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Sargent

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

⚠ Marine Weather Statement · until Fri 8:30 PM

A system will bring periods of gusty winds along with a good chance of showers and a few thunderstorms over the Upper Texas Coastal waters between Matagorda Bay and Galveston this afternoon. Winds of 15-20 knots, with gusts up to 25 knots are expected. Near or within any heavy shower or thunderstorm, winds could gust over 30 knots. A waterspout cannot be ruled out over the Gulf. For the Gulf waters near Galveston, the bulk of the showers and isolated thunderstorms may not arrive until this evening.

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Today

This Afternoon: High 78° · 68% rain

A chance of rain showers before 1pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy. High near 78, with temperatures falling to around 75 in the afternoon. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight: Low 68° · 67% rain

Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. East wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. 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, 73%
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 306 PMSat, Oct 316 AM12 PM6 PMSun, Nov 16 AMclouds79% cloud cover82% cloud cover83% cloud cover85% cloud cover80% cloud cover80% cloud cover84% cloud cover80% cloud cover73% cloud cover72% cloud cover76% cloud cover76% cloud cover73% cloud cover73% cloud cover70% cloud cover67% cloud cover70% cloud cover66% cloud cover61% cloud cover54% cloud cover44% cloud cover38% cloud cover47% cloud cover43% cloud cover33% cloud cover30% cloud cover36% cloud cover34% cloud cover37% cloud cover37% cloud cover36% cloud cover43% cloud cover43% cloud cover42% cloud cover45% cloud cover55% cloud cover52% cloud cover49% cloud cover67% cloud cover63% cloud cover80% cloud cover76% cloud cover71% cloud cover67% cloud cover62% cloud cover57% cloud cover54% cloud cover51% cloud cover⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡65°70°75°80°85°78757271716968737878757272706974rain46% chance, 0.06 in52% chance, 0.06 in61% chance, 0.06 in68% chance, 0.06 in67% chance, 0.06 in67% chance, 0.06 in67% chance, 0.02 in56% chance, 0.02 in52% chance, 0.02 in46% chance, 0.02 in39% chance, 0.02 in35% chance, 0.02 in40% chance, 0.04 in46% chance, 0.04 in42% chance, 0.04 in32% chance, 0.04 in22% chance, 0.04 in19% chance, 0.04 in28% chance25% chance23% chance23% chance24% chance26% chance34% chance, 0.03 in32% chance, 0.03 in31% chance, 0.03 in29% chance, 0.03 in21% chance, 0.03 in12% chance, 0.03 