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Freeport

28.950°, -95.360° · tides: Old Brazos River, Freeport

Clear

Cloud cover 0% · Feels like 82°F

Observed 1:55 PM · Freeport Harbor (4 mi) · sky & visibility from ANGLETON/LAKE JACKS (13 mi)

Wind

15mph

From NE (55°)

Gusts 19 mph

Measured at Freeport Harbor

Temperature

73°F

High 82° · Low 70° so far today

Humidity

42%

Dew point 57°F

Visibility

—mi

RAINCHANGEFAIR29.029.530.030.531.030.12 in1020.0 mb▼ Falling

−0.05 in over 3 hours
reading 3 hours ago

Barometric pressure, last 24 hours

30.1230.1730.21−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Barometer at Freeport Harbor, 6-minute readings

Fishing by pressure trend

  • risingVery good. Bite may slow as pressure levels off.
  • stableNormal activity.
  • fallingGood at first, then turning poor.

Fishing conditions now

very goodgoodpoor

Pressure just started dropping. Fish often feed ahead of a front.

Today

This Afternoon: High 81°

Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. East wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tonight: Low 66°

Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunrise / sunset
7:25 AM / 6:47 PM
Moonrise / moonset
3:04 PM / 12:57 AM
Moon
First Quarter, 60%
Minor period
12:27 AM–1:27 AM
Major period
7:05 AM–9:05 AM
Minor period
2:34 PM–3:34 PM
Major period
7:30 PM–9:30 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Mon, Oct 196 PMTue, Oct 206 AM12 PM6 PMWed, Oct 216 AM12 PMclouds56% cloud cover53% cloud cover45% cloud cover39% cloud cover55% cloud cover52% cloud cover49% cloud cover48% cloud cover35% cloud cover44% cloud cover29% cloud cover23% cloud cover14% cloud cover40% cloud cover35% cloud cover40% cloud cover33% cloud cover32% cloud cover12% cloud cover3% cloud cover4% cloud cover11% cloud cover12% cloud cover39% cloud cover28% cloud cover34% cloud cover31% cloud cover40% cloud cover40% cloud cover36% cloud cover44% cloud cover51% cloud cover50% cloud cover42% cloud cover39% cloud cover38% cloud cover31% cloud cover28% cloud cover38% cloud cover50% cloud cover48% cloud cover44% cloud cover31% cloud cover18% cloud cover18% cloud cover17% cloud cover17% cloud cover13% cloud cover55°60°65°70°75°80°85°79767471696768757776737170697177rain1% chance3% chance3% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chancewind01020mphENE 13 mph, gusts 17ENE 12 mph, gusts 16ENE 8 mph, gusts 14ENE 7 mph, gusts 15ENE 6 mph, gusts 14ENE 3 mph, gusts 12NNE 3 mph, gusts 12NNE 6 mph, gusts 14NNE 8 mph, gusts 16NNE 9 mph, gusts 15NE 12 mph, gusts 16ENE 13 mph, gusts 16ENE 13 mph, gusts 17ENE 12 mph, gusts 17ENE 8 mph, gusts 15ENE 7 mph, gusts 14ENE 6 mph, gusts 14ENE 3 mph, gusts 13NE 5 mph, gusts 13NE 6 mph, gusts 15NE 7 mph, gusts 16NE 9 mph, gusts 14ENE 10 mph, gusts 14ENE 12 mph, gusts 15
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Mon 3 PM79°79°59°50%56%0%–ENE 131710+ mi
Mon 4 PM79°79°59°50%53%0%–ENE 121610+ mi
Mon 5 PM79°79°59°50%45%0%–ENE 121610+ mi
Mon 6 PM76°76°58°54%39%0%–ENE 101510+ mi
Mon 7 PM76°76°58°54%55%0%–ENE 81410+ mi
Mon 8 PM75°75°58°56%52%0%–ENE 71510+ mi
Mon 9 PM74°74°58°57%49%0%–ENE 71510+ mi
Mon 10 PM73°73°59°62%48%0%–ENE 71510+ mi
Mon 11 PM72°72°59°64%35%0%–ENE 61410+ mi
Tue 12 AM71°71°59°66%44%0%–ENE 51310+ mi
Tue 1 AM70°70°59°68%29%0%–ENE 31210+ mi
Tue 2 AM70°70°61°73%23%0%–NE 31210+ mi
Tue 3 AM69°69°62°78%14%0%–NNE 31210+ mi
Tue 4 AM68°68°62°81%40%0%–NNE 31210+ mi
Tue 5 AM67°67°61°81%35%0%–NNE 61410+ mi
Tue 6 AM67°67°59°75%40%0%–NNE 71510+ mi
Tue 7 AM66°66°58°75%33%0%–NNE 81610+ mi
Tue 8 AM66°66°59°78%32%0%–NNE 91610+ mi
Tue 9 AM68°68°61°78%12%0%–NNE 91510+ mi
Tue 10 AM72°72°63°73%3%0%–NNE 101610+ mi
Tue 11 AM73°73°63°71%4%0%–NE 121610.0 mi
Tue 12 PM75°75°62°64%11%1%–NE 121610.0 mi
Tue 1 PM76°76°62°62%12%3%–ENE 13169.9 mi
Tue 2 PM76°76°62°62%39%3%–ENE 13179.9 mi
Tue 3 PM77°77°62°60%28%0%–ENE 131710.0 mi
Tue 4 PM77°77°62°60%34%0%–ENE 131710.0 mi
Tue 5 PM78°78°62°58%31%0%–ENE 121710.0 mi
Tue 6 PM76°76°62°62%40%0%–ENE 101610.0 mi
Tue 7 PM75°75°63°66%40%0%–ENE 81510.0 mi
Tue 8 PM75°75°64°69%36%0%–ENE 71410+ mi
Tue 9 PM73°73°66°79%44%1%–ENE 71410+ mi
Tue 10 PM72°72°68°87%51%1%–ENE 61410+ mi
Tue 11 PM72°72°69°90%50%0%–ENE 614–
Wed 12 AM71°71°70°97%42%0%–ENE 513–
Wed 1 AM71°71°71°100%39%1%–ENE 313–
Wed 2 AM71°71°71°100%38%0%–ENE 313–
Wed 3 AM70°70°70°100%31%1%–NE 513–
Wed 4 AM69°69°69°100%28%0%–NE 614–
Wed 5 AM69°69°69°100%38%0%–NE 615–
Wed 6 AM69°69°69°100%50%0%–NE 715–
Wed 7 AM68°68°68°100%48%0%–NE 716–
Wed 8 AM69°69°69°100%44%0%–NE 815–
Wed 9 AM71°71°70°97%31%0%–NE 914–
Wed 10 AM73°73°70°90%18%0%–NE 914–
Wed 11 AM75°75°70°84%18%0%–ENE 1014–
Wed 12 PM77°77°69°76%17%0%–ENE 1014–
Wed 1 PM78°78°69°74%17%1%–ENE 1215–
Wed 2 PM79°79°68°69%13%1%–ENE 1216–

