South Padre

26.080°, -97.200° · tides: Queen Isabella Causeway (west end)

Current conditions

Feels like 79°F

Observed 9:30 AM · Port Isabel (2 mi) · sky & visibility from PORT ISABEL-CAMERON COUNTY APT (10 mi)

Wind

8mph

From E (85°)

7 kt on the water

Gusts 11 mph (10 kt)

Measured at Port Isabel

Temperature

79°F

High 79° · Low 70° so far today

Humidity

65%

Dew point 66°F

Visibility

10+mi

3-hour trend unavailable

Barometric pressure, last 24 hours

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Today

Today: High 80° · 2% rain

Sunny, with a high near 80. East wind 8 to 13 mph.

Tonight: Low 74° · 3% rain

Mostly clear, with a low around 74. East southeast wind around 13 mph.

Sunrise / sunset: 7:32 AM / 6:53 PM
Moonrise / moonset: 5:16 PM / 4:55 AM
Moon: Waxing Gibbous, 92%
Minor period: 4:25 AM–5:25 AM
Major period: 10:05 AM–12:05 PM
Minor period: 4:46 PM–5:46 PM
Major period: 10:35 PM–12:00 AM
Solunar rating: Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds

Hour-by-hour table

Time	Temp	Feels	Dew pt	Humidity	Clouds	Rain	Amount	Wind	Gusts	Visibility
Fri 10 AM	78°	78°	66°	66%	18%	1%	–	ESE 9	10	–
Fri 11 AM	78°	79°	66°	66%	19%	1%	–	E 10	12	–
Fri 12 PM	79°	81°	66°	65%	10%	1%	–	E 12	13	–
Fri 1 PM	80°	82°	66°	63%	9%	1%	–	E 12	14	–
Fri 2 PM	80°	82°	66°	64%	10%	1%	–	E 12	14	–
Fri 3 PM	80°	82°	66°	62%	12%	1%	–	E 12	15	–
Fri 4 PM	80°	82°	66°	62%	17%	1%	–	E 13	15	–
Fri 5 PM	80°	82°	66°	63%	5%	2%	–	E 13	16	–
Fri 6 PM	79°	79°	66°	66%	19%	3%	–	E 13	16	–
Fri 7 PM	77°	77°	67°	70%	26%	1%	–	E 13	15	–
Fri 8 PM	77°	77°	67°	70%	10%	0%	–	E 13	15	–
Fri 9 PM	78°	78°	67°	69%	15%	0%	–	E 13	15	–
Fri 10 PM	78°	78°	67°	70%	14%	0%	–	ESE 13	15	–
Fri 11 PM	78°	78°	67°	71%	26%	0%	–	ESE 13	15	–
Sat 12 AM	77°	77°	68°	73%	29%	0%	–	ESE 13	14	–
Sat 1 AM	77°	77°	67°	72%	21%	0%	–	SE 12	14	–
Sat 2 AM	77°	77°	68°	73%	28%	1%	–	SE 12	14	–
Sat 3 AM	76°	76°	68°	76%	23%	2%	–	SE 12	14	–
Sat 4 AM	76°	76°	68°	77%	33%	2%	–	ESE 13	14	–
Sat 5 AM	75°	75°	68°	79%	35%	1%	–	ESE 13	15	–
Sat 6 AM	76°	76°	68°	79%	30%	1%	–	ESE 13	15	–
Sat 7 AM	76°	76°	68°	78%	26%	1%	–	ESE 13	15	–
Sat 8 AM	76°	76°	68°	76%	29%	0%	–	ESE 14	15	–
Sat 9 AM	78°	78°	69°	74%	20%	2%	–	ESE 14	16	–
Sat 10 AM	79°	82°	69°	70%	19%	3%	–	ESE 16	18	–
Sat 11 AM	80°	83°	69°	70%	25%	1%	–	ESE 17	20	–
Sat 12 PM	80°	83°	69°	69%	30%	0%	–	ESE 17	20	–
Sat 1 PM	81°	84°	69°	68%	31%	4%	–	ESE 18	21	–
Sat 2 PM	80°	83°	69°	70%	31%	2%	–	ESE 18	21	–
Sat 3 PM	80°	83°	68°	68%	40%	0%	–	ESE 18	21	–
Sat 4 PM	80°	83°	68°	67%	36%	0%	–	ESE 17	21	–
Sat 5 PM	80°	82°	68°	68%	44%	0%	–	ESE 17	21	–
Sat 6 PM	79°	82°	68°	69%	44%	0%	–	ESE 16	20	–
Sat 7 PM	78°	78°	68°	72%	36%	1%	–	ESE 16	18	–
Sat 8 PM	78°	78°	68°	72%	57%	1%	–	ESE 16	20	–
Sat 9 PM	78°	78°	68°	71%	49%	1%	–	ESE 16	20	–
Sat 10 PM	78°	78°	67°	70%	40%	1%	–	ESE 16	20	–
Sat 11 PM	78°	78°	67°	69%	44%	1%	–	ESE 16	18	–
Sun 12 AM	78°	78°	67°	69%	49%	1%	–	ESE 15	18	–
Sun 1 AM	78°	78°	66°	68%	53%	0%	–	ESE 15	17	–
Sun 2 AM	77°	77°	66°	69%	57%	0%	–	ESE 15	17	–
Sun 3 AM	77°	77°	66°	69%	61%	0%	–	ESE 14	16	–
Sun 4 AM	76°	76°	66°	70%	65%	0%	–	ESE 14	16	–
Sun 5 AM	76°	76°	66°	71%	65%	0%	–	ESE 14	16	–
Sun 6 AM	76°	76°	66°	71%	65%	0%	–	ESE 14	16	–
Sun 7 AM	76°	76°	66°	71%	65%	0%	–	ESE 14	16	–
Sun 8 AM	77°	77°	66°	69%	65%	0%	–	ESE 14	16	–
Sun 9 AM	78°	78°	66°	67%	64%	0%	–	ESE 15	17	–

