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Freeport

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

⚠ Air Quality Alert · until Fri 9:30 PM

AQAHGX The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has issued an Ozone Action Day for the Houston, Galveston, and Brazoria area for Friday, October 23, 2026. Atmospheric conditions are expected to be favorable for producing high levels of ozone pollution in the Houston, Galveston, and surrounding areas on Friday. You can help prevent ozone pollution by sharing a ride, walking, riding a bicycle, taking your lunch to work, avoiding drive through lanes, conserving energy and keeping your vehicle properly tuned. For more information on ozone: Ozone: The Facts www.tceq.texas.gov/airquality/monops/ozonefacts.html EPA AirNow: www.airnow.gov/?city=Houston&state=TX&country=USA Take Care of Texas: www.takecareoftexas.org/conservation-tips/keep-our-air-clean

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Today

Tonight: Low 68°

Clear, with a low around 68. Southeast wind around 5 mph.

Saturday: High 83°

Sunny. High near 83, with temperatures falling to around 80 in the afternoon. East wind 5 to 15 mph.

Sunrise / sunset
7:27 AM / 6:43 PM
Moonrise / moonset
5:08 PM / 4:47 AM
Moon
Waxing Gibbous, 94%
Minor period
4:17 AM–5:17 AM
Major period
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Minor period
4:38 PM–5:38 PM
Major period
10:25 PM–12:00 AM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Fri, Oct 23Sat, Oct 246 AM12 PM6 PMSun, Oct 256 AM12 PM6 PMclouds6% cloud cover3% cloud cover3% cloud cover2% cloud cover3% cloud cover5% cloud cover6% cloud cover5% cloud cover6% cloud cover5% cloud cover6% cloud cover10% cloud cover9% cloud cover8% cloud cover14% cloud cover14% cloud cover18% cloud cover20% cloud cover16% cloud cover20% cloud cover16% cloud cover10% cloud cover13% cloud cover19% cloud cover22% cloud cover27% cloud cover18% cloud cover24% cloud cover19% cloud cover19% cloud cover25% cloud cover26% cloud cover29% cloud cover27% cloud cover30% cloud cover35% cloud cover46% cloud cover22% cloud cover31% cloud cover40% cloud cover42% cloud cover45% cloud cover47% cloud cover48% cloud cover50% cloud cover51% cloud cover59% cloud cover66% cloud cover55°60°65°70°75°80°85°75717170697981817774727170777878rainwind01020mphESE 3 mph, gusts 10ESE 3 mph, gusts 10SE 3 mph, gusts 12SE 3 mph, gusts 12SE 3 mph, gusts 10ESE 3 mph, gusts 10E 3 mph, gusts 10E 6 mph, gusts 12ESE 10 mph, gusts 15ESE 12 mph, gusts 17E 13 mph, gusts 17E 13 mph, gusts 17E 9 mph, gusts 16E 10 mph, gusts 17E 9 mph, gusts 17ESE 7 mph, gusts 16E 7 mph, gusts 16E 8 mph, gusts 17E 10 mph, gusts 18E 13 mph, gusts 18E 14 mph, gusts 20E 14 mph, gusts 18E 14 mph, gusts 17E 12 mph, gusts 16
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Fri 7 PM75°75°63°66%6%0%–ESE 31010+ mi
Fri 8 PM74°74°63°69%3%0%–ESE 31010+ mi
Fri 9 PM73°73°63°71%3%0%–ESE 31010+ mi
Fri 10 PM71°71°64°79%2%0%–ESE 31210+ mi
Fri 11 PM71°71°63°76%3%0%–SE 31210+ mi
Sat 12 AM71°71°63°76%5%0%–SE 31210+ mi
Sat 1 AM71°71°64°79%6%0%–SE 31210+ mi
Sat 2 AM72°72°64°76%5%0%–SE 31210+ mi
Sat 3 AM71°71°64°79%6%0%–SE 31010+ mi
Sat 4 AM70°70°64°81%5%0%–ESE 31210+ mi
Sat 5 AM70°70°64°81%6%0%–ESE 31010+ mi
Sat 6 AM70°70°64°81%10%0%–E 31010+ mi
Sat 7 AM69°69°64°84%9%0%–E 31010+ mi
Sat 8 AM71°71°65°81%8%0%–E 51210+ mi
Sat 9 AM74°74°65°74%14%0%–E 61210+ mi
Sat 10 AM79°79°65°62%14%0%–ESE 81410+ mi
Sat 11 AM80°82°65°60%18%0%–ESE 101510+ mi
Sat 12 PM80°82°65°60%20%0%–ESE 121610+ mi
Sat 1 PM81°83°65°58%16%0%–ESE 121710+ mi
Sat 2 PM81°83°64°56%20%0%–E 131710+ mi
Sat 3 PM82°84°65°56%16%0%–E 131710+ mi
Sat 4 PM81°83°65°58%10%0%–E 131710+ mi
Sat 5 PM80°82°65°60%13%0%–E 131710+ mi
Sat 6 PM79°79°65°62%19%0%–E 121610+ mi
Sat 7 PM77°77°66°69%22%0%–E 91610+ mi
Sat 8 PM76°76°66°71%27%0%–E 91610+ mi
Sat 9 PM75°75°65°71%18%0%–E 101710+ mi
Sat 10 PM74°74°65°74%24%0%–E 101810+ mi
Sat 11 PM73°73°64°73%19%0%–E 917–
Sun 12 AM73°73°63°71%19%0%–E 716–
Sun 1 AM72°72°63°73%25%0%–ESE 716–
Sun 2 AM73°73°62°68%26%0%–ESE 616–
Sun 3 AM72°72°62°71%29%0%–E 716–
Sun 4 AM71°71°62°73%27%0%–ESE 717–
Sun 5 AM71°71°62°73%30%0%–E 817–
Sun 6 AM71°71°61°71%35%0%–E 918–
Sun 7 AM70°70°61°73%46%0%–E 1018–
Sun 8 AM71°71°61°71%22%0%–E 1218–
Sun 9 AM74°74°60°62%31%0%–E 1318–
Sun 10 AM77°77°60°56%40%0%–E 1420–
Sun 11 AM78°78°59°52%42%0%–E 1420–
Sun 12 PM79°79°59°50%45%0%–E 1418–
Sun 1 PM78°78°60°54%47%0%–E 1418–
Sun 2 PM79°79°60°52%48%0%–E 1418–
Sun 3 PM78°78°60°54%50%0%–E 1417–
Sun 4 PM78°78°60°54%51%0%–E 1317–
Sun 5 PM76°76°60°58%59%0%–E 1216–
Sun 6 PM75°75°60°60%66%0%–E 1016–

