Galveston
29.300°, -94.800° · tides: GALVESTON, Galveston Channel
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Today
Today: High 75°
Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Low 64°
Mostly clear, with a low around 64. East wind around 5 mph.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 7:24 AM / 6:42 PM
- Moonrise / moonset
- 4:06 PM / 2:48 AM
- Moon
- Waxing Gibbous, 77%
- Minor period
- 2:18 AM–3:18 AM
- Major period
- 8:30 AM–10:30 AM
- Minor period
- 3:36 PM–4:36 PM
- Major period
- 8:55 PM–10:55 PM
- Solunar rating
- Low
Next 48 hours
TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = cloudsHour-by-hour table
| Time | Temp | Feels | Dew pt | Humidity | Clouds | Rain | Amount | Wind | Gusts | Visibility | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 8 AM | 68° | 68° | 64° | 87% | 52% | 0% | – | ENE 10 | 14 | 10+ mi | |
| Wed 9 AM | 69° | 69° | 65° | 87% | 49% | 0% | – | ENE 10 | 15 | 10+ mi | |
| Wed 10 AM | 72° | 72° | 65° | 79% | 35% | 0% | – | ENE 10 | 15 | 10+ mi | |
| Wed 11 AM | 73° | 73° | 65° | 76% | 31% | 0% | – | ENE 12 | 15 | 10+ mi | |
| Wed 12 PM | 74° | 74° | 64° | 71% | 29% | 0% | – | ENE 10 | 14 | 10+ mi | |
| Wed 1 PM | 75° | 75° | 63° | 66% | 26% | 0% | – | ENE 10 | 14 | 10+ mi | |
| Wed 2 PM | 75° | 75° | 63° | 66% | 28% | 0% | – | E 10 | 13 | 10+ mi | |
| Wed 3 PM | 75° | 75° | 62° | 64% | 27% | 0% | – | E 9 | 12 | 10+ mi | |
| Wed 4 PM | 75° | 75° | 62° | 64% | 27% | 0% | – | E 8 | 12 | 10+ mi | |
| Wed 5 PM | 75° | 75° | 62° | 64% | 25% | 0% | – | E 7 | 10 | 10+ mi | |
| Wed 6 PM | 73° | 73° | 61° | 66% | 22% | 0% | – | E 7 | 10 | 10+ mi | |
| Wed 7 PM | 71° | 71° | 61° | 71% | 24% | 0% | – | E 7 | 10 | 10+ mi | |
| Wed 8 PM | 71° | 71° | 60° | 68% | 15% | 0% | – | E 7 | 9 | 10+ mi | |
| Wed 9 PM | 71° | 71° | 60° | 68% | 5% | 0% | – | E 6 | 9 | 10+ mi | |
| Wed 10 PM | 71° | 71° | 61° | 71% | 4% | 0% | – | E 6 | 9 | 10+ mi | |
| Wed 11 PM | 70° | 70° | 60° | 71% | 5% | 0% | – | E 6 | 8 | 10+ mi | |
| Thu 12 AM | 70° | 70° | 60° | 71% | 6% | 0% | – | E 5 | 7 | 10+ mi | |
| Thu 1 AM | 69° | 69° | 60° | 73% | 6% | 0% | – | E 3 | 6 | 10+ mi | |
| Thu 2 AM | 69° | 69° | 59° | 70% | 7% | 0% | – | ENE 3 | 6 | 10+ mi | |
| Thu 3 AM | 69° | 69° | 59° | 70% | 8% | 0% | – | ENE 3 | 6 | 10+ mi | |
| Thu 4 AM | 68° | 68° | 59° | 73% | 8% | 0% | – | NE 5 | 7 | 10+ mi | |
| Thu 5 AM | 66° | 66° | 59° | 78% | 7% | 0% | – | NE 6 | 8 | 10+ mi | |
| Thu 6 AM | 65° | 65° | 59° | 81% | 8% | 0% | – | NNE 6 | 9 | 10+ mi | |
| Thu 7 AM | 64° | 64° | 60° | 87% | 7% | 0% | – | NE 7 | 10 | 10+ mi | |
| Thu 8 AM | 65° | 65° | 60° | 84% | 2% | 0% | – | NNE 7 | 10 | 10+ mi | |
| Thu 9 AM | 68° | 68° | 60° | 76% | 2% | 0% | – | NE 8 | 12 | 10+ mi | |
| Thu 10 AM | 69° | 69° | 60° | 73% | 2% | 0% | – | NE 8 | 12 | 10+ mi | |
| Thu 11 AM | 71° | 71° | 59° | 66% | 1% | 0% | – | NE 8 | 12 | 10+ mi | |
| Thu 12 PM | 74° | 74° | 58° | 57% | 2% | 0% | – | NE 8 | 12 | 10+ mi | |
| Thu 1 PM | 75° | 75° | 57° | 54% | 1% | 0% | – | ENE 7 | 10 | 10+ mi | |
| Thu 2 PM | 75° | 75° | 56° | 52% | 1% | 0% | – | ENE 7 | 10 | 10+ mi | |
| Thu 3 PM | 76° | 76° | 56° | 50% | 1% | 0% | – | E 7 | 9 | 10+ mi | |
| Thu 4 PM | 76° | 76° | 56° | 50% | 1% | 0% | – | E 6 | 9 | 10+ mi | |
| Thu 5 PM | 75° | 75° | 56° | 52% | 2% | 0% | – | E 5 | 8 | – | |
| Thu 6 PM | 73° | 73° | 56° | 55% | 2% | 0% | – | ESE 5 | 7 | – | |
| Thu 7 PM | 70° | 70° | 57° | 63% | 9% | 0% | – | ESE 3 | 6 | – | |
| Thu 8 PM | 70° | 70° | 57° | 63% | 1% | 0% | – | ESE 3 | 5 | – | |
| Thu 9 PM | 71° | 71° | 58° | 64% | 2% | 0% | – | SE 3 | 5 | – | |
| Thu 10 PM | 70° | 70° | 58° | 66% | 2% | 0% | – | SE 3 | 5 | – | |
| Thu 11 PM | 69° | 69° | 58° | 68% | 3% | 0% | – | SE 2 | 3 | – | |