7-day forecast

Today

Sunny

80° / 74°

3% rain

E 9–13 mph · gusts 16

Sat, Oct 24

Mostly Sunny

81° / 75°

4% rain

ESE 12–18 mph · gusts 21

Sun, Oct 25

Mostly Cloudy

80° / 73°

1% rain

ESE 12–16 mph · gusts 18

Mon, Oct 26

Mostly Sunny

80° / 72°

43% rain

E 6–12 mph · gusts 14

⚡ Storms

Tue, Oct 27

Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

78° / 72°

43% rain · 0.12"

E 5–12 mph · gusts 15

⚡ Storms

Wed, Oct 28

Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

78° / 72°

29% rain · 0.12"

ESE 6–13 mph · gusts 15

⚡ Storms

Thu, Oct 29

Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

78° / 73°

34% rain · 0.24"

ESE 7–15 mph · gusts 18

⚡ Storms

Detailed NWS forecast

Today: Sunny, with a high near 80. East wind 8 to 13 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 74. East southeast wind around 13 mph.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. East southeast wind 13 to 18 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. East southeast wind around 16 mph.
Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. East southeast wind around 16 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. East southeast wind 7 to 14 mph.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. East wind 6 to 12 mph.
Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. East wind 5 to 12 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. East wind 6 to 12 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Wednesday: A slight chance of rain showers before 7am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. East southeast wind 6 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 72. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Thursday: A slight chance of rain showers before 7am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73.

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Marine forecast

Laguna Madre From the Port Of Brownsville to the Arroyo Colorado

GMZ130 · 212 AM CDT Fri Oct 23 2026

Lower Texas coastal waters from Baffin Bay to the mouth of the
Rio Grande out 60 NM. 

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.


GMZ130-132-135-231930-
Laguna Madre from the Port of Brownsville to the Arroyo Colorado-
Laguna Madre from the Arroyo Colorado To 5 NM north of Port
Mansfield TX-
Laguna Madre from 5 nm north of Port Mansfield to Baffin Bay TX-
212 AM CDT Fri Oct 23 2026

.TODAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Light chop on the bay. 
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Light chop on the
bay. 
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. A moderate chop on
the bay. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. A moderate chop
on the bay. 
.SUNDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. A moderate chop on the bay. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to
10 knots after midnight. A moderate chop on the bay, diminishing
to light chop after midnight. 
.MONDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Light chop on the bay. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Light chop on the bay.
A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. 
.TUESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Light chop on the bay. A
chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Light chop on the bay.
A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms early
in the evening, then a slight chance of showers in the late
evening and overnight. 

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

Coastal waters from Port Mansfield TX to the Rio Grande River out 20 NM

GMZ150 · 212 AM CDT Fri Oct 23 2026

Lower Texas coastal waters from Baffin Bay to the mouth of the
Rio Grande out 60 NM. 

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.


