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Sargent

28.770°, -95.620° · tides: Sargent, ICWW

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Today

Today: High 78° · 68% rain

A chance of rain showers before 1pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. East wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight: Low 68° · 62% rain

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 4am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. East wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Sunrise / sunset
7:33 AM / 6:38 PM
Moonrise / moonset
10:55 PM / 12:30 PM
Moon
Waning Gibbous, 74%
Major period
4:10 AM–6:10 AM
Minor period
12:00 PM–1:00 PM
Major period
4:45 PM–6:45 PM
Minor period
10:25 PM–11:25 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Fri, Oct 3012 PM6 PMSat, Oct 316 AM12 PM6 PMSun, Nov 16 AMclouds72% cloud cover75% cloud cover74% cloud cover65% cloud cover76% cloud cover70% cloud cover62% cloud cover67% cloud cover75% cloud cover58% cloud cover32% cloud cover51% cloud cover39% cloud cover47% cloud cover48% cloud cover57% cloud cover46% cloud cover52% cloud cover49% cloud cover56% cloud cover56% cloud cover49% cloud cover52% cloud cover49% cloud cover52% cloud cover45% cloud cover42% cloud cover46% cloud cover43% cloud cover28% cloud cover26% cloud cover35% cloud cover24% cloud cover29% cloud cover33% cloud cover36% cloud cover38% cloud cover39% cloud cover41% cloud cover46% cloud cover50% cloud cover55% cloud cover58% cloud cover61% cloud cover64% cloud cover62% cloud cover61% cloud cover59% cloud cover⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡65°70°75°80°85°76777673727170697780787474737071rain44% chance42% chance46% chance, 0.06 in52% chance, 0.06 in61% chance, 0.06 in68% chance, 0.06 in67% chance, 0.06 in62% chance, 0.06 in56% chance, 0.01 in51% chance, 0.01 in49% chance, 0.01 in47% chance, 0.01 in44% chance, 0.01 in40% chance, 0.01 in37% chance, 0.03 in38% chance, 0.03 in40% chance, 0.03 in41% chance, 0.03 in37% chance, 0.03 in33% chance, 0.03 in29% chance29% chance28% chance28% chance31% chance34% chance37% chance35% chance34% chance32% chance25% chance10% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance0.060.060.06wind01020mphE 13 mph, gusts 17E 14 mph, gusts 18E 14 mph, gusts 20E 14 mph, gusts 18E 12 mph, gusts 17E 12 mph, gusts 16E 9 mph, gusts 15E 7 mph, gusts 13E 7 mph, gusts 12E 7 mph, gusts 10ENE 7 mph, gusts 10E 6 mph, gusts 10E 7 mph, gusts 10E 8 mph, gusts 10E 7 mph, gusts 8E 6 mph, gusts 8E 6 mph, gusts 8E 5 mph, gusts 9ENE 6 mph, gusts 8ENE 3 mph, gusts 7NE 3 mph, gusts 7NE 5 mph, gusts 8NE 6 mph, gusts 10NE 7 mph, gusts 10
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Fri 11 AM76°76°70°82%72%44%–E 131710+ mi
Fri 12 PM77°77°70°79%75%42%–E 141810.0 mi
Fri 1 PM77°77°71°82%74%46%0.06"E 141810.0 mi⚡
Fri 2 PM77°77°71°82%65%52%0.06"E 142010.0 mi⚡
Fri 3 PM76°76°71°85%76%61%0.06"E 142010.0 mi⚡
Fri 4 PM77°77°72°85%70%68%0.06"E 141810.0 mi⚡
Fri 5 PM76°76°72°87%62%67%0.06"E 141810.0 mi⚡
Fri 6 PM76°76°72°87%67%62%0.06"E 13178.9 mi⚡
Fri 7 PM74°74°72°93%75%56%0.01"E 12178.9 mi⚡
Fri 8 PM73°73°71°93%58%51%0.01"E 12179.4 mi⚡
Fri 9 PM73°73°71°93%32%49%0.01"E 12169.8 mi⚡
Fri 10 PM72°72°72°100%51%47%0.01"E 10169.8 mi⚡
Fri 11 PM72°72°71°97%39%44%0.01"E 9159.6 mi⚡
Sat 12 AM72°72°71°97%47%40%0.01"E 8149.9 mi⚡
Sat 1 AM72°72°71°97%48%37%0.03"E 7139.8 mi⚡
Sat 2 AM71°71°71°100%57%38%0.03"E 7129.5 mi⚡
Sat 3 AM71°71°71°100%46%40%0.03"E 7129.0 mi⚡
Sat 4 AM71°71°69°93%52%41%0.03"E 7128.3 mi⚡
Sat 5 AM70°70°69°97%49%37%0.03"E 7108.4 mi⚡
Sat 6 AM70°70°69°97%56%33%0.03"ENE 6108.5 mi⚡
Sat 7 AM70°70°69°97%56%29%–ENE 7108.6 mi
Sat 8 AM69°69°69°100%49%29%–ENE 6109.0 mi
Sat 9 AM71°71°71°100%52%28%–E 6109.4 mi
Sat 10 AM74°74°74°100%49%28%–E 7109.9 mi⚡
Sat 11 AM77°77°74°90%52%31%–E 7109.9 mi⚡
Sat 12 PM78°78°74°88%45%34%–E 7109.8 mi⚡
Sat 1 PM78°78°73°85%42%37%–E 8109.8 mi⚡
Sat 2 PM80°84°73°79%46%35%–ESE 7910+ mi⚡
Sat 3 PM78°78°72°82%43%34%–E 7810+ mi⚡
Sat 4 PM78°78°73°85%28%32%–E 7810+ mi⚡
Sat 5 PM78°78°73°85%26%25%–E 68–⚡
Sat 6 PM76°76°73°90%35%10%–E 68–
Sat 7 PM75°75°73°94%24%3%–E 68–
Sat 8 PM74°74°73°97%29%3%–E 59–
Sat 9 PM74°74°73°97%33%3%–E 59–
Sat 10 PM74°74°73°97%36%3%–ENE 69–
Sat 11 PM74°74°72°93%38%3%–ENE 68–
Sun 12 AM73°73°72°97%39%3%–ENE 58–
Sun 1 AM73°73°72°97%41%2%–ENE 37–
Sun 1 AM73°73°71°93%46%2%–ENE 37–
Sun 2 AM72°72°71°97%50%2%–NE 37–
Sun 3 AM71°71°70°97%55%2%–NE 37–
Sun 4 AM70°70°70°100%58%2%–NE 58–
Sun 5 AM70°70°69°97%61%2%–NE 59–
Sun 6 AM70°70°70°100%64%3%–NE 610–
Sun 7 AM71°71°71°100%62%3%–NE 610–
Sun 8 AM73°73°71°93%61%3%–NE 710–
Sun 9 AM75°75°72°90%59%3%–NE 710–

