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Port Aransas

27.850°, -97.080° · tides: Port Aransas

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Today

Today: High 82° · 1% rain

Sunny, with a high near 82. Heat index values as high as 81. Northeast wind around 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Tonight: Low 73° · 37% rain

A chance of rain showers after 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. Northeast wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunrise / sunset
7:31 AM / 6:54 PM
Moonrise / moonset
3:42 PM / 2:03 AM
Moon
Waxing Gibbous, 69%
Minor period
1:33 AM–2:33 AM
Major period
7:55 AM–9:55 AM
Minor period
3:12 PM–4:12 PM
Major period
8:20 PM–10:20 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Tue, Oct 2012 PM6 PMWed, Oct 216 AM12 PM6 PMThu, Oct 226 AMclouds4% cloud cover4% cloud cover3% cloud cover4% cloud cover4% cloud cover2% cloud cover3% cloud cover7% cloud cover16% cloud cover27% cloud cover29% cloud cover55% cloud cover51% cloud cover31% cloud cover46% cloud cover42% cloud cover39% cloud cover35% cloud cover41% cloud cover60% cloud cover67% cloud cover60% cloud cover51% cloud cover53% cloud cover65% cloud cover68% cloud cover70% cloud cover63% cloud cover50% cloud cover55% cloud cover54% cloud cover56% cloud cover46% cloud cover31% cloud cover33% cloud cover34% cloud cover32% cloud cover31% cloud cover29% cloud cover27% cloud cover24% cloud cover22% cloud cover22% cloud cover21% cloud cover21% cloud cover17% cloud cover12% cloud cover8% cloud cover55°60°65°70°75°80°85°74788078757473737679817977757374rain1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance2% chance3% chance8% chance15% chance16% chance22% chance, 0.02 in29% chance, 0.02 in31% chance, 0.02 in20% chance, 0.02 in37% chance, 0.02 in32% chance, 0.02 in23% chance, 0.01 in20% chance, 0.01 in32% chance, 0.01 in34% chance, 0.01 in54% chance, 0.01 in48% chance, 0.01 in39% chance35% chance29% chance26% chance23% chance34% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chancewind01020mphNE 13 mph, gusts 17NE 13 mph, gusts 17NE 13 mph, gusts 17ENE 13 mph, gusts 18ENE 12 mph, gusts 18ENE 12 mph, gusts 18NE 12 mph, gusts 17NE 9 mph, gusts 15NE 9 mph, gusts 15NE 10 mph, gusts 16NE 12 mph, gusts 17NE 12 mph, gusts 18NE 14 mph, gusts 20ENE 14 mph, gusts 20ENE 14 mph, gusts 20ENE 14 mph, gusts 20E 13 mph, gusts 18E 10 mph, gusts 16E 8 mph, gusts 14E 7 mph, gusts 12E 6 mph, gusts 10ENE 6 mph, gusts 10ENE 7 mph, gusts 13ENE 8 mph, gusts 14
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Tue 11 AM74°74°60°62%4%1%–NE 131710+ mi
Tue 12 PM75°75°61°62%4%1%–NE 131710+ mi
Tue 1 PM76°76°61°60%3%1%–NE 131710+ mi
Tue 2 PM78°78°61°56%4%1%–NE 131710+ mi
Tue 3 PM79°79°61°54%4%1%–NE 131710+ mi
Tue 4 PM79°79°61°54%2%1%–NE 131710+ mi
Tue 5 PM80°81°61°52%3%1%–ENE 131810+ mi
Tue 6 PM79°79°61°54%7%1%–ENE 131810+ mi
Tue 7 PM79°79°64°60%16%1%–ENE 121810+ mi
Tue 8 PM78°78°65°64%27%2%–ENE 121810+ mi
Tue 9 PM77°77°66°69%29%3%–ENE 121810+ mi
Tue 10 PM76°76°67°74%55%8%–NE 121810+ mi
Tue 11 PM75°75°67°76%51%15%–NE 121710+ mi
Wed 12 AM75°75°68°79%31%16%–NE 101610+ mi
Wed 1 AM75°75°69°82%46%22%0.02"NE 91510+ mi
Wed 2 AM74°74°69°84%42%29%0.02"NE 91510+ mi
Wed 3 AM74°74°69°84%39%31%0.02"NE 91510+ mi
Wed 4 AM73°73°69°87%35%20%0.02"NE 91510.0 mi
Wed 5 AM73°73°69°87%41%37%0.02"NE 101610+ mi
Wed 6 AM73°73°69°87%60%32%0.02"NE 101710+ mi
Wed 7 AM73°73°69°87%67%23%0.01"NE 121710+ mi
Wed 8 AM73°73°70°90%60%20%0.01"NE 121710+ mi
Wed 9 AM74°74°70°87%51%32%0.01"NE 121810+ mi
Wed 10 AM75°75°70°84%53%34%0.01"NE 131810+ mi
Wed 11 AM76°76°70°82%65%54%0.01"NE 142010.0 mi
Wed 12 PM77°77°71°82%68%48%0.01"NE 142010.0 mi
Wed 1 PM78°78°71°79%70%39%–ENE 142010.0 mi
Wed 2 PM79°79°71°77%63%35%–ENE 1420–
Wed 3 PM80°83°71°74%50%29%–ENE 1420–
Wed 4 PM80°83°70°72%55%26%–ENE 1420–
Wed 5 PM81°85°70°69%54%23%–ENE 1420–
Wed 6 PM79°79°70°74%56%34%–ENE 1420–
Wed 7 PM79°79°70°74%46%4%–E 1318–
Wed 8 PM79°79°69°72%31%4%–E 1217–
Wed 9 PM78°78°68°71%33%4%–E 1016–
Wed 10 PM77°77°68°74%34%4%–E 915–
Wed 11 PM77°77°67°71%32%4%–E 814–
Thu 12 AM76°76°67°74%31%4%–E 813–
Thu 1 AM76°76°66°71%29%1%–E 712–
Thu 2 AM75°75°65°71%27%1%–E 610–
Thu 3 AM74°74°65°74%24%1%–E 610–
Thu 4 AM74°74°64°71%22%1%–ENE 610–
Thu 5 AM73°73°64°73%22%1%–ENE 610–
Thu 6 AM73°73°63°71%21%1%–ENE 612–
Thu 7 AM73°73°63°71%21%0%–ENE 713–
Thu 8 AM74°74°63°69%17%0%–ENE 813–
Thu 9 AM75°75°63°66%12%0%–ENE 814–
Thu 10 AM76°76°63°64%8%0%–ENE 914–