7-day forecast

Today

Clear

75° / 68°

Dry

ESE 3–3 mph · gusts 12

Sat, Oct 24

Sunny

83° / 69°

Dry

E 3–13 mph · gusts 18

Sun, Oct 25

Mostly Sunny

80° / 68°

1% rain

E 6–14 mph · gusts 20

Mon, Oct 26

Partly Sunny

80° / 68°

7% rain

E 5–14 mph · gusts 18

Tue, Oct 27

Slight Chance Rain Showers

80° / 66°

15% rain

E 5–12 mph · gusts 16

Wed, Oct 28

Slight Chance Rain Showers

80° / 66°

16% rain

E 2–12 mph · gusts 15

Thu, Oct 29

Slight Chance Rain Showers

81° / 66°

21% rain

E 2–12 mph · gusts 16

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Tonight: Clear, with a low around 68. Southeast wind around 5 mph.
  • Saturday: Sunny. High near 83, with temperatures falling to around 80 in the afternoon. East wind 5 to 15 mph.
  • Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 69. East wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny. High near 80, with temperatures falling to around 76 in the afternoon. East wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
  • Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
  • Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 80.
  • Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68.
  • Tuesday: A slight chance of rain showers between 7am and 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66.
  • Wednesday: A slight chance of rain showers after 7am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Wednesday Night: A slight chance of rain showers before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Thursday: A slight chance of rain showers after 7am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Thursday Night: A slight chance of rain showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Friday: A chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 80.

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 · 123 PM CDT Fri Oct 23 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.


GMZ350-355-240715-
Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out
20 NM-Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM-
123 PM CDT Fri Oct 23 2026

.THIS AFTERNOON...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. 
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave
Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. 
.SATURDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave
Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 5 seconds. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet.
Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 5 seconds. 
.SUNDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. Wave
Detail: East 4 feet at 6 seconds. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to
20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at
7 seconds. 
.MONDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to around
15 knots after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 feet. 
.TUESDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. A chance
of showers in the afternoon. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet.