7-day forecast

Today

Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

78° / 68°

68% rain · 0.41"

E 9–14 mph · gusts 20

⚡ Storms

Sat, Oct 31

Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

80° / 69°

41% rain · 0.19"

E 5–8 mph · gusts 14

⚡ Storms

Sun, Nov 1

Partly Sunny

80° / 70°

6% rain

NE 3–8 mph · gusts 12

Mon, Nov 2

Partly Sunny

81° / 71°

8% rain

SE 6–12 mph · gusts 17

Tue, Nov 3

Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

80° / 60°

63% rain · 0.24"

SW 7–12 mph · gusts 18

⚡ Storms

Wed, Nov 4

Sunny

75° / 60°

9% rain

NW 8–13 mph · gusts 20

Thu, Nov 5

Sunny

75° / 61°

9% rain

N 6–10 mph · gusts 21

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Today: A chance of rain showers before 1pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. East wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
  • Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 4am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. East wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
  • Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
  • Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny. High near 80, with temperatures falling to around 77 in the afternoon. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
  • Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70.
  • Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 81.
  • Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71.
  • Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
  • Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
  • Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 75.
  • Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60.
  • Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 75.
  • Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61.

Weather map

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Marine forecast

Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out 20 NM

GMZ350 · 554 AM CDT Fri Oct 30 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.


GMZ350-355-302315-
Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out
20 NM-Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM-
554 AM CDT Fri Oct 30 2026

.TODAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave
Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of showers
early this morning. A chance of showers late this morning and
afternoon. A slight chance of thunderstorms late. 
.TONIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave
Detail: East 4 feet at 7 seconds. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. 
.SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave
Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds. A chance of showers. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
Wave Detail: East 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. Wave
Detail: East 2 feet at 7 seconds. 
.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 in the morning, then showers likely with a chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...West winds around 15 knots, becoming northwest
15 to 20 knots after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 feet. A chance of
showers in the evening. 

