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Sargent

28.770°, -95.620° · tides: Sargent, ICWW

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Today

This Afternoon: High 81° · 10% rain

Partly sunny. High near 81, with temperatures falling to around 78 in the afternoon. East wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight: Low 66°

Mostly clear, with a low around 66. East wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunrise / sunset
7:27 AM / 6:46 PM
Moonrise / moonset
4:09 PM / 2:53 AM
Moon
Waxing Gibbous, 79%
Minor period
2:23 AM–3:23 AM
Major period
8:35 AM–10:35 AM
Minor period
3:39 PM–4:39 PM
Major period
9:00 PM–11:00 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Wed, Oct 216 PMThu, Oct 226 AM12 PM6 PMFri, Oct 236 AM12 PMclouds57% cloud cover50% cloud cover49% cloud cover42% cloud cover28% cloud cover21% cloud cover22% cloud cover14% cloud cover7% cloud cover7% cloud cover7% cloud cover3% cloud cover7% cloud cover9% cloud cover7% cloud cover9% cloud cover7% cloud cover10% cloud cover8% cloud cover4% cloud cover1% cloud cover2% cloud cover0% cloud cover0% cloud cover0% cloud cover0% cloud cover3% cloud cover1% cloud cover6% cloud cover7% cloud cover9% cloud cover4% cloud cover10% cloud cover9% cloud cover4% cloud cover5% cloud cover7% cloud cover7% cloud cover5% cloud cover6% cloud cover4% cloud cover6% cloud cover0% cloud cover0% cloud cover0% cloud cover1% cloud cover1% cloud cover2% cloud cover55°60°65°70°75°80°85°78787473716766777978716968666577rain10% chance7% chance3% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chancewind01020mphENE 13 mph, gusts 17E 12 mph, gusts 15E 10 mph, gusts 15E 9 mph, gusts 14E 8 mph, gusts 13E 7 mph, gusts 12E 6 mph, gusts 9NNE 5 mph, gusts 9NNE 7 mph, gusts 12NNE 8 mph, gusts 13NE 8 mph, gusts 13ENE 10 mph, gusts 13E 12 mph, gusts 14E 13 mph, gusts 15E 10 mph, gusts 14E 9 mph, gusts 13E 8 mph, gusts 12ESE 7 mph, gusts 10ESE 6 mph, gusts 9ESE 6 mph, gusts 8ENE 5 mph, gusts 9ENE 7 mph, gusts 9ENE 7 mph, gusts 12E 9 mph, gusts 13
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Wed 2 PM78°78°68°72%57%10%–ENE 131710+ mi
Wed 3 PM80°82°68°67%50%7%–E 131710+ mi
Wed 4 PM79°81°68°68%49%3%–E 121510+ mi
Wed 5 PM78°78°67°67%42%1%–E 121510+ mi
Wed 6 PM78°78°66°68%28%0%–E 101510+ mi
Wed 7 PM75°75°67°75%21%0%–E 91410+ mi
Wed 8 PM74°74°66°75%22%0%–E 91410+ mi
Wed 9 PM73°73°65°76%14%0%–E 91410+ mi
Wed 10 PM73°73°65°76%7%0%–E 81310+ mi
Wed 11 PM73°73°64°76%7%0%–E 81310+ mi
Thu 12 AM72°72°63°75%7%0%–E 71210+ mi
Thu 1 AM72°72°63°75%3%0%–E 6109.0 mi
Thu 2 AM71°71°63°76%7%0%–E 697.9 mi
Thu 3 AM69°69°62°79%9%0%–ENE 6910+ mi
Thu 4 AM68°68°62°82%7%0%–NNE 5910+ mi
Thu 5 AM67°67°62°84%9%0%–NNE 6910+ mi
Thu 6 AM66°66°61°84%7%0%–NNE 71210+ mi
Thu 7 AM66°66°62°87%10%1%–NNE 81210+ mi
Thu 8 AM66°66°62°87%8%1%–NNE 81310+ mi
Thu 9 AM69°69°63°80%4%1%–NE 81310+ mi
Thu 10 AM74°74°63°69%1%1%–NE 81310+ mi
Thu 11 AM77°77°61°58%2%1%–ENE 101310+ mi
Thu 12 PM78°78°60°54%0%1%–ENE 101310+ mi
Thu 1 PM79°79°59°51%0%1%–E 121310+ mi
Thu 2 PM79°79°59°50%0%0%–E 121410+ mi
Thu 3 PM79°79°58°49%0%0%–E 131510+ mi
Thu 4 PM79°79°58°50%3%0%–E 131510+ mi
Thu 5 PM78°78°58°51%1%0%–E 1215–
Thu 6 PM76°76°58°54%6%0%–E 1014–
Thu 7 PM75°75°59°58%7%0%–E 914–
Thu 8 PM71°71°58°63%9%0%–E 913–
Thu 9 PM71°71°58°65%4%0%–E 812–
Thu 10 PM70°70°59°68%10%0%–E 812–
Thu 11 PM69°69°58°69%9%0%–ESE 712–
Fri 12 AM69°69°58°68%4%0%–ESE 710–
Fri 1 AM69°69°58°68%5%0%–ESE 710–
Fri 2 AM68°68°58°70%7%0%–ESE 69–
Fri 3 AM67°67°58°72%7%0%–ESE 69–
Fri 4 AM67°67°58°73%5%0%–ESE 68–
Fri 5 AM66°66°58°76%6%0%–E 69–
Fri 6 AM65°65°58°80%4%0%–ENE 59–
Fri 7 AM65°65°59°81%6%0%–NE 59–
Fri 8 AM65°65°58°80%0%0%–ENE 79–
Fri 9 AM69°69°58°69%0%0%–NE 712–
Fri 10 AM74°74°59°59%0%0%–ENE 712–
Fri 11 AM77°77°59°54%1%0%–ENE 812–
Fri 12 PM79°80°60°51%1%0%–E 913–
Fri 1 PM80°81°60°49%2%0%–E 913–