7-day forecast

Today

Mostly Sunny

81° / 66°

Dry

E 6–13 mph · gusts 17

Tue, Oct 20

Sunny

80° / 68°

3% rain

NE 3–13 mph · gusts 17

Wed, Oct 21

Mostly Sunny

81° / 65°

1% rain

NE 3–13 mph · gusts 16

Thu, Oct 22

Sunny

82° / 63°

Dry

NE 1–9 mph · gusts 12

Fri, Oct 23

Sunny

82° / 67°

Dry

NE 0–9 mph · gusts 13

Sat, Oct 24

Sunny

83° / 69°

1% rain

E 3–14 mph · gusts 18

Sun, Oct 25

Mostly Sunny

81° / 67°

7% rain

E 7–15 mph · gusts 20

Detailed NWS forecast
  • This Afternoon: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. East wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
  • Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
  • Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 80. Northeast wind 5 to 15 mph.
  • Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny. High near 81, with temperatures falling to around 78 in the afternoon. Northeast wind 5 to 15 mph.
  • Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 65.
  • Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 82.
  • Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 63.
  • Friday: Sunny, with a high near 82.
  • Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67.
  • Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 83.
  • Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81.
  • Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 67.

Weather map

Live readings from nearby stations, radar, clouds, warnings, and storms. Tap a station for details.

Marine forecast

Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM

GMZ355 · 242 PM CDT Mon Oct 19 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.


