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Freeport

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

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Today

Overnight: Low 67° · 13% rain

Mostly cloudy. Low around 67, with temperatures rising to around 70 overnight. East wind around 5 mph.

Friday: High 79° · 48% rain

A chance of rain showers after 7am. Mostly cloudy. High near 79, with temperatures falling to around 76 in the afternoon. East wind 5 to 15 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.

Sunrise / sunset
7:32 AM / 6:37 PM
Moonrise / moonset
10:53 PM / 12:29 PM
Moon
Waning Gibbous, 78%
Major period
4:10 AM–6:10 AM
Minor period
11:59 AM–12:59 PM
Major period
4:40 PM–6:40 PM
Minor period
10:23 PM–11:23 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Fri, Oct 306 AM12 PM6 PMSat, Oct 316 AM12 PM6 PMSun, Nov 1clouds92% cloud cover82% cloud cover88% cloud cover91% cloud cover83% cloud cover90% cloud cover87% cloud cover87% cloud cover82% cloud cover80% cloud cover81% cloud cover75% cloud cover78% cloud cover77% cloud cover81% cloud cover87% cloud cover82% cloud cover72% cloud cover81% cloud cover79% cloud cover68% cloud cover58% cloud cover49% cloud cover51% cloud cover50% cloud cover53% cloud cover63% cloud cover38% cloud cover48% cloud cover60% cloud cover63% cloud cover57% cloud cover51% cloud cover58% cloud cover50% cloud cover54% cloud cover60% cloud cover54% cloud cover53% cloud cover45% cloud cover59% cloud cover55% cloud cover65% cloud cover39% cloud cover38% cloud cover37% cloud cover40% cloud cover44% cloud cover⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡55°60°65°70°75°80°85°71707075777775727270697579797673rain13% chance9% chance5% chance1% chance7% chance12% chance17% chance19% chance21% chance23% chance29% chance36% chance42% chance, 0.03 in44% chance, 0.03 in46% chance, 0.03 in48% chance, 0.03 in46% chance, 0.03 in44% chance, 0.03 in41% chance, 0.01 in40% chance, 0.01 in38% chance, 0.01 in37% chance, 0.01 in37% chance, 0.01 in38% chance, 0.01 in38% chance, 0.01 in40% chance, 0.01 in42% chance, 0.01 in44% chance, 0.01 in40% chance, 0.01 in36% chance, 0.01 in32% chance30% chance28% chance26% chance35% chance43% chance51% chance43% chance35% chance27% chance21% chance10% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chancewind01020mphE 6 mph, gusts 15E 6 mph, gusts 15E 6 mph, gusts 14E 6 mph, gusts 14E 9 mph, gusts 15E 13 mph, gusts 17E 14 mph, gusts 18E 14 mph, gusts 18E 13 mph, gusts 18E 10 mph, gusts 16E 7 mph, gusts 16E 6 mph, gusts 15E 3 mph, gusts 12E 3 mph, gusts 12E 3 mph, gusts 12ENE 3 mph, gusts 12E 5 mph, gusts 10E 7 mph, gusts 10E 8 mph, gusts 12E 5 mph, gusts 9E 5 mph, gusts 9E 2 mph, gusts 9E 1 mph, gusts 8ENE 2 mph, gusts 9
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Fri 1 AM71°71°61°68%92%13%–E 61510+ mi
Fri 2 AM72°72°61°70%82%9%–E 61610+ mi
Fri 3 AM71°71°62°73%88%5%–E 61510+ mi
Fri 4 AM70°70°63°78%91%1%–E 61510+ mi
Fri 5 AM70°70°64°81%83%7%–E 61410+ mi
Fri 6 AM68°68°64°86%90%12%–E 61410+ mi
Fri 7 AM70°70°65°84%87%17%–E 61410+ mi
Fri 8 AM70°70°66°86%87%19%–ENE 71510+ mi
Fri 9 AM72°72°67°84%82%21%–E 91510+ mi
Fri 10 AM75°75°68°79%80%23%–E 101610+ mi
Fri 11 AM77°77°68°74%81%29%–E 131710+ mi
Fri 12 PM77°77°68°74%75%36%–E 141810+ mi
Fri 1 PM77°77°69°78%78%42%0.03"E 141810+ mi
Fri 2 PM77°77°70°80%77%44%0.03"E 141810+ mi
Fri 3 PM77°77°70°80%81%46%0.03"E 141810+ mi
Fri 4 PM77°77°70°78%87%48%0.03"E 131810+ mi
Fri 5 PM76°76°70°82%82%46%0.03"E 131810+ mi
Fri 6 PM76°76°70°82%72%44%0.03"E 121710+ mi
Fri 7 PM75°75°71°87%81%41%0.01"E 101610+ mi⚡
Fri 8 PM73°73°71°93%79%40%0.01"E 81610+ mi⚡
Fri 9 PM73°73°71°93%68%38%0.01"E 71610+ mi⚡
Fri 10 PM72°72°72°100%58%37%0.01"E 71510+ mi⚡
Fri 11 PM72°72°70°93%49%37%0.01"E 61510+ mi⚡
Sat 12 AM71°71°70°97%51%38%0.01"E 51310+ mi⚡
Sat 1 AM72°72°70°93%50%38%0.01"E 3129.0 mi⚡
Sat 2 AM72°72°70°93%53%40%0.01"E 31210+ mi⚡
Sat 3 AM71°71°70°97%63%42%0.01"E 31210+ mi⚡
Sat 4 AM70°70°70°99%38%44%0.01"E 31210+ mi⚡
Sat 5 AM70°70°70°99%48%40%0.01"E 312–⚡
Sat 6 AM70°70°68°92%60%36%0.01"ENE 310–⚡
Sat 7 AM69°69°68°97%63%32%–ENE 312–
Sat 8 AM70°70°70°99%57%30%–ENE 310–
Sat 9 AM72°72°72°100%51%28%–E 510–
Sat 10 AM75°75°73°94%58%26%–E 610–⚡
Sat 11 AM77°77°73°88%50%35%–E 710–⚡
Sat 12 PM78°78°72°81%54%43%–E 710–⚡
Sat 1 PM79°79°72°80%60%51%–E 812–⚡
Sat 2 PM79°83°72°78%54%43%–E 69–⚡
Sat 3 PM80°84°72°76%53%35%–E 59–⚡
Sat 4 PM79°79°72°80%45%27%–E 59–⚡
Sat 5 PM79°79°72°80%59%21%–E 59–⚡
Sat 6 PM78°78°73°85%55%10%–E 58–
Sat 7 PM76°76°73°90%65%4%–E 29–
Sat 8 PM75°75°73°94%39%4%–E 18–
Sat 9 PM74°74°73°97%38%4%–E 18–
Sat 10 PM73°73°72°97%37%4%–ENE 29–
Sat 11 PM72°72°72°98%40%4%–ENE 29–
Sun 12 AM72°72°72°99%44%4%–ENE 18–

