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Freeport

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

Clear

Cloud cover 0% · Feels like 78°F

Observed 12:20 PM · Freeport Harbor (4 mi) · sky & visibility from ANGLETON/LAKE JACKS (13 mi)

Wind

16mph

From E (82°)

Gusts 19 mph

Measured at Freeport Harbor

Temperature

74°F

High 79° · Low 61° so far today

Humidity

45%

Dew point 55°F

Visibility

—mi

RAINCHANGEFAIR29.029.530.030.531.030.17 in1021.7 mb

3-hour trend unavailable

Barometric pressure, last 24 hours

Not enough readings yet.

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.

Today

Today: High 78° · 4% rain

Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. East wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tonight: Low 65° · 4% rain

Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. 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 AMclouds34% cloud cover38% cloud cover37% cloud cover36% cloud cover34% cloud cover34% cloud cover40% cloud cover65% cloud cover46% cloud cover55% cloud cover45% cloud cover46% cloud cover37% cloud cover27% cloud cover34% cloud cover30% cloud cover36% cloud cover37% cloud cover35% cloud cover18% cloud cover27% cloud cover35% cloud cover25% cloud cover15% cloud cover13% cloud cover20% cloud cover20% cloud cover30% cloud cover35% cloud cover42% cloud cover40% cloud cover51% cloud cover6% cloud cover16% cloud cover26% cloud cover26% cloud cover27% cloud cover27% cloud cover27% cloud cover28% cloud cover28% cloud cover29% cloud cover31% cloud cover32% cloud cover27% cloud cover22% cloud cover17% cloud cover15% cloud cover50°55°60°65°70°75°80°85°73777569686766667380757270706774rain4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance3% chance3% chance5% chance5% chance5% chance5% chance7% chance7% chance7% chance7% chance7% chance7% chance9% chance9% chance9% chance9% chance9% chance9% chance5% chance5% chance5% chance5% chance5% chancewind01020mphENE 14 mph, gusts 18ENE 14 mph, gusts 18ENE 13 mph, gusts 17ENE 10 mph, gusts 16ENE 8 mph, gusts 15ENE 7 mph, gusts 15NE 6 mph, gusts 13NE 5 mph, gusts 12NNE 6 mph, gusts 13NNE 8 mph, gusts 17NNE 10 mph, gusts 17NE 12 mph, gusts 16NE 13 mph, gusts 17ENE 13 mph, gusts 17ENE 13 mph, gusts 18ENE 12 mph, gusts 16ENE 9 mph, gusts 15ENE 7 mph, gusts 15ENE 5 mph, gusts 14ENE 3 mph, gusts 13NE 5 mph, gusts 14NE 6 mph, gusts 16NE 8 mph, gusts 16NE 9 mph, gusts 15