| Fri 12 AM | 68° | 68° | 59° | 73% | 4% | 0% | – | SE 1 | 2 | – | |
| Fri 1 AM | 67° | 67° | 59° | 75% | 5% | 0% | – | SE 0 | 2 | – | |
| Fri 2 AM | 67° | 67° | 59° | 75% | 6% | 0% | – | ESE 0 | 2 | – | |
| Fri 3 AM | 67° | 67° | 59° | 75% | 6% | 0% | – | ENE 1 | 3 | – | |
| Fri 4 AM | 66° | 66° | 60° | 81% | 7% | 0% | – | NNE 2 | 5 | – | |
| Fri 5 AM | 65° | 65° | 59° | 81% | 7% | 0% | – | NNE 3 | 6 | – | |
| Fri 6 AM | 63° | 63° | 59° | 87% | 7% | 0% | – | NNE 5 | 7 | – | |
| Fri 7 AM | 63° | 63° | 59° | 87% | 8% | 0% | – | NNE 6 | 8 | – |
7-day forecast
Today
Mostly Sunny
75° / 64°
Dry
E 6–12 mph · gusts 15
Thu, Oct 22
Sunny
76° / 63°
Dry
NE 2–8 mph · gusts 12
Fri, Oct 23
Sunny
76° / 71°
Dry
E 0–8 mph · gusts 12
Sat, Oct 24
Sunny
77° / 67°
Dry
E 7–15 mph · gusts 20
Sun, Oct 25
Mostly Sunny
75° / 65°
1% rain
E 9–15 mph · gusts 20
Mon, Oct 26
Mostly Sunny
74° / 65°
6% rain
E 7–13 mph · gusts 17
Tue, Oct 27
Mostly Sunny
76° / 65°
11% rain
E 6–10 mph · gusts 14
Detailed NWS forecast
- Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 64. East wind around 5 mph.
- Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 76. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
- Thursday Night: Clear, with a low around 63. East wind 0 to 5 mph.
- Friday: Sunny, with a high near 76. East wind around 5 mph.
- Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 71.
- Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 77.
- Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75.
- Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65.
- Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74.
- Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65.
- Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76.
- Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65.
Weather map
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Marine forecast
Galveston Bay
GMZ335 · 505 AM CDT Wed Oct 21 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. GMZ335-212315- Galveston Bay- 505 AM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026 .TODAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northeast after midnight. Bay waters smooth. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east in the afternoon. Bay waters smooth. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming north after midnight. Bay waters smooth. .FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east in the afternoon. Bay waters smooth. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. .SATURDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. .SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. .SUNDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. .SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy.
Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM
GMZ355 · 505 AM CDT Wed Oct 21 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. GMZ350-355-212315- Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out 20 NM-Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM- 505 AM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026 ...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... .TODAY...East winds around 15 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. Wave Detail:East 5 feet at 8 seconds. A slight chance of showers this morning. .TONIGHT...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. Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds. .THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 7 seconds. .FRIDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 5 seconds. .SATURDAY...East winds around 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. .SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. .SUNDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet.
