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Sargent

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

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Today

This Afternoon: High 81°

Mostly sunny. High near 81, with temperatures falling to around 77 in the afternoon. Northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tonight: Low 69° · 14% rain

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunrise / sunset
7:26 AM / 6:47 PM
Moonrise / moonset
3:38 PM / 1:55 AM
Moon
Waxing Gibbous, 70%
Minor period
1:25 AM–2:25 AM
Major period
7:50 AM–9:50 AM
Minor period
3:08 PM–4:08 PM
Major period
8:15 PM–10:15 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Tue, Oct 206 PMWed, Oct 216 AM12 PM6 PMThu, Oct 226 AM12 PMclouds16% cloud cover20% cloud cover26% cloud cover39% cloud cover38% cloud cover54% cloud cover54% cloud cover47% cloud cover48% cloud cover44% cloud cover42% cloud cover57% cloud cover55% cloud cover61% cloud cover63% cloud cover62% cloud cover54% cloud cover68% cloud cover52% cloud cover61% cloud cover46% cloud cover46% cloud cover56% cloud cover47% cloud cover43% cloud cover47% cloud cover30% cloud cover21% cloud cover15% cloud cover15% cloud cover10% cloud cover18% cloud cover13% cloud cover12% cloud cover14% cloud cover13% cloud cover11% cloud cover13% cloud cover9% cloud cover4% cloud cover5% cloud cover3% cloud cover5% cloud cover2% cloud cover1% cloud cover0% cloud cover0% cloud cover0% cloud cover55°60°65°70°75°80°85°77787372727069747980767270656273rain1% chance2% chance2% chance3% chance5% chance7% chance10% chance10% chance10% chance12% chance13% chance14% chance11% chance7% chance5% chance3% chance2% chance1% chance1% chance2% chance1% chancewind01020mphENE 14 mph, gusts 18ENE 16 mph, gusts 20ENE 16 mph, gusts 21ENE 14 mph, gusts 20ENE 14 mph, gusts 20ENE 12 mph, gusts 17ENE 10 mph, gusts 15NE 9 mph, gusts 15NE 10 mph, gusts 16NE 12 mph, gusts 17NE 12 mph, gusts 16ENE 13 mph, gusts 16ENE 13 mph, gusts 16E 13 mph, gusts 16E 13 mph, gusts 17E 10 mph, gusts 15E 9 mph, gusts 15E 9 mph, gusts 14E 7 mph, gusts 10ENE 6 mph, gusts 9NE 7 mph, gusts 10NNE 8 mph, gusts 12NE 8 mph, gusts 13ENE 9 mph, gusts 13
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Tue 1 PM77°77°61°58%16%0%–ENE 141810+ mi
Tue 2 PM78°78°61°56%20%0%–ENE 152010+ mi
Tue 3 PM79°79°61°54%26%0%–ENE 162010+ mi
Tue 4 PM78°78°63°60%39%0%–ENE 162110+ mi
Tue 5 PM77°77°64°64%38%0%–ENE 162110+ mi
Tue 6 PM76°76°64°66%54%1%–ENE 152010+ mi
Tue 7 PM73°73°67°81%54%2%–ENE 142010+ mi
Tue 8 PM72°72°67°84%47%2%–ENE 142010+ mi
Tue 9 PM72°72°67°84%48%3%–ENE 142010+ mi
Tue 10 PM72°72°68°87%44%5%–ENE 131810+ mi
Tue 11 PM72°72°68°87%42%7%–ENE 121710+ mi
Wed 12 AM72°72°68°87%57%10%–ENE 101610+ mi
Wed 1 AM72°72°68°87%55%10%–ENE 101510+ mi
Wed 2 AM72°72°68°87%61%10%–NE 91510+ mi
Wed 3 AM71°71°67°87%63%12%–NE 91510+ mi
Wed 4 AM70°70°67°90%62%13%–NE 101510+ mi
Wed 5 AM70°70°67°90%54%14%–NE 101610+ mi
Wed 6 AM69°69°66°90%68%11%–NE 121610+ mi
Wed 7 AM69°69°68°97%52%7%–NE 121710+ mi
Wed 8 AM69°69°68°97%61%5%–NE 121610+ mi
Wed 9 AM71°71°69°93%46%3%–NE 121610+ mi
Wed 10 AM74°74°70°87%46%2%–NE 121610+ mi
Wed 11 AM76°76°65°69%56%1%–ENE 131610+ mi
Wed 12 PM78°78°65°64%47%1%–ENE 131610+ mi
Wed 1 PM79°79°65°62%43%2%–ENE 131610+ mi
Wed 2 PM80°82°64°58%47%1%–E 131710+ mi
Wed 3 PM80°82°64°58%30%0%–E 131610+ mi
Wed 4 PM80°81°63°56%21%0%–E 131710+ mi
Wed 5 PM79°79°63°58%15%0%–E 131710+ mi
Wed 6 PM78°78°63°60%15%0%–E 131610+ mi
Wed 7 PM76°76°63°64%10%0%–E 101510+ mi
Wed 8 PM74°74°63°69%18%0%–E 101510+ mi
Wed 9 PM73°73°62°68%13%0%–E 91510+ mi
Wed 10 PM72°72°62°71%12%0%–E 91410+ mi
Wed 11 PM72°72°62°71%14%0%–E 914–
Thu 12 AM70°70°62°76%13%0%–E 712–
Thu 1 AM70°70°62°76%11%0%–E 710–
Thu 2 AM68°68°62°81%13%0%–ENE 610–
Thu 3 AM67°67°61°81%9%0%–ENE 69–
Thu 4 AM65°65°61°87%4%0%–NE 69–
Thu 5 AM64°64°61°90%5%0%–NE 710–
Thu 6 AM64°64°60°87%3%0%–NE 712–
Thu 7 AM62°62°61°97%5%0%–NNE 812–
Thu 8 AM63°63°61°93%2%0%–NNE 813–
Thu 9 AM67°67°61°81%1%0%–NE 813–
Thu 10 AM73°73°62°68%0%0%–NE 813–
Thu 11 AM76°76°61°60%0%0%–ENE 913–
Thu 12 PM79°79°60°52%0%0%–ENE 913–