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Mon 12 PM73°73°61°66%34%4%–ENE 141810+ mi
Mon 1 PM75°75°61°62%38%4%–ENE 141810+ mi
Mon 2 PM76°76°61°60%37%4%–ENE 141810+ mi
Mon 3 PM77°77°60°55%36%4%–ENE 141710+ mi
Mon 4 PM78°78°59°52%34%4%–ENE 131710+ mi
Mon 5 PM77°77°58°52%34%4%–ENE 121710+ mi
Mon 6 PM75°75°56°51%40%4%–ENE 101610+ mi
Mon 7 PM72°72°58°61%65%0%–ENE 91510+ mi
Mon 8 PM71°71°59°66%46%0%–ENE 81510+ mi
Mon 9 PM69°69°58°68%55%0%–ENE 71510+ mi
Mon 10 PM69°69°58°68%45%0%–ENE 71510+ mi
Mon 11 PM68°68°58°70%46%0%–ENE 71410+ mi
Tue 12 AM68°68°59°73%37%0%–NE 61310+ mi
Tue 1 AM68°68°59°73%27%0%–NE 51210+ mi
Tue 2 AM68°68°59°73%34%0%–NE 51210+ mi
Tue 3 AM67°67°59°75%30%0%–NNE 51310+ mi
Tue 4 AM66°66°58°75%36%1%–NNE 61310+ mi
Tue 5 AM66°66°58°75%37%1%–NNE 71510+ mi
Tue 6 AM66°66°58°75%35%1%–NNE 81710+ mi
Tue 7 AM65°65°57°75%18%2%–NNE 91710+ mi
Tue 8 AM66°66°59°78%27%0%–NNE 101710+ mi
Tue 9 AM66°66°60°81%35%2%–NE 101610+ mi
Tue 10 AM76°76°62°62%25%2%–NE 121610+ mi
Tue 11 AM73°73°63°71%15%2%–NE 121710+ mi
Tue 12 PM73°73°62°68%13%2%–NE 131710.0 mi
Tue 1 PM77°77°62°60%20%3%–NE 131710.0 mi
Tue 2 PM80°81°62°54%20%3%–ENE 131710+ mi
Tue 3 PM80°81°62°54%30%5%–ENE 141710+ mi
Tue 4 PM79°79°62°56%35%5%–ENE 131810+ mi
Tue 5 PM77°77°62°60%42%5%–ENE 1317–
Tue 6 PM75°75°61°62%40%5%–ENE 1216–
Tue 7 PM74°74°63°69%51%7%–ENE 916–
Tue 8 PM73°73°63°71%6%7%–ENE 915–
Tue 9 PM72°72°64°76%16%7%–ENE 815–
Tue 10 PM71°71°66°84%26%7%–ENE 715–
Tue 11 PM71°71°66°84%26%7%–ENE 614–
Wed 12 AM70°70°67°90%27%7%–ENE 514–
Wed 1 AM69°69°67°93%27%9%–ENE 313–
Wed 2 AM69°69°67°93%27%9%–ENE 313–
Wed 3 AM70°70°67°90%28%9%–NE 313–
Wed 4 AM69°69°66°90%28%9%–NE 514–
Wed 5 AM68°68°65°90%29%9%–NE 615–
Wed 6 AM67°67°65°93%31%9%–NE 616–
Wed 7 AM67°67°65°93%32%5%–NE 716–
Wed 8 AM70°70°66°87%27%5%–NE 816–
Wed 9 AM74°74°67°79%22%5%–NE 815–
Wed 10 AM78°78°68°71%17%5%–NE 915–
Wed 11 AM80°83°68°67%15%5%–ENE 1015–