7-day forecast

Today

Sunny

82° / 73°

37% rain

NE 12–13 mph · gusts 18

Wed, Oct 21

Chance Rain Showers

82° / 73°

54% rain · 0.18"

NE 8–14 mph · gusts 20

Thu, Oct 22

Sunny

81° / 72°

4% rain

ENE 6–12 mph · gusts 16

Fri, Oct 23

Sunny

82° / 74°

2% rain

E 5–13 mph · gusts 17

Sat, Oct 24

Mostly Sunny

83° / 75°

8% rain

ESE 12–15 mph · gusts 21

Sun, Oct 25

Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers

82° / 73°

29% rain

E 13–16 mph · gusts 21

Mon, Oct 26

Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

81° / 72°

32% rain · 0.36"

E 12–15 mph · gusts 20

⚡ Storms

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Today: Sunny, with a high near 82. Heat index values as high as 81. Northeast wind around 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
  • Tonight: A chance of rain showers after 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. Northeast wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
  • Wednesday: A chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Heat index values as high as 85. Northeast wind 10 to 14 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.
  • Wednesday Night: A chance of rain showers before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. East northeast wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
  • Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 81. East northeast wind 6 to 12 mph.
  • Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 72. East wind 5 to 12 mph.
  • Friday: Sunny, with a high near 82. East wind 5 to 12 mph.
  • Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 74. East southeast wind around 13 mph.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. East southeast wind 12 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
  • Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 75.
  • Sunday: A slight chance of rain showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Sunday Night: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
  • Monday: A chance of rain showers before 7am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
  • Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 72.

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Marine forecast

Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays

GMZ236 · 153 AM CDT Tue Oct 20 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. 
 