7-day forecast

Today

Chance Rain Showers

79° / 67°

48% rain · 0.23"

E 6–14 mph · gusts 18

⚡ Storms

Sat, Oct 31

Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

81° / 68°

51% rain · 0.07"

E 1–8 mph · gusts 13

⚡ Storms

Sun, Nov 1

Partly Sunny

82° / 69°

7% rain

NE 0–8 mph · gusts 12

Mon, Nov 2

Partly Sunny

82° / 72°

19% rain

SE 2–12 mph · gusts 18

Tue, Nov 3

Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

81° / 61°

57% rain · 0.48"

S 5–15 mph · gusts 20

⚡ Storms

Wed, Nov 4

Sunny

76° / 58°

15% rain

NW 3–12 mph · gusts 16

⚡ Storms

Thu, Nov 5

Sunny

75° / 58°

6% rain

N 3–10 mph · gusts 15

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Overnight: Mostly cloudy. Low around 67, with temperatures rising to around 70 overnight. East wind around 5 mph.
  • Friday: A chance of rain showers after 7am. Mostly cloudy. High near 79, with temperatures falling to around 76 in the afternoon. East wind 5 to 15 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.
  • Friday Night: A chance of rain showers before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1am and 4am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
  • Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 5pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
  • Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 82.
  • Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69.
  • Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 82.
  • Monday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
  • Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
  • Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 76.
  • Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58.
  • Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 75.

Weather map

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Marine forecast

Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM

GMZ355 · 1156 PM CDT Thu Oct 29 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.


GMZ350-355-301715-
Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out
20 NM-Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM-
1156 PM CDT Thu Oct 29 2026

.OVERNIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots.
Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds. 
.FRIDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots.
Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds. A
chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the
afternoon. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave
Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. 
.SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave
Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds. A chance of showers. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds. 
.SUNDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave
Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. 
.MONDAY...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet.
.TUESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. A chance
of showers. A chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming
northwest after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 feet. A chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening. 

