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Freeport

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

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Today

Tonight: Low 68° · 1% rain

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. East wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday: High 81° · 17% rain

A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. East wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunrise / sunset
7:29 AM / 6:40 PM
Moonrise / moonset
6:56 PM / 7:59 AM
Moon
Waning Gibbous, 99%
Major period
12:05 AM–2:05 AM
Minor period
7:29 AM–8:29 AM
Major period
12:25 PM–2:25 PM
Minor period
6:26 PM–7:26 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Mon, Oct 26Tue, Oct 276 AM12 PM6 PMWed, Oct 286 AM12 PM6 PMclouds49% cloud cover46% cloud cover51% cloud cover52% cloud cover51% cloud cover60% cloud cover66% cloud cover74% cloud cover70% cloud cover67% cloud cover73% cloud cover73% cloud cover70% cloud cover75% cloud cover64% cloud cover60% cloud cover57% cloud cover63% cloud cover61% cloud cover59% cloud cover67% cloud cover69% cloud cover65% cloud cover64% cloud cover61% cloud cover56% cloud cover55% cloud cover56% cloud cover60% cloud cover62% cloud cover67% cloud cover73% cloud cover74% cloud cover72% cloud cover67% cloud cover58% cloud cover50% cloud cover46% cloud cover48% cloud cover54% cloud cover57% cloud cover52% cloud cover47% cloud cover44% cloud cover43% cloud cover45% cloud cover46% cloud cover44% cloud cover⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡60°65°70°75°80°85°71696868738181797271716974818279rain1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance2% chance1% chance2% chance2% chance3% chance5% chance6% chance9% chance, 0.01 in12% chance, 0.01 in16% chance, 0.01 in17% chance, 0.01 in17% chance, 0.01 in14% chance, 0.01 in19% chance17% chance9% chance12% chance13% chance18% chance21% chance, 0.01 in18% chance, 0.01 in21% chance, 0.01 in21% chance, 0.01 in20% chance, 0.01 in18% chance, 0.01 in34% chance, 0.01 in34% chance, 0.01 in34% chance, 0.01 in34% chance, 0.01 in34% chance, 0.01 in34% chance, 0.01 in19% chance19% chance19% chance19% chance19% chance19% chance1% chance1% chancewind01020mphE 15 mph, gusts 17E 14 mph, gusts 16E 12 mph, gusts 14E 10 mph, gusts 14E 12 mph, gusts 13E 12 mph, gusts 14E 12 mph, gusts 14E 12 mph, gusts 15E 12 mph, gusts 15E 12 mph, gusts 15E 12 mph, gusts 15E 12 mph, gusts 15E 12 mph, gusts 15E 12 mph, gusts 15ESE 12 mph, gusts 14ESE 12 mph, gusts 13ESE 12 mph, gusts 13ESE 12 mph, gusts 14ESE 12 mph, gusts 14ESE 12 mph, gusts 14ESE 12 mph, gusts 15ESE 12 mph, gusts 15ESE 12 mph, gusts 15E 12 mph, gusts 14
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Mon 9 PM71°71°65°82%49%1%–E 151710+ mi
Mon 10 PM71°71°64°80%46%1%–E 151710+ mi
Mon 11 PM69°69°64°83%51%1%–E 141610+ mi
Tue 12 AM69°69°63°81%52%0%–E 131510+ mi
Tue 1 AM68°68°63°85%51%0%–E 121410+ mi
Tue 2 AM69°69°64°82%60%0%–E 121410+ mi
Tue 3 AM68°68°64°87%66%0%–E 101410+ mi
Tue 4 AM68°68°64°87%74%0%–E 101310+ mi
Tue 5 AM68°68°64°87%70%1%–E 121310+ mi
Tue 6 AM68°68°64°88%67%2%–E 121410+ mi
Tue 7 AM68°68°64°88%73%1%–E 121410+ mi
Tue 8 AM70°70°65°84%73%2%–E 121410+ mi
Tue 9 AM73°73°66°80%70%2%–E 121410+ mi
Tue 10 AM79°82°67°65%75%3%–E 121510+ mi
Tue 11 AM81°83°67°62%64%5%–E 121510+ mi
Tue 12 PM81°83°67°62%60%6%–E 121510+ mi
Tue 1 PM81°84°68°64%57%9%0.01"E 121510+ mi
Tue 2 PM81°84°68°65%63%12%0.01"E 121510+ mi
Tue 3 PM81°84°67°63%61%16%0.01"E 121510+ mi⚡
Tue 4 PM81°84°68°64%59%17%0.01"E 121510+ mi⚡
Tue 5 PM79°82°68°69%67%17%0.01"E 121510+ mi⚡
Tue 6 PM79°82°68°69%69%14%0.01"E 121510+ mi
Tue 7 PM76°76°69°79%65%19%–E 121510+ mi⚡
Tue 8 PM74°74°69°84%64%17%–E 121510+ mi⚡
Tue 9 PM72°72°69°90%61%9%–E 121510+ mi
Tue 10 PM72°72°69°90%56%12%–E 121510+ mi
Tue 11 PM71°71°69°94%55%13%–E 121510+ mi
Wed 12 AM71°71°69°94%56%18%–E 121410+ mi⚡
Wed 1 AM71°71°69°94%60%21%0.01"ESE 12149.0 mi⚡
Wed 2 AM72°72°68°87%62%18%0.01"ESE 1214–⚡
Wed 3 AM71°71°68°93%67%21%0.01"ESE 1213–⚡
Wed 4 AM69°69°69°99%73%21%0.01"ESE 1213–⚡
Wed 5 AM69°69°69°99%74%20%0.01"ESE 1213–⚡
Wed 6 AM69°69°68°98%72%18%0.01"ESE 1213–⚡
Wed 7 AM69°69°68°98%67%34%0.01"ESE 1214–⚡
Wed 8 AM71°71°69°95%58%34%0.01"ESE 1214–⚡
Wed 9 AM74°74°69°84%50%34%0.01"ESE 1214–⚡
Wed 10 AM78°78°69°74%46%34%0.01"ESE 1214–⚡
Wed 11 AM81°84°69°68%48%34%0.01"ESE 1214–⚡
Wed 12 PM81°85°69°65%54%34%0.01"ESE 1215–⚡
Wed 1 PM82°85°68°64%57%19%–ESE 1215–⚡
Wed 2 PM82°85°68°62%52%19%–ESE 1215–⚡
Wed 3 PM82°85°68°62%47%19%–ESE 1215–⚡
Wed 4 PM82°84°67°62%44%19%–ESE 1215–⚡
Wed 5 PM81°83°67°64%43%19%–ESE 1215–⚡
Wed 6 PM79°81°67°68%45%19%–E 1214–⚡
Wed 7 PM77°77°68°72%46%1%–E 1214–
Wed 8 PM76°76°67°75%44%1%–E 1214–

