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Corpus Christi

27.700°, -97.300° · tides: Corpus Christi Naval Air Station

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Today

Today: High 81° · 55% rain

A chance of rain showers before 1pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Heat index values as high as 85. Northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight: Low °

{{missing_temperature_data}}. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunrise / sunset
7:32 AM / 6:54 PM
Moonrise / moonset
4:15 PM / 3:01 AM
Moon
Waxing Gibbous, 78%
Minor period
2:31 AM–3:31 AM
Major period
8:40 AM–10:40 AM
Minor period
3:45 PM–4:45 PM
Major period
9:05 PM–11:05 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Wed, Oct 21clouds44% cloud cover44% cloud cover48% cloud cover54% cloud cover37% cloud cover52% cloud cover⚡⚡⚡65°70°75°80°85°7780rain44% chance, 0.02 in55% chance, 0.02 in52% chance, 0.02 in53% chance, 0.02 in53% chance, 0.02 in44% chance, 0.02 inwind01020mphNE 15 mph, gusts 20ENE 15 mph, gusts 20ENE 15 mph, gusts 21
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Wed 12 PM77°79°68°73%44%44%0.02"NE 1520–
Wed 1 PM79°83°69°72%44%55%0.02"NE 1520–⚡
Wed 2 PM80°83°70°72%48%52%0.02"ENE 1520–⚡
Wed 3 PM80°84°71°74%54%53%0.02"ENE 1521–⚡
Wed 4 PM80°84°72°77%37%53%0.02"ENE 1521–
Wed 5 PM81°85°72°74%52%44%0.02"ENE 1520–

7-day forecast

Today

Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

81° / 77°

55% rain · 0.12"

NE 15–15 mph · gusts 21

⚡ Storms

Thu, Oct 22

–° / –°

Dry

Fri, Oct 23

–° / –°

Dry

Sat, Oct 24

–° / –°

Dry

Sun, Oct 25

–° / –°

Dry

Mon, Oct 26

–° / –°

Dry

Tue, Oct 27

–° / –°

Dry

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Today: A chance of rain showers before 1pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Heat index values as high as 85. Northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
  • Tonight: {{missing_temperature_data}}. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
  • Thursday: {{missing_temperature_data}}.
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Marine forecast

Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays

GMZ232 · 151 AM CDT Wed Oct 21 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. 
 


GMZ231-232-211915-
Baffin Bay and Upper Laguna Madre-Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays-
151 AM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

.REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland
waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A slight chance of
showers. 
.WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland
waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A chance of
showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to
20 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Bay and
inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A chance of
showers. 
.THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east 10 to
15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots in the afternoon. Bay and
inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to
10 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to
occasionally choppy. 
.FRIDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots
with gusts up to 20 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters
slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland
waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. 
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to
20 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters choppy. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Bay and inland
waters choppy. 
.SUNDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters
slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters
slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. 

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM

GMZ250 · 151 AM CDT Wed Oct 21 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. 
 


GMZ250-211915-
Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM-
151 AM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

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

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · May 2032

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
61% lit
↑ 1:03 AM
↓ 12:15 PM
★★☆☆c81
2
50% lit
↑ 1:51 AM
↓ 1:18 PM
★☆☆☆c71
Last Quarter
3
38% lit
↑ 2:35 AM
↓ 2:20 PM
★☆☆☆c58
Perigee · 369,509 km
4
27% lit
↑ 3:17 AM
↓ 3:23 PM
★☆☆☆c38
5
18% lit
↑ 3:58 AM
↓ 4:25 PM
★☆☆☆c46
Moon crosses the equator
6
10% lit
↑ 4:39 AM
↓ 5:27 PM
★☆☆☆c53
7
4% lit
↑ 5:20 AM
↓ 6:28 PM
★★☆☆c74
8
1% lit
↑ 6:04 AM
↓ 7:29 PM
★★☆☆c86
9
0% lit
↑ 6:49 AM
↓ 8:29 PM
★★★☆c92
New Moon
best
10
2% lit
↑ 7:38 AM
↓ 9:26 PM
★★★☆c94
best
11
5% lit
↑ 8:28 AM
↓ 10:19 PM
★★★☆c94
Moon farthest north (20.1°)
12
11% lit
↑ 9:20 AM
↓ 11:08 PM
★★☆☆c91
13
17% lit
↑ 10:13 AM
↓ 11:53 PM
★★☆☆c86
14
25% lit
↑ 11:06 AM
↓ –
★★☆☆c79
15
34% lit
↑ 11:58 AM
↓ 12:34 AM
★☆☆☆c71
16
44% lit
↑ 12:49 PM
↓ 1:12 AM
★☆☆☆c62
Apogee · 404,274 km
17
53% lit
↑ 1:41 PM
↓ 1:47 AM
★☆☆☆c54
First Quarter
18
62% lit
↑ 2:32 PM
↓ 2:21 AM
★☆☆☆c45
19
71% lit
↑ 3:24 PM
↓ 2:55 AM
★☆☆☆c40
Moon crosses the equator
20
80% lit
↑ 4:17 PM
↓ 3:29 AM
★☆☆☆c50
21
87% lit
↑ 5:12 PM
↓ 4:05 AM
★☆☆☆c59
22
93% lit
↑ 6:09 PM
↓ 4:43 AM
★★☆☆c71
23
98% lit
↑ 7:08 PM
↓ 5:26 AM
★★☆☆c83
24
100% lit
↑ 8:08 PM
↓ 6:12 AM
★★★☆c93
Full Moon · Flower Moon
best
25
99% lit
↑ 9:08 PM
↓ 7:05 AM
★★★☆c98
best
26
97% lit
↑ 10:05 PM
↓ 8:02 AM
★★★☆c99
Moon farthest south (-19.4°)
best
27
91% lit
↑ 10:59 PM
↓ 9:03 AM
★★★☆c99
28
84% lit
↑ 11:49 PM
↓ 10:07 AM
★★☆☆c96
Perigee · 367,648 km
29
74% lit
↑ –
↓ 11:11 AM
★★☆☆c87
30
63% lit
↑ 12:35 AM
↓ 12:14 PM
★☆☆☆c73
31
52% lit
↑ 1:18 AM
↓ 1:17 PM
★☆☆☆c56
Last Quarter

Lunar events this month

  • Sun, May 2 · 11:01 AM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Mon, May 3 · 4:00 PM — Perigee · 369,509 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Wed, May 5 · 12:00 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, May 9 · 8:35 AM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Tue, May 11 · 2:00 PM — Moon farthest north (20.1°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Sun, May 16 · 5:00 PM — Apogee · 404,274 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Mon, May 17 · 4:43 AM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Wed, May 19 · 6:00 AM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Mon, May 24 · 9:37 PM — Full Moon · Flower MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Wed, May 26 · 7:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-19.4°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Fri, May 28 · 10:00 PM — Perigee · 367,648 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Mon, May 31 · 3:51 PM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.

Best fishing days

Sun, May 9 · Mon, May 10 · Mon, May 24 · Tue, May 25 · Wed, May 26

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

Moon distance

367,722 km closest · 404,243 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 Corpus Christi Naval Air StationSurf report: Mustang Island State ParkOffshore 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 Wed 11:49 AM.