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Port Mansfield

26.560°, -97.420° · tides: Padre Island, Port Mansfield Channel Ent.

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Today

Overnight: Low 73° · 7% rain

Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. Southeast wind 8 to 13 mph.

Friday: High 81° · 7% rain

Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Southeast wind 6 to 12 mph.

Sunrise / sunset
7:37 AM / 6:48 PM
Moonrise / moonset
11:08 PM / 12:31 PM
Moon
Waning Gibbous, 78%
Major period
4:15 AM–6:15 AM
Minor period
12:01 PM–1:01 PM
Major period
4:50 PM–6:50 PM
Minor period
10:38 PM–11:38 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 1clouds48% cloud cover38% cloud cover53% cloud cover37% cloud cover45% cloud cover69% cloud cover65% cloud cover69% cloud cover53% cloud cover31% cloud cover18% cloud cover23% cloud cover15% cloud cover6% cloud cover21% cloud cover4% cloud cover2% cloud cover2% cloud cover4% cloud cover8% cloud cover18% cloud cover16% cloud cover23% cloud cover19% cloud cover24% cloud cover24% cloud cover26% cloud cover15% cloud cover17% cloud cover41% cloud cover15% cloud cover18% cloud cover17% cloud cover25% cloud cover28% cloud cover26% cloud cover22% cloud cover13% cloud cover13% cloud cover9% cloud cover12% cloud cover12% cloud cover22% cloud cover13% cloud cover12% cloud cover10% cloud cover11% cloud cover11% cloud cover65°70°75°80°85°76757477808179787675747881828079rain2% chance5% chance7% chance7% chance5% chance4% chance5% chance7% chance2% chance3% chance4% chance2% chance2% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance2% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance2% chance2% chance1% chance3% chance5% chance1% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chancewind01020mphESE 12 mph, gusts 16SE 9 mph, gusts 14SE 8 mph, gusts 12SE 7 mph, gusts 10SE 6 mph, gusts 9SE 8 mph, gusts 13SE 9 mph, gusts 14ESE 10 mph, gusts 16ESE 12 mph, gusts 18ESE 12 mph, gusts 16SE 9 mph, gusts 13SE 7 mph, gusts 10SE 5 mph, gusts 8SSE 3 mph, gusts 7SSE 2 mph, gusts 5N 2 mph, gusts 5E 1 mph, gusts 3ENE 3 mph, gusts 5ENE 5 mph, gusts 7ENE 7 mph, gusts 12ENE 9 mph, gusts 15ENE 9 mph, gusts 14E 10 mph, gusts 14ESE 8 mph, gusts 12
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Fri 1 AM76°76°69°77%48%2%–ESE 1216–
Fri 2 AM76°76°69°79%38%5%–SE 1015–
Fri 3 AM75°75°69°82%53%7%–SE 914–
Fri 4 AM75°75°70°84%37%7%–SE 913–
Fri 5 AM74°74°70°86%45%5%–SE 812–
Fri 6 AM74°74°70°89%69%4%–SE 710–
Fri 7 AM74°74°70°89%65%5%–SE 710–
Fri 8 AM74°74°71°91%69%7%–SSE 69–
Fri 9 AM75°75°72°92%53%2%–SE 69–
Fri 10 AM77°77°73°87%31%0%–SE 712–
Fri 11 AM78°78°73°84%18%3%–SE 813–
Fri 12 PM79°83°73°82%23%4%–SE 813–
Fri 1 PM80°85°73°80%15%2%–SE 914–
Fri 2 PM80°85°74°80%6%2%–SE 915–
Fri 3 PM81°86°74°80%21%1%–ESE 1016–
Fri 4 PM81°86°74°79%4%1%–ESE 1217–
Fri 5 PM80°85°74°80%2%0%–ESE 1218–
Fri 6 PM80°84°74°82%2%0%–ESE 1217–
Fri 7 PM79°83°74°83%4%0%–ESE 1216–
Fri 8 PM78°79°74°86%8%0%–ESE 1014–
Fri 9 PM78°78°74°88%18%0%–SE 913–
Fri 10 PM78°78°74°88%16%0%–SE 812–
Fri 11 PM78°78°74°90%23%1%–SE 710–
Sat 12 AM77°77°74°91%19%2%–SE 69–
Sat 1 AM76°76°74°92%24%0%–SE 58–
Sat 2 AM76°76°74°92%24%0%–SSE 57–
Sat 3 AM76°76°74°94%26%1%–SSE 37–
Sat 4 AM75°75°74°95%15%1%–SSE 35–
Sat 5 AM74°74°73°97%17%1%–SSE 25–
Sat 6 AM74°74°73°98%41%0%–SE 25–
Sat 7 AM74°74°73°99%15%1%–N 25–
Sat 8 AM73°73°73°100%18%1%–N 25–
Sat 9 AM75°75°75°100%17%2%–E 13–
Sat 10 AM78°78°76°94%25%2%–ENE 25–
Sat 11 AM79°83°76°90%28%0%–ENE 35–
Sat 12 PM80°86°76°87%26%0%–ENE 37–
Sat 1 PM81°87°76°84%22%1%–ENE 57–
Sat 2 PM81°87°76°84%13%3%–ENE 69–
Sat 3 PM81°87°76°83%13%5%–ENE 712–
Sat 4 PM82°88°76°82%9%1%–ENE 914–
Sat 5 PM81°87°76°84%12%0%–ENE 915–
Sat 6 PM80°86°75°85%12%0%–ENE 915–
Sat 7 PM80°84°75°86%22%2%–ENE 914–
Sat 8 PM80°84°76°90%13%2%–E 1015–
Sat 9 PM79°83°76°91%12%2%–E 1014–
Sat 10 PM79°79°76°93%10%2%–E 913–
Sat 11 PM78°78°76°94%11%2%–ESE 812–
Sun 12 AM78°78°76°95%11%2%–ESE 69–