Moon calendar · December 2031
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
93% lit
↑ 7:56 PM
↓ 8:59 AM
↓ 8:59 AM
★★★★c81
2
87% lit
↑ 8:49 PM
↓ 9:41 AM
↓ 9:41 AM
★★★★c74
3
80% lit
↑ 9:41 PM
↓ 10:20 AM
↓ 10:20 AM
★★★★c67
Apogee · 405,354 km
4
72% lit
↑ 10:33 PM
↓ 10:56 AM
↓ 10:56 AM
★★★☆c58
5
63% lit
↑ 11:25 PM
↓ 11:29 AM
↓ 11:29 AM
★★☆☆c49
6
54% lit
↑ –
↓ 12:02 PM
↓ 12:02 PM
★★☆☆c39
Last Quarter
7
44% lit
↑ 12:18 AM
↓ 12:35 PM
↓ 12:35 PM
★☆☆☆c38
Moon crosses the equator
8
34% lit
↑ 1:12 AM
↓ 1:09 PM
↓ 1:09 PM
★★☆☆c48
9
25% lit
↑ 2:07 AM
↓ 1:46 PM
↓ 1:46 PM
★★☆☆c59
10
16% lit
↑ 3:05 AM
↓ 2:26 PM
↓ 2:26 PM
★★★★c71
11
9% lit
↑ 4:06 AM
↓ 3:11 PM
↓ 3:11 PM
★★★★c83
12
4% lit
↑ 5:09 AM
↓ 4:01 PM
↓ 4:01 PM
★★★★c92
13
1% lit
↑ 6:13 AM
↓ 4:59 PM
↓ 4:59 PM
★★★★c101
best14
0% lit
↑ 7:15 AM
↓ 6:02 PM
↓ 6:02 PM
★★★★c105
Moon farthest south (-20.0°)
New Moon
best15
3% lit
↑ 8:14 AM
↓ 7:09 PM
↓ 7:09 PM
★★★★c103
Perigee · 360,490 km
16
8% lit
↑ 9:07 AM
↓ 8:16 PM
↓ 8:16 PM
★★★★c96
17
16% lit
↑ 9:55 AM
↓ 9:23 PM
↓ 9:23 PM
★★★★c84
18
26% lit
↑ 10:38 AM
↓ 10:28 PM
↓ 10:28 PM
★★★★c69
19
36% lit
↑ 11:19 AM
↓ 11:31 PM
↓ 11:31 PM
★★☆☆c52
20
47% lit
↑ 11:57 AM
↓ –
↓ –
★★☆☆c42
Moon crosses the equator
First Quarter
21
58% lit
↑ 12:35 PM
↓ 12:32 AM
↓ 12:32 AM
★★☆☆c52
22
69% lit
↑ 1:13 PM
↓ 1:32 AM
↓ 1:32 AM
★★☆☆c61
23
78% lit
↑ 1:53 PM
↓ 2:30 AM
↓ 2:30 AM
★★★★c69
24
86% lit
↑ 2:36 PM
↓ 3:27 AM
↓ 3:27 AM
★★★★c81
25
92% lit
↑ 3:20 PM
↓ 4:23 AM
↓ 4:23 AM
★★★★c86
26
96% lit
↑ 4:08 PM
↓ 5:17 AM
↓ 5:17 AM
★★★★c87
Moon farthest north (20.6°)
27
99% lit
↑ 4:58 PM
↓ 6:08 AM
↓ 6:08 AM
★★★★c87
best28
100% lit
↑ 5:49 PM
↓ 6:55 AM
↓ 6:55 AM
★★★★c85
Full Moon · Cold Moon
best29
99% lit
↑ 6:42 PM
↓ 7:39 AM
↓ 7:39 AM
★★★★c79
best30
96% lit
↑ 7:34 PM
↓ 8:19 AM
↓ 8:19 AM
★★★★c73
31
92% lit
↑ 8:26 PM
↓ 8:56 AM
↓ 8:56 AM
★★★★c67
Apogee · 406,205 km
Lunar events this month
- Wed, Dec 3 · 5:00 PM — Apogee · 405,354 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
- Sat, Dec 6 · 9:20 PM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
- Sun, Dec 7 · 7:00 AM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
- Sun, Dec 14 · 3:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-20.0°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
- Sun, Dec 14 · 3:06 AM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
- Mon, Dec 15 · 3:00 PM — Perigee · 360,490 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
- Sat, Dec 20 · 5:00 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, Dec 20 · 6:00 PM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
- Fri, Dec 26 · 9:00 PM — Moon farthest north (20.6°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
- Sun, Dec 28 · 11:33 AM — Full Moon · Cold MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
- Wed, Dec 31 · 7:00 AM — Apogee · 406,205 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
Best fishing days
Sat, Dec 13 · Sun, Dec 14 · Sat, Dec 27 · Sun, Dec 28 · Mon, Dec 29
Ranked by moon phase and tidal range at the nearest tide station (the stars). Wind and fronts can override the moon.
Moon distance
360,519 km closest · 406,195 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.
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 7:20 AM.