7-day forecast

Today

Mostly Cloudy

71° / 68°

1% rain

E 14–15 mph · gusts 17

Tue, Oct 27

Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

81° / 69°

21% rain · 0.06"

E 10–13 mph · gusts 15

⚡ Storms

Wed, Oct 28

Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

82° / 68°

34% rain · 0.12"

E 12–12 mph · gusts 15

⚡ Storms

Thu, Oct 29

Mostly Sunny

80° / 68°

2% rain

E 12–13 mph · gusts 16

Fri, Oct 30

Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

80° / 69°

19% rain

E 5–12 mph · gusts 16

⚡ Storms

Sat, Oct 31

Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

82° / 70°

15% rain

E 0–7 mph · gusts 12

⚡ Storms

Sun, Nov 1

Mostly Sunny

83° / 70°

2% rain

E 0–8 mph · gusts 13

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. East wind 10 to 15 mph.
  • Tuesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. East wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
  • Tuesday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. East wind around 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. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. East wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
  • Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. East wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.
  • Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68.
  • Friday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Friday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Saturday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7am and 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 70.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83.
  • Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 70.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83.

Weather map

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Marine forecast

Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM

GMZ355 · 753 PM CDT Mon Oct 26 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.


GMZ350-355-271315-
Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out
20 NM-Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM-
753 PM CDT Mon Oct 26 2026

...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

.TONIGHT...East winds around 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots,
increasing to 15 to 20 knots late this evening, then diminishing
to around 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots after midnight. Seas
3 to 5 feet. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 8 seconds. A slight
chance of showers with isolated thunderstorms until early
morning. 
.TUESDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave
Detail: East 4 feet at 8 seconds. A slight chance of showers with
isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet.
Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 7 seconds. 
.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 4 feet at 8 seconds. 
.THURSDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave
Detail: East 4 feet at 8 seconds. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to
20 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. 
.FRIDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. 
.SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. 