7-day forecast

Today

Mostly Sunny

81° / 73°

7% rain

SE 6–12 mph · gusts 18

Sat, Oct 31

Sunny

82° / 75°

5% rain

ENE 1–10 mph · gusts 15

Sun, Nov 1

Mostly Sunny

82° / 74°

2% rain

E 3–12 mph · gusts 16

Mon, Nov 2

Mostly Sunny

85° / 75°

3% rain

SE 8–17 mph · gusts 26

Tue, Nov 3

Mostly Sunny

84° / 69°

16% rain

SE 8–16 mph · gusts 24

⚡ Storms

Wed, Nov 4

Sunny

79° / 67°

16% rain

N 8–14 mph · gusts 21

Thu, Nov 5

Sunny

78° / 67°

5% rain

NNE 8–14 mph · gusts 22

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Overnight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. Southeast wind 8 to 13 mph.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Southeast wind 6 to 12 mph.
  • Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 73. Southeast wind 2 to 12 mph.
  • Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 82. East northeast wind 1 to 9 mph.
  • Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 75. East wind 3 to 10 mph.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. East wind 3 to 12 mph.
  • Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. East southeast wind around 10 mph.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Southeast wind 8 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
  • Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 75. South southeast wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
  • Tuesday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. North wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 79.
  • Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67.
  • Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 78.

Weather map

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Marine forecast

Laguna Madre From 5 nm North Of Port Mansfield To Baffin Bay TX

GMZ135 · 209 PM CDT Thu Oct 29 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.


GMZ130-132-135-300815-
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-
209 PM CDT Thu Oct 29 2026

.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. A moderate chop on the
bay. 
.FRIDAY...Southeast 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. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Light chop on the
bay. 
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming east late in
the morning, then increasing to 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon.
Light chop on the bay. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, diminishing to around
5 knots early in the morning. Light chop on the bay, diminishing
to smooth early in the morning. 
.SUNDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Light chop on the bay. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast
after midnight. Light chop on the bay. 
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to
15 knots in the afternoon. A moderate chop on the bay. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. A moderate chop
on the bay. 
.TUESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming southeast late in
the afternoon. A moderate chop on the bay. A slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to
10 knots late in the evening, then becoming northwest after
midnight. A moderate chop on the bay, diminishing to light chop
in the late evening and overnight. A slight chance of
thunderstorms until early morning. A slight chance of showers. 

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

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

GMZ150 · 209 PM CDT Thu Oct 29 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.


GMZ150-155-300815-
Gulf waters from Port Mansfield to the Rio Grande out 20 nm-
Gulf waters from Baffin Bay to Port Mansfield out 20 nm-
209 PM CDT Thu Oct 29 2026

.TONIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Wave
Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds. 
.FRIDAY...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Wave
Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of showers. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet.
Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds. 
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming east early
in the afternoon, then increasing to 5 to 10 knots late in the
afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: East 3 feet at
7 seconds. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet.
Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds. 
.SUNDAY...East 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, becoming southeast
after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet. 
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet.
.TUESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. A slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming south
late in the evening, then becoming northwest after midnight. Seas
2 to 3 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. 