Moon calendar · July 2038

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
1% lit
↑ 5:38 AM
↓ 7:50 PM
★★★★c90
best
2
0% lit
↑ 6:29 AM
↓ 8:44 PM
★★★★c91
New Moon
Moon farthest north (23.6°)
best
3
1% lit
↑ 7:25 AM
↓ 9:35 PM
★★★★c91
4
5% lit
↑ 8:24 AM
↓ 10:23 PM
★★★★c90
5
11% lit
↑ 9:26 AM
↓ 11:07 PM
★★★★c86
6
19% lit
↑ 10:29 AM
↓ 11:47 PM
★☆☆☆c79
7
28% lit
↑ 11:31 AM
↓ –
★★★★c72
8
39% lit
↑ 12:34 PM
↓ 12:25 AM
★★★☆c54
9
51% lit
↑ 1:37 PM
↓ 1:02 AM
★★☆☆c44
Moon crosses the equator
First Quarter
10
62% lit
↑ 2:41 PM
↓ 1:39 AM
★★★☆c54
11
73% lit
↑ 3:46 PM
↓ 2:17 AM
★★★★c73
Perigee · 368,538 km
12
83% lit
↑ 4:51 PM
↓ 2:59 AM
★★★★c88
13
90% lit
↑ 5:57 PM
↓ 3:45 AM
★★★★c98
14
96% lit
↑ 7:01 PM
↓ 4:37 AM
★★★★c101
15
99% lit
↑ 8:00 PM
↓ 5:33 AM
★★★★c101
Moon farthest south (-22.6°)
best
16
100% lit
↑ 8:53 PM
↓ 6:32 AM
★★★★c99
Full Moon · Buck Moon
best
17
98% lit
↑ 9:40 PM
↓ 7:33 AM
★★★★c93
18
94% lit
↑ 10:22 PM
↓ 8:34 AM
★★★★c84
19
89% lit
↑ 10:58 PM
↓ 9:33 AM
★☆☆☆c73
20
82% lit
↑ 11:31 PM
↓ 10:29 AM
★★★★c66
21
73% lit
↑ –
↓ 11:23 AM
★★★☆c51
22
64% lit
↑ 12:02 AM
↓ 12:16 PM
★★☆☆c38
Moon crosses the equator
23
55% lit
↑ 12:33 AM
↓ 1:08 PM
★☆☆☆c31
24
46% lit
↑ 1:03 AM
↓ 2:00 PM
★★☆☆c39
Last Quarter
Apogee · 404,203 km
25
36% lit
↑ 1:35 AM
↓ 2:53 PM
★★☆☆c52
26
27% lit
↑ 2:10 AM
↓ 3:47 PM
★★★★c64
27
19% lit
↑ 2:48 AM
↓ 4:42 PM
★★★★c74
28
12% lit
↑ 3:31 AM
↓ 5:38 PM
★★★★c82
29
6% lit
↑ 4:19 AM
↓ 6:34 PM
★★★★c86
Moon farthest north (23.7°)
30
2% lit
↑ 5:13 AM
↓ 7:27 PM
★★★★c88
31
0% lit
↑ 6:12 AM
↓ 8:17 PM
★★★★c88
New Moon
best

Lunar events this month

  • Fri, Jul 2 · 8:32 AM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Fri, Jul 2 · 1:00 PM — Moon farthest north (23.6°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Fri, Jul 9 · 1:00 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, Jul 9 · 11:00 AM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Sun, Jul 11 · 3:00 PM — Perigee · 368,538 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Thu, Jul 15 · 6:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-22.6°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Fri, Jul 16 · 6:48 AM — Full Moon · Buck MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Thu, Jul 22 · 9:00 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, Jul 24 · 12:39 AM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Sat, Jul 24 · 2:00 AM — Apogee · 404,203 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Thu, Jul 29 · 9:00 PM — Moon farthest north (23.7°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Sat, Jul 31 · 7:40 PM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.

Best fishing days

Thu, Jul 1 · Fri, Jul 2 · Thu, Jul 15 · Fri, Jul 16 · Sat, Jul 31

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

Moon distance

368,542 km closest · 404,098 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 Fri 1:21 PM.