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South Padre

26.080°, -97.200° · tides: Queen Isabella Causeway (west end)

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Today

This Afternoon: High 80° · 41% rain

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. North northeast wind around 12 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tonight: Low 74° · 40% rain

A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunrise / sunset
7:31 AM / 6:55 PM
Moonrise / moonset
4:13 PM / 3:02 AM
Moon
Waxing Gibbous, 79%
Minor period
2:32 AM–3:32 AM
Major period
8:40 AM–10:40 AM
Minor period
3:43 PM–4:43 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 216 PMThu, Oct 226 AM12 PM6 PMFri, Oct 236 AM12 PMclouds45% cloud cover58% cloud cover66% cloud cover58% cloud cover61% cloud cover63% cloud cover52% cloud cover53% cloud cover42% cloud cover51% cloud cover47% cloud cover35% cloud cover50% cloud cover60% cloud cover50% cloud cover51% cloud cover50% cloud cover52% cloud cover43% cloud cover56% cloud cover43% cloud cover45% cloud cover40% cloud cover32% cloud cover32% cloud cover39% cloud cover40% cloud cover22% cloud cover22% cloud cover28% cloud cover18% cloud cover22% cloud cover14% cloud cover17% cloud cover19% cloud cover14% cloud cover20% cloud cover21% cloud cover17% cloud cover27% cloud cover18% cloud cover11% cloud cover29% cloud cover19% cloud cover9% cloud cover10% cloud cover10% cloud cover11% cloud cover⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡60°65°70°75°80°85°79797777767475777878767675737478rain36% chance, 0.01 in41% chance, 0.01 in39% chance, 0.01 in33% chance, 0.01 in25% chance, 0.01 in21% chance, 0.01 in23% chance, 0.01 in23% chance, 0.01 in22% chance, 0.01 in23% chance, 0.01 in28% chance, 0.01 in26% chance, 0.01 in34% chance, 0.01 in33% chance, 0.01 in40% chance, 0.01 in35% chance, 0.01 in30% chance, 0.01 in21% chance21% chance19% chance21% chance24% chance24% chance17% chance8% chance3% chance2% chance2% chance4% chance3% chance3% chancewind01020mphN 10 mph, gusts 13NE 12 mph, gusts 14ENE 10 mph, gusts 14E 9 mph, gusts 12ESE 8 mph, gusts 10ESE 7 mph, gusts 9E 6 mph, gusts 7E 5 mph, gusts 6E 5 mph, gusts 7ENE 6 mph, gusts 7ENE 8 mph, gusts 9NE 12 mph, gusts 14NE 14 mph, gusts 16NE 14 mph, gusts 17NE 13 mph, gusts 16ENE 12 mph, gusts 14ENE 10 mph, gusts 13E 9 mph, gusts 12E 8 mph, gusts 9E 7 mph, gusts 8E 7 mph, gusts 8E 7 mph, gusts 8E 8 mph, gusts 10E 10 mph, gusts 13
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Wed 2 PM79°83°75°87%45%36%0.01"N 1013–⚡
Wed 3 PM79°79°75°88%58%41%0.01"NNE 1013–⚡
Wed 4 PM79°79°75°88%66%39%0.01"NE 1214–⚡
Wed 5 PM79°79°75°88%58%33%0.01"ENE 1214–⚡
Wed 6 PM78°78°74°90%61%25%0.01"ENE 1014–⚡
Wed 7 PM77°77°74°91%63%21%0.01"E 1013–⚡
Wed 8 PM77°77°74°91%52%23%0.01"E 912–⚡
Wed 9 PM77°77°74°91%53%23%0.01"ESE 912–⚡
Wed 10 PM77°77°74°90%42%22%0.01"ESE 810–
Wed 11 PM77°77°74°90%51%23%0.01"ESE 89–
Thu 12 AM76°76°74°91%47%28%0.01"ESE 79–
Thu 1 AM76°76°73°90%35%26%0.01"E 67–
Thu 2 AM76°76°73°89%50%34%0.01"E 67–
Thu 3 AM75°75°73°94%60%33%0.01"E 67–
Thu 4 AM74°75°72°93%50%40%0.01"E 56–
Thu 5 AM74°74°72°92%51%35%0.01"E 56–
Thu 6 AM74°74°72°92%50%30%0.01"E 57–
Thu 7 AM74°74°72°91%52%21%–ENE 67–
Thu 8 AM75°75°72°90%43%21%–ENE 67–
Thu 9 AM75°75°72°89%56%19%–ENE 68–
Thu 10 AM76°76°72°85%43%21%–ENE 89–
Thu 11 AM77°77°72°85%45%24%–NE 1012–
Thu 12 PM78°78°72°83%40%24%–NE 1214–
Thu 1 PM78°78°72°82%32%17%–NE 1315–
Thu 2 PM78°78°72°81%32%8%–NE 1416–
Thu 3 PM78°78°70°75%39%3%–NE 1417–
Thu 4 PM78°78°69°73%40%2%–NE 1417–
Thu 5 PM78°78°68°72%22%2%–NE 1417–
Thu 6 PM77°77°68°72%22%4%–NE 1316–
Thu 7 PM76°76°68°77%28%3%–ENE 1215–
Thu 8 PM76°76°68°77%18%3%–ENE 1214–
Thu 9 PM75°75°67°77%22%0%–ENE 1214–
Thu 10 PM76°76°67°75%14%0%–ENE 1013–
Thu 11 PM76°76°68°76%17%0%–E 1012–
Fri 12 AM75°75°67°77%19%0%–E 912–
Fri 1 AM75°75°66°75%14%0%–E 89–
Fri 2 AM75°75°66°74%20%0%–E 89–
Fri 3 AM74°74°66°78%21%0%–E 78–
Fri 4 AM74°74°66°77%17%0%–E 78–
Fri 5 AM73°73°65°76%27%0%–E 78–
Fri 6 AM73°73°66°77%18%0%–E 78–
Fri 7 AM73°73°65°74%11%0%–E 78–
Fri 8 AM74°74°64°71%29%0%–E 78–
Fri 9 AM76°76°64°68%19%0%–E 79–
Fri 10 AM77°77°65°66%9%0%–E 810–
Fri 11 AM78°79°66°65%10%0%–E 912–
Fri 12 PM79°81°66°65%10%0%–E 1013–
Fri 1 PM80°82°66°65%11%0%–E 1214–

