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28.030°, -97.050° · tides: Rockport

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Today

Today: High 79° · 51% rain

A chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight: Low 74° · 29% rain

A chance of rain showers before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. East northeast wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunrise / sunset
7:32 AM / 6:52 PM
Moonrise / moonset
4:14 PM / 2:59 AM
Moon
Waxing Gibbous, 78%
Minor period
2:29 AM–3:29 AM
Major period
8:40 AM–10:40 AM
Minor period
3:44 PM–4:44 PM
Major period
9:05 PM–11:05 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Wed, Oct 21clouds68% cloud cover57% cloud cover59% cloud cover48% cloud cover52% cloud cover28% cloud cover65°70°75°80°7778rain51% chance, 0.03 in43% chance, 0.01 in34% chance, 0.01 in44% chance, 0.01 in25% chance, 0.01 in24% chance, 0.01 inwind01020mphNE 14 mph, gusts 20ENE 15 mph, gusts 18ENE 15 mph, gusts 20
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Wed 12 PM77°76°67°72%68%51%0.03"NE 1420–
Wed 1 PM78°77°68°71%57%43%0.01"ENE 1520–
Wed 2 PM78°77°69°74%59%34%0.01"ENE 1518–
Wed 3 PM78°77°71°80%48%44%0.01"ENE 1518–
Wed 4 PM77°77°73°88%52%25%0.01"ENE 1520–
Wed 5 PM77°77°73°88%28%24%0.01"ENE 1520–

7-day forecast

Today

Chance Rain Showers

79° / 74°

51% rain · 0.08"

NE 14–15 mph · gusts 20

Thu, Oct 22

Sunny

80° / 74°

2% rain

9 to 13 mph

Fri, Oct 23

Sunny

80° / 75°

1% rain

7 to 13 mph

Sat, Oct 24

Sunny

80° / 74°

4% rain

13 to 18 mph

Sun, Oct 25

Partly Sunny

78° / 70°

11% rain

15 mph

Mon, Oct 26

Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

79° / 71°

24% rain

10 to 14 mph

Tue, Oct 27

Chance Rain Showers

78° / 70°

30% rain

9 to 13 mph

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Today: A chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
  • Tonight: A chance of rain showers before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. East northeast wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
  • Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 80. East northeast wind 9 to 13 mph.
  • Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 74. East wind 7 to 13 mph.
  • Friday: Sunny, with a high near 80. East wind 7 to 13 mph.
  • Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 75. East southeast wind around 14 mph.
  • Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 80. East southeast wind 13 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
  • Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. East southeast wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 78. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
  • Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70.
  • Monday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 7am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Monday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Tuesday: A chance of rain showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
  • Tuesday Night: A chance of rain showers before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 70.

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Marine forecast

Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays

GMZ236 · 151 AM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

Middle Texas coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Matagorda ship
channel out to 60 nautical miles.
 
Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest
1/3 of the waves...along with occasional height of the average
highest 10 percent of the waves. 
 


GMZ236-237-211915-
Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays-
San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays-
151 AM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

.REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds around 10 knots. Bay and
inland waters slightly choppy. A slight chance of showers late. 
.WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming east in the
afternoon. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally
choppy. A chance of showers. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters smooth. 
.THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east in the
afternoon. Bay and inland waters smooth. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
smooth. 
.FRIDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters smooth. 
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters
slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland
waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. 
.SUNDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters
slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to
10 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to
occasionally choppy.

Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out 20 NM

GMZ255 · 151 AM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

Middle Texas coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Matagorda ship
channel out to 60 nautical miles.
 
Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest
1/3 of the waves...along with occasional height of the average
highest 10 percent of the waves. 
 


GMZ255-211915-
Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out
20 NM-
151 AM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

.REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up
to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave
Detail: East 5 feet at 7 seconds. A chance of showers with a
slight chance of thunderstorms. 
.WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to
20 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail:
East 4 feet at 8 seconds. Showers likely, mainly in the morning. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to
10 knots after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to
5 feet. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 7 seconds. A chance of
showers in the evening. 
.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: East 3 feet at 7 seconds. 
.FRIDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave
Detail: East 2 feet at 6 seconds. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
.SATURDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet,
occasionally to 5 feet. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds around 15 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet,
occasionally to 6 feet. 
.SUNDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet,
occasionally to 6 feet. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet,
occasionally to 6 feet. 