in5% chance5% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance2% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance2% chance2% chance5% chance5% chance5% chance5% chance5% chance5% chance0.060.060.06wind01020mphE 15 mph, gusts 21E 15 mph, gusts 21E 14 mph, gusts 20E 12 mph, gusts 18E 12 mph, gusts 17E 9 mph, gusts 15E 7 mph, gusts 12E 6 mph, gusts 10NE 6 mph, gusts 9NE 6 mph, gusts 9E 6 mph, gusts 9E 6 mph, gusts 9E 7 mph, gusts 9E 7 mph, gusts 8E 7 mph, gusts 8E 6 mph, gusts 9E 5 mph, gusts 9E 5 mph, gusts 8E 3 mph, gusts 7ENE 3 mph, gusts 6NE 3 mph, gusts 7NE 6 mph, gusts 9NE 6 mph, gusts 9ENE 7 mph, gusts 10
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Fri 1 PM78°78°70°76%79%46%0.06"E 15219.7 mi⚡
Fri 2 PM77°77°71°82%82%52%0.06"E 15217.8 mi⚡
Fri 3 PM77°77°71°82%83%61%0.06"E 15216.0 mi⚡
Fri 4 PM75°75°72°88%85%68%0.06"ENE 14206.0 mi⚡
Fri 5 PM75°75°72°89%80%67%0.06"E 14203.7 mi⚡
Fri 6 PM74°74°71°92%80%67%0.06"E 14203.5 mi⚡
Fri 7 PM72°72°72°97%84%67%0.02"E 12185.9 mi⚡
Fri 8 PM71°71°71°100%80%56%0.02"E 12176.0 mi⚡
Fri 9 PM71°71°71°100%73%52%0.02"E 12178.3 mi⚡
Fri 10 PM71°71°71°100%72%46%0.02"E 10169.4 mi⚡
Fri 11 PM71°71°71°100%76%39%0.02"E 9159.6 mi⚡
Sat 12 AM71°71°71°100%76%35%0.02"E 8139.5 mi⚡
Sat 1 AM71°71°71°100%73%40%0.04"E 7129.7 mi⚡
Sat 2 AM71°71°71°100%73%46%0.04"ENE 6129.9 mi⚡
Sat 3 AM69°69°69°100%70%42%0.04"E 6109.3 mi⚡
Sat 4 AM69°69°69°100%67%32%0.04"ENE 698.5 mi⚡
Sat 5 AM69°69°69°100%70%22%0.04"NE 697.8 mi⚡
Sat 6 AM68°68°68°100%66%19%0.04"ENE 697.8 mi⚡
Sat 7 AM68°68°68°100%61%28%–NE 697.4 mi⚡
Sat 8 AM68°68°68°100%54%25%–ENE 697.0 mi⚡
Sat 9 AM70°70°70°100%44%23%–E 697.2 mi⚡
Sat 10 AM73°73°73°99%38%23%–ENE 699.2 mi⚡
Sat 11 AM75°75°73°91%47%24%–E 699.4 mi⚡
Sat 12 PM77°77°72°87%43%26%–E 699.6 mi⚡
Sat 1 PM78°78°73°84%33%34%0.03"E 799.8 mi⚡
Sat 2 PM79°79°73°81%30%32%0.03"E 789.7 mi⚡
Sat 3 PM78°78°73°84%36%31%0.03"E 789.5 mi⚡
Sat 4 PM78°78°73°85%34%29%0.03"E 789.3 mi⚡
Sat 5 PM78°78°73°85%37%21%0.03"E 789.3 mi⚡
Sat 6 PM77°77°73°87%37%12%0.03"E 689.4 mi
Sat 7 PM75°75°73°93%36%5%–E 699.4 mi
Sat 8 PM73°73°72°95%43%5%–E 5910+ mi
Sat 9 PM73°73°72°95%43%4%–E 5910+ mi
Sat 10 PM72°72°72°99%42%4%–E 6910+ mi
Sat 11 PM72°72°72°99%45%4%–E 58–
Sun 12 AM72°72°72°99%55%4%–E 58–
Sun 1 AM72°72°72°99%52%2%–E 37–
Sun 1 AM71°71°71°100%49%3%–E 37–
Sun 2 AM71°71°71°100%67%3%–ENE 36–
Sun 3 AM70°70°70°100%63%3%–NE 37–
Sun 4 AM70°70°70°100%80%2%–NE 37–
Sun 5 AM70°70°70°100%76%2%–NE 58–
Sun 6 AM69°69°69°100%71%5%–NE 69–
Sun 7 AM70°70°70°100%67%5%–NE 69–
Sun 8 AM72°72°72°100%62%5%–NE 69–
Sun 9 AM74°74°73°95%57%5%–NE 710–
Sun 10 AM76°76°73°90%54%5%–ENE 710–
Sun 11 AM78°78°73°86%51%5%–ENE 810–