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · July 2049

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2% lit
↑ 7:47 AM
↓ 9:24 PM
★★★★c79
Apogee · 406,406 km
2
6% lit
↑ 8:40 AM
↓ 9:59 PM
★★★★c74
3
11% lit
↑ 9:32 AM
↓ 10:32 PM
★☆☆☆c68
4
18% lit
↑ 10:24 AM
↓ 11:04 PM
★★★★c62
5
25% lit
↑ 11:17 AM
↓ 11:35 PM
★★★☆c48
Moon crosses the equator
6
34% lit
↑ 12:10 PM
↓ –
★★☆☆c36
7
44% lit
↑ 1:05 PM
↓ 12:08 AM
★★☆☆c38
8
54% lit
↑ 2:02 PM
↓ 12:42 AM
★★☆☆c50
First Quarter
9
65% lit
↑ 3:02 PM
↓ 1:20 AM
★★★☆c66
10
75% lit
↑ 4:04 PM
↓ 2:02 AM
★★★★c81
11
84% lit
↑ 5:08 PM
↓ 2:51 AM
★★★★c94
12
92% lit
↑ 6:11 PM
↓ 3:47 AM
★★★★c102
Moon farthest south (-21.6°)
13
97% lit
↑ 7:11 PM
↓ 4:50 AM
★★★★c106
14
100% lit
↑ 8:06 PM
↓ 5:58 AM
★★★★c106
Full Moon · Buck Moon (supermoon)
best
15
99% lit
↑ 8:55 PM
↓ 7:08 AM
★★★★c103
Perigee · 357,062 km
best
16
96% lit
↑ 9:40 PM
↓ 8:18 AM
★★★★c94
17
90% lit
↑ 10:20 PM
↓ 9:26 AM
★★☆☆c80
18
82% lit
↑ 10:59 PM
↓ 10:32 AM
★★★★c63
Moon crosses the equator
19
72% lit
↑ 11:37 PM
↓ 11:35 AM
★★☆☆c44
20
62% lit
↑ –
↓ 12:36 PM
★★☆☆c45
21
51% lit
↑ 12:15 AM
↓ 1:36 PM
★★☆☆c56
Last Quarter
22
41% lit
↑ 12:54 AM
↓ 2:34 PM
★★★☆c68
23
31% lit
↑ 1:36 AM
↓ 3:31 PM
★★★★c74
24
22% lit
↑ 2:21 AM
↓ 4:24 PM
★★★★c77
25
15% lit
↑ 3:08 AM
↓ 5:15 PM
★★★★c79
Moon farthest north (22.3°)
26
9% lit
↑ 3:58 AM
↓ 6:02 PM
★★★★c79
27
4% lit
↑ 4:49 AM
↓ 6:45 PM
★★★★c78
28
1% lit
↑ 5:42 AM
↓ 7:24 PM
★★★★c76
Apogee · 406,566 km
best
29
0% lit
↑ 6:35 AM
↓ 8:01 PM
★★★★c73
New Moon
best
30
1% lit
↑ 7:28 AM
↓ 8:35 PM
★★★★c68
best
31
3% lit
↑ 8:20 AM
↓ 9:07 PM
★★★★c62

Lunar events this month

  • Thu, Jul 1 · 8:00 PM — Apogee · 406,406 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Mon, Jul 5 · 7:00 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, Jul 8 · 2:10 AM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Mon, Jul 12 · 2:00 PM — Moon farthest south (-21.6°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Wed, Jul 14 · 9:29 PM — Full Moon · Buck Moon (supermoon)Moon is near perigee at the same time: perigean spring tides. Expect extra-high highs, extra-low lows, and strong current at the passes.
  • Thu, Jul 15 · 2:00 AM — Perigee · 357,062 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Sun, Jul 18 · 4:00 PM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Wed, Jul 21 · 1:48 PM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Sun, Jul 25 · 10:00 AM — Moon farthest north (22.3°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Wed, Jul 28 · 11:00 PM — Apogee · 406,566 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Thu, Jul 29 · 3:07 PM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.

Best fishing days

Wed, Jul 14 · Thu, Jul 15 · Wed, Jul 28 · Thu, Jul 29 · Fri, Jul 30

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

Moon distance

357,220 km closest · 406,488 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 Thu 11:26 PM.