7-day forecast

Today

Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

80° / 74°

41% rain · 0.10"

NNE 8–12 mph · gusts 14

⚡ Storms

Thu, Oct 22

Chance Rain Showers

79° / 73°

40% rain · 0.07"

ENE 5–14 mph · gusts 17

Fri, Oct 23

Sunny

80° / 75°

6% rain

E 7–13 mph · gusts 15

Sat, Oct 24

Slight Chance Rain Showers

80° / 76°

17% rain

ESE 12–18 mph · gusts 22

Sun, Oct 25

Partly Sunny

79° / 74°

9% rain

ESE 10–16 mph · gusts 20

Mon, Oct 26

Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers

78° / 73°

19% rain

E 7–13 mph · gusts 15

Tue, Oct 27

Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

77° / 73°

31% rain · 0.06"

E 7–14 mph · gusts 16

⚡ Storms

Detailed NWS forecast
  • This Afternoon: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. North northeast wind around 12 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
  • Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
  • Thursday: A chance of rain showers before 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. East northeast wind 5 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
  • Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 73. East northeast wind 7 to 13 mph.
  • Friday: Sunny, with a high near 80. East wind 7 to 13 mph.
  • Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 75. East southeast wind around 13 mph.
  • Saturday: A slight chance of rain showers between 7am and 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. East southeast wind 12 to 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. East southeast wind 14 to 17 mph.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 79. East southeast wind around 16 mph.
  • Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. East southeast wind 7 to 14 mph.
  • Monday: A slight chance of rain showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. East wind 7 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Monday Night: A slight chance of rain showers before 1am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Tuesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
  • Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 73.

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Marine forecast

Laguna Madre From the Port Of Brownsville to the Arroyo Colorado

GMZ130 · 1250 PM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

Lower Texas coastal waters from Baffin Bay to the mouth of the
Rio Grande out 60 NM. 

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.


GMZ130-132-135-220630-
Laguna Madre from the Port of Brownsville to the Arroyo Colorado-
Laguna Madre from the Arroyo Colorado To 5 NM north of Port
Mansfield TX-
Laguna Madre from 5 nm north of Port Mansfield to Baffin Bay TX-
1250 PM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

.REST OF TODAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Light chop on the
bay. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. 
.TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Light chop on the bay. A
chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. 
.THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to
15 knots late in the afternoon. Light chop on the bay, increasing
to a moderate chop late in the afternoon. A chance of showers
early in the morning, then a slight chance of showers late in the
morning. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Light chop on the
bay. 
.FRIDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Light chop on the bay. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Light chop on
the bay. 
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. A moderate chop on
the bay. A slight chance of showers in the afternoon. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. A moderate chop
on the bay. 
.SUNDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. A moderate chop on the bay. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to
10 knots after midnight. A moderate chop on the bay, diminishing
to light chop after midnight. A slight chance of showers after
midnight. 