7-day forecast

Today

Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

78° / 68°

68% rain · 0.46"

E 9–15 mph · gusts 21

⚡ Storms

Sat, Oct 31

Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

79° / 69°

46% rain · 0.44"

E 5–8 mph · gusts 13

⚡ Storms

Sun, Nov 1

Partly Sunny

79° / 69°

5% rain

E 3–9 mph · gusts 12

Mon, Nov 2

Mostly Sunny

80° / 71°

8% rain

SE 5–12 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
  • This Afternoon: A chance of rain showers before 1pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy. High near 78, with temperatures falling to around 75 in the afternoon. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
  • Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. East wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
  • Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
  • Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. East wind around 5 mph.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny. High near 79, with temperatures falling to around 75 in the afternoon. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
  • Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.
  • 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 · 1233 PM 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.


GMZ350-355-310630-
Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out
20 NM-Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM-
1233 PM CDT Fri Oct 30 2026

.THIS AFTERNOON...East winds 15 to 20 knots gusting 25 knots.
Gusts over 30 knots in heavier showers and thunderstorms. Seas 3 
to 4 feet. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 6 seconds. Showers and 
thunderstorms likely. 
.TONIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots,
diminishing to around 10 knots after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 feet.
Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 6 seconds. Showers likely with
isolated 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. A chance
of thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
.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 around 2 feet. Wave
Detail: East 2 feet at 7 seconds. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 6 seconds. 
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 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 · August 2052

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
42% lit
↑ 1:02 PM
↓ –
★☆☆☆c46
2
52% lit
↑ 1:54 PM
↓ 12:31 AM
★☆☆☆c56
First Quarter
3
61% lit
↑ 2:46 PM
↓ 1:10 AM
★☆☆☆c65
4
70% lit
↑ 3:37 PM
↓ 1:50 AM
★★☆☆c74
Apogee · 404,409 km
5
78% lit
↑ 4:26 PM
↓ 2:33 AM
★★☆☆c79
6
86% lit
↑ 5:15 PM
↓ 3:20 AM
★★☆☆c83
Moon farthest south (-18.3°)
7
92% lit
↑ 6:02 PM
↓ 4:09 AM
★★☆☆c84
8
96% lit
↑ 6:47 PM
↓ 5:02 AM
★★☆☆c83
best
9
99% lit
↑ 7:30 PM
↓ 5:56 AM
★★★☆c81
best
10
100% lit
↑ 8:12 PM
↓ 6:53 AM
★★★☆c76
Full Moon · Sturgeon Moon
best
11
98% lit
↑ 8:52 PM
↓ 7:50 AM
★★☆☆c68
12
95% lit
↑ 9:31 PM
↓ 8:49 AM
★☆☆☆c59
13
89% lit
↑ 10:11 PM
↓ 9:48 AM
★★☆☆c49
Moon crosses the equator
14
81% lit
↑ 10:52 PM
↓ 10:49 AM
★☆☆☆c39
15
71% lit
↑ 11:35 PM
↓ 11:50 AM
★☆☆☆c48
16
60% lit
↑ –
↓ 12:52 PM
★☆☆☆c61
17
49% lit
↑ 12:21 AM
↓ 1:54 PM
★☆☆☆c75
Last Quarter
18
38% lit
↑ 1:12 AM
↓ 2:56 PM
★★☆☆c87
Perigee · 369,239 km
19
27% lit
↑ 2:06 AM
↓ 3:56 PM
★★☆☆c94
Moon farthest north (18.4°)
20
17% lit
↑ 3:04 AM
↓ 4:53 PM
★★☆☆c96
21
10% lit
↑ 4:04 AM
↓ 5:45 PM
★★★☆c95
best
22
4% lit
↑ 5:06 AM
↓ 6:34 PM
★★★☆c91
best
23
1% lit
↑ 6:07 AM
↓ 7:18 PM
★★☆☆c81
24
0% lit
↑ 7:07 AM
↓ 7:59 PM
★★☆☆c69
New Moon
25
2% lit
↑ 8:06 AM
↓ 8:38 PM
★★☆☆c56
26
6% lit
↑ 9:03 AM
↓ 9:15 PM
★★☆☆c50
Moon crosses the equator
27
11% lit
↑ 9:58 AM
↓ 9:51 PM
★☆☆☆c37
28
18% lit
↑ 10:52 AM
↓ 10:28 PM
★☆☆☆c41
29
26% lit
↑ 11:45 AM
↓ 11:06 PM
★☆☆☆c45
30
35% lit
↑ 12:37 PM
↓ 11:46 PM
★☆☆☆c52
31
45% lit
↑ 1:28 PM
↓ –
★☆☆☆c58
Apogee · 404,226 km

Lunar events this month

  • Fri, Aug 2 · 8:19 AM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Sun, Aug 4 · 12:00 AM — Apogee · 404,409 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Tue, Aug 6 · 10:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-18.3°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Sat, Aug 10 · 7:52 AM — Full Moon · Sturgeon MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Tue, Aug 13 · 11:00 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, Aug 17 · 9:43 AM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Sun, Aug 18 · 11:00 PM — Perigee · 369,239 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Mon, Aug 19 · 3:00 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.
  • Sat, Aug 24 · 6:06 AM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Mon, Aug 26 · 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.
  • Sat, Aug 31 · 7:00 PM — Apogee · 404,226 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.

Best fishing days

Thu, Aug 8 · Fri, Aug 9 · Sat, Aug 10 · Wed, Aug 21 · Thu, Aug 22

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

Moon distance

369,307 km closest · 404,264 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 12:21 PM.