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South Padre

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

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Today

Overnight: Low 73° · 1% rain

Mostly clear, with a low around 73. East southeast wind around 9 mph.

Friday: High 80° · 2% rain

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

Sunrise / sunset
7:32 AM / 6:53 PM
Moonrise / moonset
5:16 PM / 4:55 AM
Moon
Waxing Gibbous, 90%
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
Fri, Oct 236 AM12 PM6 PMSat, Oct 246 AM12 PM6 PMSun, Oct 25clouds11% cloud cover10% cloud cover13% cloud cover17% cloud cover17% cloud cover14% cloud cover18% cloud cover23% cloud cover18% cloud cover19% cloud cover10% cloud cover9% cloud cover10% cloud cover12% cloud cover17% cloud cover5% cloud cover19% cloud cover26% cloud cover10% cloud cover15% cloud cover14% cloud cover26% cloud cover29% cloud cover21% cloud cover28% cloud cover23% cloud cover33% cloud cover35% cloud cover30% cloud cover26% cloud cover29% cloud cover20% cloud cover19% cloud cover25% cloud cover30% cloud cover31% cloud cover31% cloud cover40% cloud cover36% cloud cover44% cloud cover44% cloud cover36% cloud cover57% cloud cover49% cloud cover40% cloud cover44% cloud cover49% cloud cover53% cloud cover60°65°70°75°80°85°76747578808077787775768080807878rain1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance2% chance3% chance1% chance1% chance2% chance2% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance2% chance3% chance1% chance4% chance2% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chancewind01020mphE 8 mph, gusts 9ESE 8 mph, gusts 9E 8 mph, gusts 8E 8 mph, gusts 8ESE 9 mph, gusts 10E 12 mph, gusts 13E 12 mph, gusts 14E 13 mph, gusts 15E 13 mph, gusts 16E 13 mph, gusts 15ESE 13 mph, gusts 15ESE 13 mph, gusts 14SE 12 mph, gusts 14ESE 13 mph, gusts 14ESE 13 mph, gusts 15ESE 14 mph, gusts 15ESE 16 mph, gusts 18ESE 17 mph, gusts 20ESE 18 mph, gusts 21ESE 17 mph, gusts 21ESE 16 mph, gusts 20ESE 16 mph, gusts 20ESE 16 mph, gusts 20ESE 15 mph, gusts 18
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Fri 2 AM76°76°67°74%11%0%–E 89–
Fri 3 AM75°75°67°78%10%0%–ESE 89–
Fri 4 AM74°75°67°77%13%0%–ESE 89–
Fri 5 AM74°74°66°76%17%1%–ESE 89–
Fri 6 AM74°74°66°78%17%1%–E 88–
Fri 7 AM74°74°66°76%14%1%–E 88–
Fri 8 AM75°75°66°74%18%1%–E 88–
Fri 9 AM76°76°66°70%23%0%–ESE 89–
Fri 10 AM78°78°66°66%18%1%–ESE 910–
Fri 11 AM78°79°66°66%19%1%–E 1012–
Fri 12 PM79°81°66°65%10%1%–E 1213–
Fri 1 PM80°82°66°63%9%1%–E 1214–
Fri 2 PM80°82°66°64%10%1%–E 1214–
Fri 3 PM80°82°66°62%12%1%–E 1215–
Fri 4 PM80°82°66°62%17%1%–E 1315–
Fri 5 PM80°82°66°63%5%2%–E 1316–
Fri 6 PM79°79°66°66%19%3%–E 1316–
Fri 7 PM77°77°67°70%26%1%–E 1315–
Fri 8 PM77°77°67°70%10%0%–E 1315–
Fri 9 PM78°78°67°69%15%0%–E 1315–
Fri 10 PM78°78°67°70%14%0%–ESE 1315–
Fri 11 PM78°78°67°71%26%0%–ESE 1315–
Sat 12 AM77°77°68°73%29%0%–ESE 1314–
Sat 1 AM77°77°67°72%21%0%–SE 1214–
Sat 2 AM77°77°68°73%28%1%–SE 1214–
Sat 3 AM76°76°68°76%23%2%–SE 1214–
Sat 4 AM76°76°68°77%33%2%–ESE 1314–
Sat 5 AM75°75°68°79%35%1%–ESE 1315–
Sat 6 AM76°76°68°79%30%1%–ESE 1315–
Sat 7 AM76°76°68°78%26%1%–ESE 1315–
Sat 8 AM76°76°68°76%29%0%–ESE 1415–
Sat 9 AM78°78°69°74%20%2%–ESE 1416–
Sat 10 AM79°82°69°70%19%3%–ESE 1618–
Sat 11 AM80°83°69°70%25%1%–ESE 1720–
Sat 12 PM80°83°69°69%30%0%–ESE 1720–
Sat 1 PM81°84°69°68%31%4%–ESE 1821–
Sat 2 PM80°83°69°70%31%2%–ESE 1821–
Sat 3 PM80°83°68°68%40%0%–ESE 1821–
Sat 4 PM80°83°68°67%36%0%–ESE 1721–
Sat 5 PM80°82°68°68%44%0%–ESE 1721–
Sat 6 PM79°82°68°69%44%0%–ESE 1620–
Sat 7 PM78°78°68°72%36%1%–ESE 1618–
Sat 8 PM78°78°68°72%57%1%–ESE 1620–
Sat 9 PM78°78°68°71%49%1%–ESE 1620–
Sat 10 PM78°78°67°70%40%1%–ESE 1620–
Sat 11 PM78°78°67°69%44%1%–ESE 1618–
Sun 12 AM78°78°67°69%49%1%–ESE 1518–
Sun 1 AM78°78°66°68%53%0%–ESE 1517–