GMZ150-155-231930-
Gulf waters from Port Mansfield to the Rio Grande out 20 nm-
Gulf waters from Baffin Bay to Port Mansfield out 20 nm-
212 AM CDT Fri Oct 23 2026

.TODAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail:
East 3 feet at 6 seconds. 
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave
Detail: East 3 feet at 6 seconds. 
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet.
Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 6 seconds. A slight chance of showers
late in the afternoon. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 15 knots. Seas 4 to
5 feet. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 6 seconds. 
.SUNDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet. Wave
Detail: East 4 feet at 7 seconds. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to
10 knots early in the morning. Seas 4 to 5 feet. Wave Detail:
East 4 feet at 7 seconds. 
.MONDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. A slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet. A
chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. 
.TUESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet. A chance
of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. A
chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms early in
the evening. A slight chance of showers late in the evening, then
a chance of showers after midnight. 

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · May 2016

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

33% lit

↑ 3:05 AM
↓ 2:46 PM

★★☆☆c61

23% lit

↑ 3:49 AM
↓ 3:47 PM

★★☆☆c46

14% lit

↑ 4:32 AM
↓ 4:50 PM

★★☆☆c45

Moon crosses the equator

7% lit

↑ 5:17 AM
↓ 5:55 PM

★★★☆c63

2% lit

↑ 6:03 AM
↓ 7:01 PM

★★★★c80

Perigee · 357,830 km

0% lit

↑ 6:52 AM
↓ 8:08 PM

★★★★c92

New Moon (supermoon)

best

1% lit

↑ 7:44 AM
↓ 9:14 PM

★★★★c98

best

6% lit

↑ 8:38 AM
↓ 10:18 PM

★★★★c99

12% lit

↑ 9:35 AM
↓ 11:17 PM

★☆☆☆c99

Moon farthest north (18.3°)

20% lit

↑ 10:34 AM
↓ –

★★★★c96

30% lit

↑ 11:31 AM
↓ 12:12 AM

★★★★c89

40% lit

↑ 12:28 PM
↓ 1:01 AM

★★★☆c78

50% lit

↑ 1:23 PM
↓ 1:45 AM

★★☆☆c67

First Quarter

60% lit

↑ 2:16 PM
↓ 2:25 AM

★★☆☆c54

69% lit

↑ 3:07 PM
↓ 3:02 AM

★★☆☆c40

78% lit

↑ 3:58 PM
↓ 3:38 AM

★★☆☆c39

Moon crosses the equator

85% lit

↑ 4:48 PM
↓ 4:13 AM

★★☆☆c47

91% lit

↑ 5:38 PM
↓ 4:47 AM

★★★☆c56

Apogee · 405,931 km

96% lit

↑ 6:29 PM
↓ 5:23 AM

★★★★c63

99% lit

↑ 7:20 PM
↓ 6:00 AM

★★★★c68

100% lit

↑ 8:11 PM
↓ 6:40 AM

★★★★c73

Full Moon · Flower Moon

best

99% lit

↑ 9:03 PM
↓ 7:22 AM

★★★★c77

best

97% lit

↑ 9:54 PM
↓ 8:08 AM

★★★★c79

best

92% lit

↑ 10:44 PM
↓ 8:57 AM

★★★★c81

Moon farthest south (-18.6°)

86% lit

↑ 11:33 PM
↓ 9:49 AM

★☆☆☆c81

78% lit

↑ –
↓ 10:43 AM

★★★★c80

69% lit

↑ 12:19 AM
↓ 11:40 AM

★★★★c77

59% lit

↑ 1:03 AM
↓ 12:37 PM

★★★☆c71

48% lit

↑ 1:46 AM
↓ 1:37 PM

★★☆☆c62

Last Quarter

37% lit

↑ 2:28 AM
↓ 2:37 PM

★★☆☆c44

Moon crosses the equator

26% lit

↑ 3:11 AM
↓ 3:39 PM

★★☆☆c46

Lunar events this month

Tue, May 3 · 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, May 5 · 11:00 PM — Perigee · 357,830 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
Fri, May 6 · 2:29 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.
Mon, May 9 · 5:00 PM — Moon farthest north (18.3°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
Fri, May 13 · 12:02 PM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
Mon, May 16 · 5:00 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, May 18 · 5:00 PM — Apogee · 405,931 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
Sat, May 21 · 4:14 PM — Full Moon · Flower MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
Tue, May 24 · 11:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-18.6°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
Sun, May 29 · 7:12 AM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
Mon, May 30 · 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.

Best fishing days

Fri, May 6 · Sat, May 7 · Sat, May 21 · Sun, May 22 · Mon, May 23

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

Moon distance

358,037 km closest · 405,911 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 Queen Isabella Causeway (west end)Surf report: South Padre Island Offshore conditions Live 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 9:18 AM.

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Laguna Madre From the Port Of Brownsville to the Arroyo Colorado

Coastal waters from Port Mansfield TX to the Rio Grande River out 20 NM

Moon calendar · May 2016

Lunar events this month

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