GMZ236-237-201915-
Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays-
San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays-
153 AM CDT Tue Oct 20 2026

.REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters smooth to slightly choppy. 
.TUESDAY...Northeast winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
slightly choppy. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland
waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A slight chance of
showers after midnight. 
.WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland
waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A chance of
showers. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to
10 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to
occasionally choppy. 
.THURSDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. 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 around 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters slightly choppy. 
.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.

Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM

GMZ250 · 153 AM CDT Tue Oct 20 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. 
 


GMZ250-201915-
Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM-
153 AM CDT Tue Oct 20 2026

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

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · February 2030

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
1% lit
↑ 6:21 AM
↓ 5:26 PM
★☆☆☆c96
2
0% lit
↑ 7:03 AM
↓ 6:28 PM
★★★★c93
New Moon
best
3
2% lit
↑ 7:40 AM
↓ 7:27 PM
★★★☆c82
best
4
5% lit
↑ 8:15 AM
↓ 8:24 PM
★★☆☆c56
Moon crosses the equator
5
10% lit
↑ 8:48 AM
↓ 9:19 PM
★★☆☆c39
6
17% lit
↑ 9:21 AM
↓ 10:14 PM
★☆☆☆c35
7
25% lit
↑ 9:54 AM
↓ 11:07 PM
★☆☆☆c43
8
34% lit
↑ 10:29 AM
↓ –
★★☆☆c51
9
43% lit
↑ 11:06 AM
↓ 12:01 AM
★★☆☆c58
10
53% lit
↑ 11:46 AM
↓ 12:54 AM
★★☆☆c66
Apogee · 404,291 km
First Quarter
11
62% lit
↑ 12:31 PM
↓ 1:47 AM
★★☆☆c72
12
71% lit
↑ 1:19 PM
↓ 2:39 AM
★★☆☆c77
Moon farthest north (23.0°)
13
79% lit
↑ 2:12 PM
↓ 3:29 AM
★★★☆c79
14
87% lit
↑ 3:08 PM
↓ 4:16 AM
★★★☆c79
15
93% lit
↑ 4:07 PM
↓ 5:01 AM
★★★☆c77
best
16
97% lit
↑ 5:07 PM
↓ 5:42 AM
★☆☆☆c75
17
100% lit
↑ 6:07 PM
↓ 6:21 AM
★★★★c75
best
18
100% lit
↑ 7:09 PM
↓ 6:59 AM
★★★☆c62
Full Moon · Snow Moon
19
97% lit
↑ 8:11 PM
↓ 7:36 AM
★★☆☆c51
Moon crosses the equator
20
92% lit
↑ 9:14 PM
↓ 8:13 AM
★★☆☆c45
21
85% lit
↑ 10:19 PM
↓ 8:52 AM
★★☆☆c54
22
76% lit
↑ 11:25 PM
↓ 9:35 AM
★☆☆☆c68
Perigee · 368,409 km
23
65% lit
↑ –
↓ 10:21 AM
★★☆☆c79
24
54% lit
↑ 12:30 AM
↓ 11:13 AM
★★☆☆c87
Last Quarter
25
43% lit
↑ 1:34 AM
↓ 12:09 PM
★★★☆c92
Moon farthest south (-23.5°)
26
32% lit
↑ 2:33 AM
↓ 1:10 PM
★★★☆c94
27
22% lit
↑ 3:28 AM
↓ 2:12 PM
★★★☆c92
best
28
14% lit
↑ 4:16 AM
↓ 3:15 PM
★★★☆c86

Lunar events this month

  • Sat, Feb 2 · 10:07 AM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Mon, Feb 4 · 10:00 PM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Sun, Feb 10 · 12:00 AM — Apogee · 404,291 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Sun, Feb 10 · 5:49 AM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Tue, Feb 12 · 9:00 AM — Moon farthest north (23.0°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Mon, Feb 18 · 12:19 AM — Full Moon · Snow MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Tue, Feb 19 · 10:00 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, Feb 22 · 4:00 AM — Perigee · 368,409 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Sun, Feb 24 · 7:58 PM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Mon, Feb 25 · 6:00 PM — Moon farthest south (-23.5°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.

Best fishing days

Sat, Feb 2 · Sun, Feb 3 · Fri, Feb 15 · Sun, Feb 17 · Wed, Feb 27

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

Moon distance

368,441 km closest · 404,155 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 Port AransasSurf 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 Tue 1:21 AM.