AM
↓ 2:57 PM
★★★☆c82
15
29% lit
↑ 1:24 AM
↓ 4:02 PM
★★★★c91
Moon farthest north (26.0°)
16
19% lit
↑ 2:26 AM
↓ 5:02 PM
★★★★c96
17
11% lit
↑ 3:34 AM
↓ 5:56 PM
★★★★c98
18
4% lit
↑ 4:46 AM
↓ 6:44 PM
★★★★c96
19
1% lit
↑ 5:57 AM
↓ 7:26 PM
★★★★c90
Perigee · 359,638 km
best
20
0% lit
↑ 7:07 AM
↓ 8:04 PM
★★★★c79
New Moon (supermoon)
best
21
3% lit
↑ 8:14 AM
↓ 8:39 PM
★★★★c63
Moon crosses the equator
22
7% lit
↑ 9:19 AM
↓ 9:14 PM
★★★☆c46
23
14% lit
↑ 10:23 AM
↓ 9:49 PM
★★★☆c49
24
23% lit
↑ 11:25 AM
↓ 10:25 PM
★★★★c59
25
32% lit
↑ 12:27 PM
↓ 11:05 PM
★★★★c63
26
42% lit
↑ 1:27 PM
↓ 11:48 PM
★☆☆☆c65
27
52% lit
↑ 2:24 PM
↓ –
★★★☆c68
First Quarter
28
62% lit
↑ 3:18 PM
↓ 12:36 AM
★★★★c68
Moon farthest south (-26.5°)
29
71% lit
↑ 4:07 PM
↓ 1:27 AM
★★★★c69
30
79% lit
↑ 4:51 PM
↓ 2:21 AM
★★★★c69
31
86% lit
↑ 5:30 PM
↓ 3:16 AM
★★★★c68
Apogee · 405,270 km

Lunar events this month

  • Sat, Aug 1 · 9:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-26.6°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Mon, Aug 3 · 8:00 PM — Apogee · 406,024 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Wed, Aug 5 · 7:54 PM — Full Moon · Sturgeon MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Sat, Aug 8 · 8:00 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, Aug 13 · 1:55 PM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Sat, Aug 15 · 3:00 PM — Moon farthest north (26.0°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Wed, Aug 19 · 12:00 AM — Perigee · 359,638 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Thu, Aug 20 · 5:01 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.
  • Fri, Aug 21 · 7:00 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, Aug 27 · 6:41 AM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Fri, Aug 28 · 4:00 PM — Moon farthest south (-26.5°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Mon, Aug 31 · 6:00 AM — Apogee · 405,270 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.

Best fishing days

Tue, Aug 4 · Wed, Aug 5 · Thu, Aug 6 · Wed, Aug 19 · Thu, Aug 20

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

Moon distance

359,853 km closest · 405,985 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 Tue 7:20 AM.