GMZ350-355-200815-
Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out
20 NM-Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM-
242 PM CDT Mon Oct 19 2026

...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

.THIS AFTERNOON...East winds around 15 knots with gusts up to 20 
knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 6 seconds. 
.TONIGHT...East winds around 15 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. Wave 
Detail: East 4 feet at 7 seconds. 
.TUESDAY...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. Wave
Detail: East 4 feet at 8 seconds. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to
around 15 knots after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 feet. Wave Detail:
East 5 feet at 7 seconds. 
.WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet.
Wave Detail: East 4 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 8 seconds. 
.THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. 
.FRIDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.

Moon calendar · May 2023

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
84% lit
↑ 4:23 PM
↓ 4:27 AM
★★☆☆c34
2
90% lit
↑ 5:19 PM
↓ 4:55 AM
★★★☆c43
Moon crosses the equator
3
95% lit
↑ 6:16 PM
↓ 5:23 AM
★★★★c57
4
99% lit
↑ 7:16 PM
↓ 5:53 AM
★★★★c71
best
5
100% lit
↑ 8:19 PM
↓ 6:26 AM
★★★★c82
Full Moon · Flower Moon
best
6
99% lit
↑ 9:25 PM
↓ 7:04 AM
★★★★c90
best
7
95% lit
↑ 10:33 PM
↓ 7:49 AM
★★★★c94
8
89% lit
↑ 11:39 PM
↓ 8:42 AM
★★★★c95
9
81% lit
↑ –
↓ 9:42 AM
★☆☆☆c95
Moon farthest south (-28.0°)
10
71% lit
↑ 12:40 AM
↓ 10:49 AM
★★★☆c93
11
60% lit
↑ 1:33 AM
↓ 11:58 AM
★★☆☆c87
Perigee · 369,343 km
12
49% lit
↑ 2:18 AM
↓ 1:07 PM
★★☆☆c77
Last Quarter
13
38% lit
↑ 2:58 AM
↓ 2:13 PM
★★☆☆c65
14
27% lit
↑ 3:32 AM
↓ 3:18 PM
★★☆☆c45
15
18% lit
↑ 4:05 AM
↓ 4:20 PM
★★☆☆c45
Moon crosses the equator
16
10% lit
↑ 4:36 AM
↓ 5:22 PM
★★★☆c61
17
4% lit
↑ 5:08 AM
↓ 6:24 PM
★★★★c75
18
1% lit
↑ 5:42 AM
↓ 7:26 PM
★★★★c83
best
19
0% lit
↑ 6:19 AM
↓ 8:29 PM
★★★★c87
New Moon
best
20
1% lit
↑ 7:01 AM
↓ 9:30 PM
★★★★c87
21
5% lit
↑ 7:48 AM
↓ 10:29 PM
★★★★c86
22
10% lit
↑ 8:40 AM
↓ 11:22 PM
★★★★c82
Moon farthest north (27.7°)
23
16% lit
↑ 9:35 AM
↓ –
★☆☆☆c78
24
24% lit
↑ 10:31 AM
↓ 12:09 AM
★★★☆c75
25
32% lit
↑ 11:28 AM
↓ 12:50 AM
★★★☆c69
Apogee · 404,511 km
26
41% lit
↑ 12:24 PM
↓ 1:26 AM
★★☆☆c62
27
51% lit
↑ 1:18 PM
↓ 1:58 AM
★★☆☆c53
First Quarter
28
60% lit
↑ 2:12 PM
↓ 2:27 AM
★☆☆☆c43
29
70% lit
↑ 3:06 PM
↓ 2:55 AM
★☆☆☆c31
Moon crosses the equator
30
78% lit
↑ 4:02 PM
↓ 3:22 AM
★★☆☆c46
31
86% lit
↑ 5:00 PM
↓ 3:51 AM
★★★☆c62

Lunar events this month

  • Tue, May 2 · 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, May 5 · 12:34 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 9 · 4:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-28.0°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Thu, May 11 · 12:00 AM — Perigee · 369,343 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Fri, May 12 · 9:28 AM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Mon, May 15 · 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, May 19 · 10:53 AM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Mon, May 22 · 9:00 AM — Moon farthest north (27.7°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Thu, May 25 · 9:00 PM — Apogee · 404,511 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Sat, May 27 · 10:21 AM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Mon, May 29 · 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.

Best fishing days

Thu, May 4 · Fri, May 5 · Sat, May 6 · Thu, May 18 · Fri, May 19

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

Moon distance

369,414 km closest · 404,431 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 Old Brazos River, FreeportSurf report: Quintana & Bryan 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 Mon 1:22 PM.