7-day forecast

Today

Mostly Sunny

78° / 65°

4% rain

E 7–14 mph · gusts 18

Tue, Oct 20

Mostly Sunny

80° / 67°

9% rain

NE 5–14 mph · gusts 18

Wed, Oct 21

Sunny

81° / 65°

9% rain

NE 2–13 mph · gusts 16

Thu, Oct 22

Sunny

82° / 66°

Dry

NE 1–9 mph · gusts 13

Fri, Oct 23

Sunny

83° / 69°

Dry

E 0–10 mph · gusts 14

Sat, Oct 24

Sunny

83° / 70°

3% rain

E 5–15 mph · gusts 18

Sun, Oct 25

Mostly Sunny

82° / 69°

9% rain

E 6–15 mph · gusts 20

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. East wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
  • Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny. High near 80, with temperatures falling to around 77 in the afternoon. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
  • Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
  • Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 81. 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 66.
  • Friday: Sunny, with a high near 83.
  • Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 69.
  • Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 83.
  • Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 70.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.
  • Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69.

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 · 525 AM 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.


GMZ350-355-192315-
Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out
20 NM-Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM-
525 AM CDT Mon Oct 19 2026

.TODAY...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. Wave
Detail: East 4 feet at 6 seconds. 
.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 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...East winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to around
15 knots after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 feet. Wave Detail: East
5 feet at 8 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 · August 2023

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
100% lit
↑ 8:44 PM
↓ 6:16 AM
★★★★c107
Full Moon · Sturgeon Moon (supermoon)
best
2
98% lit
↑ 9:27 PM
↓ 7:30 AM
★★★★c101
Perigee · 357,312 km
3
94% lit
↑ 10:05 PM
↓ 8:42 AM
★★★★c89
4
87% lit
↑ 10:39 PM
↓ 9:51 AM
★★☆☆c72
5
79% lit
↑ 11:12 PM
↓ 10:57 AM
★★★☆c52
Moon crosses the equator
6
69% lit
↑ 11:45 PM
↓ 12:01 PM
★★☆☆c39
7
58% lit
↑ –
↓ 1:04 PM
★★☆☆c61
8
47% lit
↑ 12:19 AM
↓ 2:06 PM
★☆☆☆c68
Last Quarter
9
37% lit
↑ 12:56 AM
↓ 3:08 PM
★★☆☆c77
10
28% lit
↑ 1:38 AM
↓ 4:08 PM
★★★☆c81
11
19% lit
↑ 2:24 AM
↓ 5:05 PM
★★★☆c83
12
12% lit
↑ 3:15 AM
↓ 5:57 PM
★★★★c82
Moon farthest north (27.9°)
13
7% lit
↑ 4:09 AM
↓ 6:44 PM
★★★★c80
14
3% lit
↑ 5:06 AM
↓ 7:24 PM
★★★★c77
15
1% lit
↑ 6:02 AM
↓ 8:00 PM
★★★★c74
best
16
0% lit
↑ 6:58 AM
↓ 8:32 PM
★★★★c69
New Moon
Apogee · 406,633 km
best
17
2% lit
↑ 7:52 AM
↓ 9:00 PM
★★★★c63
18
5% lit
↑ 8:45 AM
↓ 9:27 PM
★★★☆c55
19
10% lit
↑ 9:38 AM
↓ 9:54 PM
★★☆☆c44
Moon crosses the equator
20
16% lit
↑ 10:31 AM
↓ 10:21 PM
★★☆☆c32
21
24% lit
↑ 11:26 AM
↓ 10:49 PM
★★☆☆c34
22
33% lit
↑ 12:23 PM
↓ 11:22 PM
★★☆☆c53
23
43% lit
↑ 1:23 PM
↓ 11:59 PM
★☆☆☆c59
24
53% lit
↑ 2:26 PM
↓ –
★★☆☆c72
First Quarter
25
64% lit
↑ 3:32 PM
↓ 12:43 AM
★★★☆c82
26
74% lit
↑ 4:36 PM
↓ 1:37 AM
★★★☆c90
Moon farthest south (-28.2°)
27
84% lit
↑ 5:37 PM
↓ 2:39 AM
★★★☆c95
28
92% lit
↑ 6:30 PM
↓ 3:49 AM
★★★★c97
29
97% lit
↑ 7:17 PM
↓ 5:03 AM
★★★★c95
30
100% lit
↑ 7:57 PM
↓ 6:17 AM
★★★★c89
Perigee · 357,185 km
Full Moon · Blue Moon (supermoon)
best
31
99% lit
↑ 8:34 PM
↓ 7:28 AM
★★★★c76
best

Lunar events this month

  • Tue, Aug 1 · 1:31 PM — Full Moon · Sturgeon 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.
  • Wed, Aug 2 · 1:00 AM — Perigee · 357,312 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Sat, Aug 5 · 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.
  • Tue, Aug 8 · 5:28 AM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Sat, Aug 12 · 5:00 AM — Moon farthest north (27.9°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Wed, Aug 16 · 4:37 AM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Wed, Aug 16 · 7:00 AM — Apogee · 406,633 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Sat, Aug 19 · 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, Aug 24 · 4:57 AM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Sat, Aug 26 · 11:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-28.2°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Wed, Aug 30 · 11:00 AM — Perigee · 357,185 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Wed, Aug 30 · 8:35 PM — Full Moon · Blue 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.

Best fishing days

Tue, Aug 1 · Tue, Aug 15 · Wed, Aug 16 · Wed, Aug 30 · Thu, Aug 31

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

Moon distance

357,187 km closest · 406,617 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 10:06 AM.