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

Coastal waters from Port Mansfield TX to the Rio Grande River out 20 NM

GMZ150 · 1250 PM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

Lower Texas coastal waters from Baffin Bay to the mouth of the
Rio Grande out 60 NM. 

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.


GMZ150-155-220630-
Gulf waters from Port Mansfield to the Rio Grande out 20 nm-
Gulf waters from Baffin Bay to Port Mansfield out 20 nm-
1250 PM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

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

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · February 2034

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
97% lit
↑ 4:54 PM
↓ 5:33 AM
★★★★c102
best
2
99% lit
↑ 5:51 PM
↓ 6:22 AM
★★★★c97
best
3
100% lit
↑ 6:48 PM
↓ 7:06 AM
★★★★c84
Full Moon · Snow Moon
best
4
98% lit
↑ 7:43 PM
↓ 7:48 AM
★★★★c72
5
94% lit
↑ 8:36 PM
↓ 8:26 AM
★★★☆c59
6
89% lit
↑ 9:28 PM
↓ 9:03 AM
★★☆☆c48
Moon crosses the equator
7
82% lit
↑ 10:19 PM
↓ 9:39 AM
★★☆☆c37
8
75% lit
↑ 11:09 PM
↓ 10:14 AM
★☆☆☆c37
9
66% lit
↑ 12:00 AM
↓ 10:50 AM
★☆☆☆c42
Apogee · 404,475 km
10
57% lit
↑ –
↓ 11:28 AM
★★☆☆c49
11
47% lit
↑ 12:51 AM
↓ 12:08 PM
★★☆☆c56
Last Quarter
12
38% lit
↑ 1:42 AM
↓ 12:51 PM
★★☆☆c65
13
29% lit
↑ 2:33 AM
↓ 1:38 PM
★★★☆c74
14
20% lit
↑ 3:24 AM
↓ 2:29 PM
★★★☆c81
Moon farthest south (-18.3°)
15
12% lit
↑ 4:15 AM
↓ 3:23 PM
★★★★c86
16
6% lit
↑ 5:04 AM
↓ 4:21 PM
★★★★c86
17
2% lit
↑ 5:52 AM
↓ 5:20 PM
★★★★c85
best
18
0% lit
↑ 6:39 AM
↓ 6:22 PM
★★★★c79
New Moon
best
19
1% lit
↑ 7:24 AM
↓ 7:25 PM
★★★★c69
20
4% lit
↑ 8:08 AM
↓ 8:28 PM
★★★☆c60
Moon crosses the equator
21
10% lit
↑ 8:52 AM
↓ 9:31 PM
★★☆☆c49
Perigee · 364,929 km
22
19% lit
↑ 9:37 AM
↓ 10:34 PM
★★☆☆c48
23
29% lit
↑ 10:23 AM
↓ 11:37 PM
★★☆☆c58
24
39% lit
↑ 11:11 AM
↓ –
★★☆☆c68
25
51% lit
↑ 12:02 PM
↓ 12:39 AM
★★☆☆c82
First Quarter
26
62% lit
↑ 12:56 PM
↓ 1:38 AM
★★★☆c88
Moon farthest north (18.4°)
27
72% lit
↑ 1:51 PM
↓ 2:35 AM
★★★★c91
28
81% lit
↑ 2:47 PM
↓ 3:28 AM
★★★★c90

Lunar events this month

  • Fri, Feb 3 · 4:05 AM — Full Moon · Snow MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Mon, Feb 6 · 12:00 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, Feb 9 · 4:00 PM — Apogee · 404,475 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Sat, Feb 11 · 5:10 AM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Tue, Feb 14 · 6:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-18.3°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Sat, Feb 18 · 5:10 PM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Mon, Feb 20 · 8:00 PM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Tue, Feb 21 · 9:00 AM — Perigee · 364,929 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Sat, Feb 25 · 10:34 AM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Sun, Feb 26 · 10:00 PM — Moon farthest north (18.4°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.

Best fishing days

Wed, Feb 1 · Thu, Feb 2 · Fri, Feb 3 · Fri, Feb 17 · Sat, Feb 18

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

Moon distance

364,931 km closest · 404,452 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 Queen Isabella Causeway (west end)Surf report: South Padre IslandOffshore 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 1:51 PM.