7-day forecast

Today

Partly Sunny

81° / 66°

10% rain

E 8–13 mph · gusts 17

Thu, Oct 22

Sunny

79° / 65°

1% rain

NE 5–13 mph · gusts 15

Fri, Oct 23

Sunny

81° / 70°

Dry

NE 5–10 mph · gusts 14

Sat, Oct 24

Sunny

80° / 68°

Dry

E 8–17 mph · gusts 21

Sun, Oct 25

Mostly Sunny

77° / 64°

6% rain

E 14–17 mph · gusts 20

Mon, Oct 26

Mostly Sunny

78° / 64°

12% rain

E 10–15 mph · gusts 18

Tue, Oct 27

Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers

78° / 62°

18% rain

E 9–13 mph · gusts 15

Detailed NWS forecast
  • This Afternoon: Partly sunny. High near 81, with temperatures falling to around 78 in the afternoon. East wind 10 to 15 mph.
  • Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 66. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
  • Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 79. Northeast wind 5 to 15 mph.
  • Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 65. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
  • Friday: Sunny, with a high near 81. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
  • Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 70.
  • Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 80.
  • Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 68.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.
  • Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.
  • Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64.
  • Tuesday: A slight chance of rain showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Tuesday Night: A slight chance of rain showers before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 62.

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Marine forecast

Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out 20 NM

GMZ350 · 130 PM CDT Wed Oct 21 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.


GMZ350-355-220715-
Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out
20 NM-Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM-
130 PM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

.THIS AFTERNOON...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet.
Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 8 seconds. A chance of showers early,
then a slight chance of showers late. 
.TONIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to around
10 knots after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast
4 feet at 8 seconds. 
.THURSDAY...Northeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. 
.FRIDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave
Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 5 seconds. 
.SATURDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. 
.SUNDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to around
15 knots after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 feet.