7-day forecast

Today

Mostly Sunny

81° / 69°

14% rain

NE 12–16 mph · gusts 21

Wed, Oct 21

Mostly Sunny

81° / 62°

14% rain

NE 9–13 mph · gusts 17

Thu, Oct 22

Sunny

80° / 62°

Dry

NE 6–12 mph · gusts 14

Fri, Oct 23

Sunny

80° / 69°

Dry

E 3–10 mph · gusts 14

Sat, Oct 24

Sunny

80° / 67°

Dry

E 9–15 mph · gusts 21

Sun, Oct 25

Mostly Sunny

78° / 65°

7% rain

E 13–17 mph · gusts 21

Mon, Oct 26

Mostly Sunny

78° / 64°

7% rain

E 9–14 mph · gusts 18

Detailed NWS forecast
  • This Afternoon: Mostly sunny. High near 81, with temperatures falling to around 77 in the afternoon. Northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
  • Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph.
  • Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 62. Northeast wind 5 to 15 mph.
  • Thursday: Sunny. High near 80, with temperatures falling to around 77 in the afternoon. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
  • Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 62.
  • Friday: Sunny, with a high near 80.
  • Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 69.
  • Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 80.
  • Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 67.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.
  • Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.
  • Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64.

Weather map

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Marine forecast

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

GMZ350 · 1229 PM CDT Tue Oct 20 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.


GMZ350-355-210615-
Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out
20 NM-Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM-
1229 PM CDT Tue Oct 20 2026

...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...

.THIS AFTERNOON...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to
25 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at
8 seconds. 
.TONIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots.
Seas 3 to 5 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at 7 seconds. A chance
of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. 
.WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet.
Wave Detail: East 5 feet at 8 seconds. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to
around 10 knots after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave Detail:
East 4 feet at 7 seconds. 
.THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 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. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
.SATURDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet.

Moon calendar · July 2021

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
52% lit
↑ 1:11 AM
↓ 1:18 PM
★☆☆☆c38
Last Quarter
Moon crosses the equator
2
42% lit
↑ 1:40 AM
↓ 2:12 PM
★☆☆☆c40
3
33% lit
↑ 2:09 AM
↓ 3:04 PM
★☆☆☆c53
4
24% lit
↑ 2:39 AM
↓ 3:58 PM
★★☆☆c64
5
17% lit
↑ 3:11 AM
↓ 4:52 PM
★★☆☆c72
Apogee · 405,340 km
6
10% lit
↑ 3:47 AM
↓ 5:47 PM
★★★☆c78
7
5% lit
↑ 4:26 AM
↓ 6:42 PM
★★★☆c81
8
2% lit
↑ 5:11 AM
↓ 7:36 PM
★★★☆c83
9
0% lit
↑ 6:01 AM
↓ 8:28 PM
★★★★c84
Moon farthest north (26.0°)
New Moon
best
10
1% lit
↑ 6:55 AM
↓ 9:16 PM
★★★★c83
11
3% lit
↑ 7:53 AM
↓ 10:00 PM
★☆☆☆c82
12
7% lit
↑ 8:53 AM
↓ 10:40 PM
★★★☆c81
13
14% lit
↑ 9:53 AM
↓ 11:16 PM
★★☆☆c75
14
22% lit
↑ 10:53 AM
↓ 11:50 PM
★★☆☆c67
15
31% lit
↑ 11:54 AM
↓ –
★☆☆☆c55
16
42% lit
↑ 12:55 PM
↓ 12:23 AM
★☆☆☆c41
Moon crosses the equator
17
53% lit
↑ 1:57 PM
↓ 12:57 AM
★☆☆☆c48
First Quarter
18
65% lit
↑ 3:02 PM
↓ 1:32 AM
★★☆☆c65
19
75% lit
↑ 4:10 PM
↓ 2:12 AM
★★☆☆c81
20
85% lit
↑ 5:19 PM
↓ 2:57 AM
★★★☆c92
21
92% lit
↑ 6:28 PM
↓ 3:48 AM
★★★★c98
Perigee · 364,518 km
best
22
97% lit
↑ 7:32 PM
↓ 4:47 AM
★★★★c100
Moon farthest south (-25.5°)
best
23
100% lit
↑ 8:29 PM
↓ 5:52 AM
★★★★c99
Full Moon · Buck Moon
best
24
99% lit
↑ 9:18 PM
↓ 6:59 AM
★★★★c94
best
25
97% lit
↑ 10:00 PM
↓ 8:06 AM
★☆☆☆c86
26
91% lit
↑ 10:37 PM
↓ 9:10 AM
★★★☆c80
27
85% lit
↑ 11:09 PM
↓ 10:10 AM
★★☆☆c64
28
77% lit
↑ 11:40 PM
↓ 11:07 AM
★☆☆☆c50
29
68% lit
↑ –
↓ 12:02 PM
★☆☆☆c38
Moon crosses the equator
30
58% lit
↑ 12:09 AM
↓ 12:56 PM
★☆☆☆c40
31
49% lit
↑ 12:39 AM
↓ 1:50 PM
★☆☆☆c50
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

Fri, Jul 9 · Wed, Jul 21 · Thu, Jul 22 · 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 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 Tue 1:21 PM.