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · June 2052

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
24% lit
↑ 10:55 AM
↓ –
★★☆☆c86
2
34% lit
↑ 11:55 AM
↓ 12:15 AM
★★☆☆c72
3
44% lit
↑ 12:52 PM
↓ 12:56 AM
★☆☆☆c56
4
54% lit
↑ 1:47 PM
↓ 1:34 AM
★☆☆☆c36
First Quarter
5
64% lit
↑ 2:41 PM
↓ 2:10 AM
★☆☆☆c39
Moon crosses the equator
6
73% lit
↑ 3:33 PM
↓ 2:45 AM
★☆☆☆c49
7
81% lit
↑ 4:25 PM
↓ 3:20 AM
★★☆☆c60
8
88% lit
↑ 5:16 PM
↓ 3:55 AM
★★☆☆c68
9
93% lit
↑ 6:08 PM
↓ 4:33 AM
★★☆☆c74
Apogee · 406,061 km
10
97% lit
↑ 6:59 PM
↓ 5:13 AM
★★★☆c77
11
99% lit
↑ 7:49 PM
↓ 5:56 AM
★★★☆c79
12
100% lit
↑ 8:38 PM
↓ 6:42 AM
★★★☆c80
Full Moon · Strawberry Moon
Moon farthest south (-18.4°)
best
13
98% lit
↑ 9:25 PM
↓ 7:31 AM
★★★☆c80
14
95% lit
↑ 10:09 PM
↓ 8:22 AM
★☆☆☆c78
15
90% lit
↑ 10:52 PM
↓ 9:15 AM
★★☆☆c77
16
83% lit
↑ 11:32 PM
↓ 10:10 AM
★★☆☆c73
17
75% lit
↑ –
↓ 11:06 AM
★★☆☆c66
18
65% lit
↑ 12:11 AM
↓ 12:02 PM
★☆☆☆c57
19
55% lit
↑ 12:50 AM
↓ 1:01 PM
★☆☆☆c43
Moon crosses the equator
Last Quarter
20
44% lit
↑ 1:29 AM
↓ 2:00 PM
★☆☆☆c43
21
33% lit
↑ 2:09 AM
↓ 3:02 PM
★☆☆☆c53
22
22% lit
↑ 2:53 AM
↓ 4:06 PM
★★☆☆c72
23
13% lit
↑ 3:40 AM
↓ 5:12 PM
★★☆☆c87
24
6% lit
↑ 4:32 AM
↓ 6:17 PM
★★★☆c98
best
25
2% lit
↑ 5:29 AM
↓ 7:21 PM
★★★★c102
Perigee · 360,163 km
Moon farthest north (18.5°)
best
26
0% lit
↑ 6:30 AM
↓ 8:22 PM
★★★★c102
New Moon (supermoon)
best
27
2% lit
↑ 7:33 AM
↓ 9:17 PM
★★★★c100
best
28
6% lit
↑ 8:37 AM
↓ 10:06 PM
★☆☆☆c93
29
12% lit
↑ 9:39 AM
↓ 10:51 PM
★★☆☆c87
30
20% lit
↑ 10:39 AM
↓ 11:31 PM
★★☆☆c68

Lunar events this month

  • Tue, Jun 4 · 1:49 AM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Wed, Jun 5 · 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.
  • Sun, Jun 9 · 8:00 PM — Apogee · 406,061 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Wed, Jun 12 · 5:27 AM — Full Moon · Strawberry MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Wed, Jun 12 · 6:00 PM — Moon farthest south (-18.4°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Wed, Jun 19 · 6:00 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, Jun 19 · 10:10 PM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Tue, Jun 25 · 3:00 AM — Perigee · 360,163 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Tue, Jun 25 · 9:00 PM — Moon farthest north (18.5°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Wed, Jun 26 · 12:50 PM — New 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.

Best fishing days

Wed, Jun 12 · Mon, Jun 24 · Tue, Jun 25 · Wed, Jun 26 · Thu, Jun 27

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

Moon distance

360,273 km closest · 406,019 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 Sargent, ICWWSurf report: Sargent 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 8:46 AM.