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · July 2021

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
52% lit
↑ 1:17 AM
↓ 1:24 PM
★☆☆☆c32
Last Quarter
Moon crosses the equator
2
42% lit
↑ 1:46 AM
↓ 2:17 PM
★☆☆☆c48
3
33% lit
↑ 2:16 AM
↓ 3:10 PM
★☆☆☆c61
4
24% lit
↑ 2:46 AM
↓ 4:03 PM
★☆☆☆c71
5
17% lit
↑ 3:18 AM
↓ 4:57 PM
★☆☆☆c79
Apogee · 405,340 km
6
10% lit
↑ 3:54 AM
↓ 5:51 PM
★★☆☆c83
7
5% lit
↑ 4:34 AM
↓ 6:46 PM
★☆☆☆c84
8
2% lit
↑ 5:19 AM
↓ 7:40 PM
★★☆☆c85
best
9
0% lit
↑ 6:09 AM
↓ 8:32 PM
★★☆☆c85
Moon farthest north (26.0°)
New Moon
best
10
1% lit
↑ 7:03 AM
↓ 9:20 PM
★★☆☆c84
best
11
3% lit
↑ 8:01 AM
↓ 10:04 PM
★★☆☆c83
12
7% lit
↑ 9:00 AM
↓ 10:44 PM
★★☆☆c79
13
14% lit
↑ 10:00 AM
↓ 11:21 PM
★☆☆☆c74
14
22% lit
↑ 11:00 AM
↓ 11:55 PM
★☆☆☆c64
15
31% lit
↑ 12:00 PM
↓ –
★☆☆☆c49
16
42% lit
↑ 1:00 PM
↓ 12:29 AM
★☆☆☆c32
Moon crosses the equator
17
53% lit
↑ 2:03 PM
↓ 1:03 AM
★☆☆☆c57
First Quarter
18
65% lit
↑ 3:07 PM
↓ 1:39 AM
★☆☆☆c74
19
75% lit
↑ 4:15 PM
↓ 2:19 AM
★☆☆☆c88
20
85% lit
↑ 5:24 PM
↓ 3:04 AM
★★☆☆c96
21
92% lit
↑ 6:32 PM
↓ 3:56 AM
★★☆☆c98
Perigee · 364,518 km
22
97% lit
↑ 7:36 PM
↓ 4:55 AM
★☆☆☆c98
Moon farthest south (-25.5°)
23
100% lit
↑ 8:33 PM
↓ 6:00 AM
★★☆☆c98
Full Moon · Buck Moon
best
24
99% lit
↑ 9:23 PM
↓ 7:07 AM
★★☆☆c93
best
25
97% lit
↑ 10:05 PM
↓ 8:13 AM
★★☆☆c86
26
91% lit
↑ 10:42 PM
↓ 9:17 AM
★★☆☆c75
27
85% lit
↑ 11:15 PM
↓ 10:16 AM
★☆☆☆c61
28
77% lit
↑ 11:45 PM
↓ 11:13 AM
★☆☆☆c45
29
68% lit
↑ –
↓ 12:08 PM
★☆☆☆c37
Moon crosses the equator
30
58% lit
↑ 12:15 AM
↓ 1:01 PM
★☆☆☆c51
31
49% lit
↑ 12:45 AM
↓ 1:55 PM
★☆☆☆c62
Last Quarter

Lunar events this month

  • Thu, Jul 1 · 4:11 PM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Thu, Jul 1 · 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.
  • Mon, Jul 5 · 10:00 AM — Apogee · 405,340 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Fri, Jul 9 · 7:00 AM — 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.
  • Fri, Jul 9 · 8:16 PM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Fri, Jul 16 · 1:00 AM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Sat, Jul 17 · 5:10 AM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Wed, Jul 21 · 5:00 AM — Perigee · 364,518 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Thu, Jul 22 · 7:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-25.5°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Fri, Jul 23 · 9:37 PM — Full Moon · Buck MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Thu, Jul 29 · 1:00 AM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Sat, Jul 31 · 8:16 AM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.

Best fishing days

Thu, Jul 8 · Fri, Jul 9 · Sat, Jul 10 · Fri, Jul 23 · Sat, Jul 24

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

Moon distance

364,565 km closest · 405,336 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 RockportSurf report: Port Aransas Beach & Horace Caldwell PierOffshore 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 10:13 AM.