Moon calendar · August 2019

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
1% lit
↑ 7:12 AM
↓ 9:02 PM
★★★★c102
best
2
4% lit
↑ 8:22 AM
↓ 9:48 PM
★☆☆☆c94
Perigee · 359,400 km
3
10% lit
↑ 9:30 AM
↓ 10:31 PM
★★☆☆c81
4
18% lit
↑ 10:37 AM
↓ 11:10 PM
★★☆☆c67
5
28% lit
↑ 11:42 AM
↓ 11:48 PM
★☆☆☆c48
Moon crosses the equator
6
39% lit
↑ 12:44 PM
↓ –
★☆☆☆c39
7
50% lit
↑ 1:46 PM
↓ 12:26 AM
★☆☆☆c58
First Quarter
8
61% lit
↑ 2:46 PM
↓ 1:06 AM
★★☆☆c75
9
71% lit
↑ 3:45 PM
↓ 1:47 AM
★★☆☆c86
10
79% lit
↑ 4:42 PM
↓ 2:31 AM
★★☆☆c90
11
87% lit
↑ 5:36 PM
↓ 3:19 AM
★★★☆c91
12
93% lit
↑ 6:26 PM
↓ 4:09 AM
★★★☆c90
Moon farthest south (-22.1°)
13
97% lit
↑ 7:12 PM
↓ 5:02 AM
★★★☆c86
14
99% lit
↑ 7:53 PM
↓ 5:55 AM
★★★☆c81
15
100% lit
↑ 8:31 PM
↓ 6:49 AM
★★★☆c74
Full Moon · Sturgeon Moon
16
99% lit
↑ 9:05 PM
↓ 7:43 AM
★★☆☆c66
17
96% lit
↑ 9:38 PM
↓ 8:35 AM
★☆☆☆c59
Apogee · 406,242 km
18
91% lit
↑ 10:09 PM
↓ 9:27 AM
★★☆☆c51
19
85% lit
↑ 10:39 PM
↓ 10:19 AM
★☆☆☆c41
Moon crosses the equator
20
77% lit
↑ 11:11 PM
↓ 11:11 AM
★☆☆☆c32
21
69% lit
↑ 11:44 PM
↓ 12:04 PM
★☆☆☆c41
22
59% lit
↑ –
↓ 12:59 PM
★☆☆☆c51
23
49% lit
↑ 12:21 AM
↓ 1:56 PM
★☆☆☆c63
Last Quarter
24
39% lit
↑ 1:02 AM
↓ 2:55 PM
★★☆☆c75
25
29% lit
↑ 1:49 AM
↓ 3:55 PM
★★☆☆c85
26
19% lit
↑ 2:42 AM
↓ 4:55 PM
★★☆☆c92
Moon farthest north (23.1°)
27
11% lit
↑ 3:42 AM
↓ 5:53 PM
★★★☆c95
best
28
5% lit
↑ 4:48 AM
↓ 6:47 PM
★★★☆c95
best
29
1% lit
↑ 5:57 AM
↓ 7:36 PM
★★★☆c91
best
30
0% lit
↑ 7:08 AM
↓ 8:21 PM
★★★☆c82
New Moon (supermoon)
Perigee · 357,179 km
best
31
3% lit
↑ 8:17 AM
↓ 9:03 PM
★☆☆☆c68

Lunar events this month

  • Fri, Aug 2 · 2:00 AM — Perigee · 359,400 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Mon, Aug 5 · 7:00 AM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Wed, Aug 7 · 12:30 PM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Mon, Aug 12 · 12:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-22.1°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Thu, Aug 15 · 7:29 AM — Full Moon · Sturgeon MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Sat, Aug 17 · 6:00 AM — Apogee · 406,242 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Mon, Aug 19 · 11:00 AM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Fri, Aug 23 · 9:56 AM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Mon, Aug 26 · 9:00 AM — Moon farthest north (23.1°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Fri, Aug 30 · 5:37 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 30 · 11:00 AM — Perigee · 357,179 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.

Best fishing days

Thu, Aug 1 · Tue, Aug 27 · Wed, Aug 28 · Thu, Aug 29 · Fri, Aug 30

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

Moon distance

357,181 km closest · 406,217 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 Sargent, ICWWSurf report: Sargent 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 Wed 11:16 AM.