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · July 2052

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
29% lit
↑ 11:45 AM
↓ –
★★★☆c58
2
39% lit
↑ 12:40 PM
↓ 12:16 AM
★★☆☆c44
Moon crosses the equator
3
49% lit
↑ 1:33 PM
↓ 12:53 AM
★★☆☆c39
First Quarter
4
58% lit
↑ 2:24 PM
↓ 1:29 AM
★★☆☆c44
5
67% lit
↑ 3:16 PM
↓ 2:05 AM
★★☆☆c52
6
76% lit
↑ 4:07 PM
↓ 2:43 AM
★★★☆c62
7
83% lit
↑ 4:57 PM
↓ 3:22 AM
★★★★c70
Apogee · 405,235 km
8
90% lit
↑ 5:47 PM
↓ 4:05 AM
★★★★c76
9
95% lit
↑ 6:37 PM
↓ 4:49 AM
★★★★c80
10
98% lit
↑ 7:25 PM
↓ 5:37 AM
★★★★c82
Moon farthest south (-18.3°)
best
11
100% lit
↑ 8:11 PM
↓ 6:28 AM
★★★★c82
Full Moon · Buck Moon
best
12
99% lit
↑ 8:55 PM
↓ 7:21 AM
★★★★c82
best
13
97% lit
↑ 9:38 PM
↓ 8:15 AM
★★★★c79
14
93% lit
↑ 10:19 PM
↓ 9:10 AM
★★★★c74
15
86% lit
↑ 10:58 PM
↓ 10:07 AM
★★☆☆c67
16
78% lit
↑ 11:38 PM
↓ 11:03 AM
★★★☆c57
17
69% lit
↑ –
↓ 12:01 PM
★★☆☆c45
Moon crosses the equator
18
58% lit
↑ 12:18 AM
↓ 1:01 PM
★★☆☆c44
19
47% lit
↑ 1:00 AM
↓ 2:01 PM
★★☆☆c53
Last Quarter
20
35% lit
↑ 1:45 AM
↓ 3:03 PM
★★★☆c70
21
25% lit
↑ 2:34 AM
↓ 4:06 PM
★★★★c84
22
15% lit
↑ 3:27 AM
↓ 5:09 PM
★★★★c93
23
8% lit
↑ 4:25 AM
↓ 6:10 PM
★★★★c97
Perigee · 364,746 km
Moon farthest north (18.4°)
24
3% lit
↑ 5:26 AM
↓ 7:07 PM
★★★★c97
25
0% lit
↑ 6:29 AM
↓ 7:59 PM
★★★★c95
New Moon
best
26
1% lit
↑ 7:31 AM
↓ 8:47 PM
★★★★c88
best
27
4% lit
↑ 8:32 AM
↓ 9:31 PM
★★★★c77
28
9% lit
↑ 9:31 AM
↓ 10:11 PM
★★★☆c65
29
16% lit
↑ 10:28 AM
↓ 10:49 PM
★★☆☆c53
Moon crosses the equator
30
24% lit
↑ 11:22 AM
↓ 11:27 PM
★★☆☆c41
31
33% lit
↑ 12:15 PM
↓ –
★★☆☆c36

Lunar events this month

  • Tue, Jul 2 · 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.
  • Wed, Jul 3 · 3:59 PM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Sun, Jul 7 · 8:00 AM — Apogee · 405,235 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Wed, Jul 10 · 2:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-18.3°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Thu, Jul 11 · 7:23 PM — Full Moon · Buck MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Wed, Jul 17 · 3:00 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 19 · 4:38 AM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Tue, Jul 23 · 3:00 AM — Perigee · 364,746 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Tue, Jul 23 · 6:00 AM — 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.
  • Thu, Jul 25 · 8:31 PM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Mon, Jul 29 · 5:00 PM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.

Best fishing days

Wed, Jul 10 · Thu, Jul 11 · Fri, Jul 12 · Thu, Jul 25 · Fri, Jul 26

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

Moon distance

364,832 km closest · 405,218 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 Padre Island, Port Mansfield Channel Ent.Surf report: Mansfield Jetties (boat access)Offshore 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 12:18 AM.