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · October 2010

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
44% lit
↑ 12:28 AM
↓ 2:40 PM
★★★☆c76
2
33% lit
↑ 1:32 AM
↓ 3:26 PM
★★★★c75
3
23% lit
↑ 2:39 AM
↓ 4:08 PM
★★★★c71
4
14% lit
↑ 3:46 AM
↓ 4:48 PM
★★★★c64
5
7% lit
↑ 4:53 AM
↓ 5:26 PM
★★★★c54
Moon crosses the equator
6
2% lit
↑ 6:01 AM
↓ 6:05 PM
★★★★c54
Perigee · 359,456 km
7
0% lit
↑ 7:09 AM
↓ 6:44 PM
★★★★c71
New Moon (supermoon)
best
8
1% lit
↑ 8:18 AM
↓ 7:27 PM
★★★★c86
best
9
5% lit
↑ 9:26 AM
↓ 8:13 PM
★★★★c97
10
12% lit
↑ 10:32 AM
↓ 9:04 PM
★★★★c97
11
20% lit
↑ 11:35 AM
↓ 9:58 PM
★★★★c94
12
29% lit
↑ 12:32 PM
↓ 10:55 PM
★★★★c87
Moon farthest south (-25.1°)
13
38% lit
↑ 1:22 PM
↓ 11:52 PM
★★★★c78
14
48% lit
↑ 2:06 PM
↓ –
★☆☆☆c68
First Quarter
15
58% lit
↑ 2:44 PM
↓ 12:49 AM
★★★☆c64
16
67% lit
↑ 3:18 PM
↓ 1:45 AM
★★★☆c55
17
76% lit
↑ 3:50 PM
↓ 2:38 AM
★★★☆c46
18
83% lit
↑ 4:19 PM
↓ 3:31 AM
★★☆☆c39
Apogee · 405,432 km
19
90% lit
↑ 4:48 PM
↓ 4:23 AM
★★☆☆c31
Moon crosses the equator
20
95% lit
↑ 5:18 PM
↓ 5:15 AM
★★★☆c43
21
98% lit
↑ 5:49 PM
↓ 6:08 AM
★★★★c56
22
100% lit
↑ 6:23 PM
↓ 7:02 AM
★★★★c67
Full Moon · Hunter's Moon
best
23
99% lit
↑ 7:00 PM
↓ 7:58 AM
★★★★c81
best
24
97% lit
↑ 7:42 PM
↓ 8:56 AM
★★★★c86
best
25
93% lit
↑ 8:30 PM
↓ 9:54 AM
★★★★c88
26
87% lit
↑ 9:24 PM
↓ 10:52 AM
★★★★c88
Moon farthest north (23.9°)
27
79% lit
↑ 10:23 PM
↓ 11:46 AM
★★★★c88
28
70% lit
↑ 11:25 PM
↓ 12:37 PM
★★★★c85
29
59% lit
↑ –
↓ 1:23 PM
★★★☆c79
30
48% lit
↑ 12:29 AM
↓ 2:05 PM
★★★☆c70
Last Quarter
31
37% lit
↑ 1:33 AM
↓ 2:44 PM
★★☆☆c53

Lunar events this month

  • Tue, Oct 5 · 6:00 PM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Wed, Oct 6 · 9:00 AM — Perigee · 359,456 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Thu, Oct 7 · 1:44 PM — 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.
  • Tue, Oct 12 · 5:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-25.1°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Thu, Oct 14 · 4:27 PM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Mon, Oct 18 · 1:00 PM — Apogee · 405,432 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Tue, Oct 19 · 12:00 PM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Fri, Oct 22 · 8:36 PM — Full Moon · Hunter's MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Tue, Oct 26 · 7:00 PM — Moon farthest north (23.9°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Sat, Oct 30 · 7:46 AM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.

Best fishing days

Thu, Oct 7 · Fri, Oct 8 · Fri, Oct 22 · Sat, Oct 23 · Sun, Oct 24

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

Moon distance

359,473 km closest · 405,431 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 Mon 7:56 PM.