7-day forecast

Today

Sunny

80° / 73°

3% rain

E 8–13 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° / 74°

34% rain · 0.24"

ESE 7–15 mph · gusts 18

⚡ Storms

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Overnight: Mostly clear, with a low around 73. East southeast wind around 9 mph.
  • Friday: Sunny, with a high near 80. East wind 8 to 13 mph.
  • Friday Night: 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. 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.

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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 · January 2017

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
12% lit
↑ 9:41 AM
↓ 9:08 PM
★★★★c84
2
19% lit
↑ 10:23 AM
↓ 10:05 PM
★★★★c77
3
28% lit
↑ 11:03 AM
↓ 11:02 PM
★★★☆c67
4
38% lit
↑ 11:43 AM
↓ –
★★☆☆c48
Moon crosses the equator
5
49% lit
↑ 12:23 PM
↓ 12:00 AM
★☆☆☆c44
First Quarter
6
61% lit
↑ 1:05 PM
↓ 1:00 AM
★★☆☆c54
7
71% lit
↑ 1:50 PM
↓ 2:02 AM
★★☆☆c67
8
81% lit
↑ 2:39 PM
↓ 3:05 AM
★★★★c88
9
90% lit
↑ 3:32 PM
↓ 4:09 AM
★★★★c102
10
96% lit
↑ 4:30 PM
↓ 5:13 AM
★★★★c108
Perigee · 363,242 km
Moon farthest north (18.7°)
11
99% lit
↑ 5:30 PM
↓ 6:15 AM
★★★★c108
best
12
100% lit
↑ 6:33 PM
↓ 7:13 AM
★★★★c107
Full Moon · Wolf Moon
best
13
98% lit
↑ 7:34 PM
↓ 8:06 AM
★★★★c101
best
14
93% lit
↑ 8:34 PM
↓ 8:54 AM
★★★★c89
15
87% lit
↑ 9:32 PM
↓ 9:38 AM
★★★★c71
16
79% lit
↑ 10:27 PM
↓ 10:17 AM
★★★☆c57
17
71% lit
↑ 11:21 PM
↓ 10:55 AM
★★☆☆c43
Moon crosses the equator
18
61% lit
↑ –
↓ 11:31 AM
★☆☆☆c36
19
52% lit
↑ 12:12 AM
↓ 12:06 PM
★☆☆☆c42
Last Quarter
20
42% lit
↑ 1:03 AM
↓ 12:42 PM
★★☆☆c48
21
33% lit
↑ 1:54 AM
↓ 1:20 PM
★★☆☆c56
Apogee · 404,911 km
22
25% lit
↑ 2:45 AM
↓ 2:00 PM
★★★☆c65
23
17% lit
↑ 3:36 AM
↓ 2:42 PM
★★★☆c71
24
10% lit
↑ 4:27 AM
↓ 3:28 PM
★★★★c76
25
5% lit
↑ 5:17 AM
↓ 4:18 PM
★★★★c79
Moon farthest south (-19.1°)
26
2% lit
↑ 6:06 AM
↓ 5:10 PM
★★★★c80
27
0% lit
↑ 6:53 AM
↓ 6:05 PM
★★★★c80
New Moon
best
28
1% lit
↑ 7:38 AM
↓ 7:01 PM
★★★★c80
best
29
3% lit
↑ 8:22 AM
↓ 7:59 PM
★★★★c76
30
8% lit
↑ 9:03 AM
↓ 8:57 PM
★★★☆c65
31
15% lit
↑ 9:44 AM
↓ 9:55 PM
★★★☆c53

Lunar events this month

  • Wed, Jan 4 · 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, Jan 5 · 1:46 PM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Tue, Jan 10 · 12:00 AM — Perigee · 363,242 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Tue, Jan 10 · 10:00 PM — Moon farthest north (18.7°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Thu, Jan 12 · 5:34 AM — Full Moon · Wolf MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Tue, Jan 17 · 3:00 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, Jan 19 · 4:13 PM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Sat, Jan 21 · 6:00 PM — Apogee · 404,911 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Wed, Jan 25 · 11:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-19.1°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Fri, Jan 27 · 6:07 PM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.

Best fishing days

Wed, Jan 11 · Thu, Jan 12 · Fri, Jan 13 · Fri, Jan 27 · Sat, Jan 28

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

Moon distance

363,393 km closest · 404,855 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 IslandOffshore 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 1:30 AM.