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Freeport

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

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Today

This Afternoon: High 81° · 21% rain

A slight chance of rain showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: Low 68° · 18% rain

A slight chance of rain showers before 7pm, then patchy fog. Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. Northeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunrise / sunset
7:33 AM / 6:36 PM
Moonrise / moonset
– / 1:22 PM
Moon
Waning Gibbous, 62%
Major period
5:10 AM–7:10 AM
Minor period
12:52 PM–1:52 PM
Major period
5:40 PM–7:40 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Sat, Oct 316 PMSun, Nov 16 AM12 PM6 PMMon, Nov 26 AMclouds52% cloud cover41% cloud cover42% cloud cover39% cloud cover42% cloud cover35% cloud cover27% cloud cover36% cloud cover34% cloud cover31% cloud cover30% cloud cover17% cloud cover20% cloud cover15% cloud cover31% cloud cover45% cloud cover59% cloud cover46% cloud cover45% cloud cover59% cloud cover55% cloud cover57% cloud cover77% cloud cover70% cloud cover63% cloud cover61% cloud cover53% cloud cover53% cloud cover51% cloud cover55% cloud cover63% cloud cover81% cloud cover66% cloud cover51% cloud cover53% cloud cover56% cloud cover58% cloud cover65% cloud cover73% cloud cover80% cloud cover79% cloud cover79% cloud cover78% cloud cover74% cloud cover69% cloud cover65% cloud cover65% cloud cover64% cloud cover⚡⚡⚡65°70°75°80°85°78797773727270757880767372716977rain15% chance, 0.01 in15% chance, 0.01 in15% chance, 0.01 in19% chance, 0.01 in19% chance, 0.01 in19% chance, 0.01 in5% chance4% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance4% chance9% chance9% chance10% chance10% chance10% chance3% chance5% chance4% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chancewind01020mphE 5 mph, gusts 7ESE 0 mph, gusts 6ESE 0 mph, gusts 5E 1 mph, gusts 7N 0 mph, gusts 6N 0 mph, gusts 6N 0 mph, gusts 6N 0 mph, gusts 6N 1 mph, gusts 7N 2 mph, gusts 8NNE 3 mph, gusts 8NE 6 mph, gusts 9ENE 7 mph, gusts 10ENE 7 mph, gusts 10E 6 mph, gusts 10E 2 mph, gusts 9E 1 mph, gusts 9E 2 mph, gusts 9ESE 1 mph, gusts 8E 1 mph, gusts 8E 1 mph, gusts 8E 2 mph, gusts 9ESE 6 mph, gusts 10SE 8 mph, gusts 13
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Sat 1 PM78°78°72°82%52%15%0.01"E 5710+ mi⚡
Sat 2 PM79°79°72°79%41%15%0.01"ESE 3710+ mi⚡
Sat 3 PM79°79°72°79%42%15%0.01"ESE 0610+ mi⚡
Sat 4 PM79°79°72°79%39%19%0.01"ESE 3610+ mi
Sat 5 PM80°84°72°77%42%19%0.01"ESE 0510+ mi
Sat 6 PM79°79°72°79%35%19%0.01"E 3710+ mi
Sat 7 PM77°77°72°85%27%5%–E 1710+ mi
Sat 8 PM76°76°72°87%36%4%–N 0710+ mi
Sat 9 PM74°74°72°93%34%2%–N 0610+ mi
Sat 10 PM73°73°72°97%31%2%–N 079.5 mi
Sat 11 PM73°73°72°97%30%2%–N 068.8 mi
Sun 12 AM72°72°71°97%17%2%–N 068.1 mi
Sun 1 AM72°72°71°97%20%3%–N 067.0 mi
Sun 1 AM73°73°72°97%15%3%–N 065.7 mi
Sun 2 AM72°72°71°97%31%3%–N 065.4 mi
Sun 3 AM72°72°71°97%45%3%–N 174.8 mi
Sun 4 AM70°70°69°97%59%3%–N 174.5 mi
Sun 5 AM70°70°69°97%46%4%–N 284.3 mi
Sun 6 AM70°70°69°97%45%9%–N 284.4 mi
Sun 7 AM69°69°69°100%59%9%–NNE 393.7 mi
Sun 8 AM72°72°72°100%55%10%–NNE 384.5 mi
Sun 9 AM75°75°73°94%57%10%–NNE 598.2 mi
Sun 10 AM77°77°73°88%77%10%–NE 699.5 mi
Sun 11 AM78°78°72°82%70%0%–NE 7109.7 mi
Sun 12 PM78°78°72°82%63%0%–ENE 7109.8 mi
Sun 1 PM79°79°72°79%61%0%–ENE 7109.8 mi
Sun 2 PM79°79°72°79%53%3%–ENE 7109.8 mi
Sun 3 PM80°84°72°77%53%5%–ENE 7109.9 mi
Sun 4 PM79°79°72°79%51%4%–E 61010+ mi
Sun 5 PM78°78°72°82%55%1%–E 5910+ mi
Sun 6 PM76°76°72°87%63%0%–E 2910+ mi
Sun 7 PM74°74°72°93%81%0%–E 1910+ mi
Sun 8 PM73°73°72°97%66%0%–E 1910+ mi
Sun 9 PM73°73°71°93%51%0%–E 2910+ mi
Sun 10 PM73°73°71°93%53%0%–E 29–
Sun 11 PM72°72°70°93%56%0%–ESE 18–
Mon 12 AM72°72°71°97%58%1%–ESE 18–
Mon 1 AM72°72°71°97%65%1%–ESE 18–
Mon 2 AM72°72°71°97%73%1%–E 18–
Mon 3 AM71°71°71°100%80%1%–E 18–
Mon 4 AM70°70°70°100%79%1%–E 18–
Mon 5 AM69°69°69°100%79%1%–E 19–
Mon 6 AM69°69°69°100%78%4%–E 29–
Mon 7 AM72°72°72°100%74%4%–ESE 310–
Mon 8 AM74°74°73°97%69%4%–ESE 610–
Mon 9 AM77°77°73°88%65%4%–ESE 712–
Mon 10 AM78°78°73°85%65%4%–SE 813–
Mon 11 AM79°79°73°82%64%4%–SE 914–

7-day forecast

Today

Slight Chance Rain Showers

81° / 68°

21% rain · 0.06"

E 0–5 mph · gusts 7

⚡ Storms

Sun, Nov 1

Patchy Fog then Partly Sunny

81° / 68°

10% rain

NE 0–7 mph · gusts 10

Mon, Nov 2

Partly Sunny

82° / 71°

8% rain

SE 1–10 mph · gusts 15

Tue, Nov 3

Showers And Thunderstorms

82° / 60°

77% rain · 0.36"

SW 3–10 mph · gusts 16

⚡ Storms

Wed, Nov 4

Sunny

75° / 59°

8% rain · 0.06"

NW 1–10 mph · gusts 16

Thu, Nov 5

Sunny

77° / 58°

16% rain

NW 1–9 mph · gusts 14

Fri, Nov 6

Sunny

76° / 57°

6% rain

NE 1–8 mph · gusts 16

Detailed NWS forecast
  • This Afternoon: A slight chance of rain showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Tonight: A slight chance of rain showers before 7pm, then patchy fog. Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. Northeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Sunday: Patchy fog before 9am. Partly sunny. High near 81, with temperatures falling to around 78 in the afternoon. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
  • Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy. Low around 68, with temperatures rising to around 71 overnight. East wind around 0 mph.
  • Monday: Partly sunny. High near 82, with temperatures falling to around 79 in the afternoon. Southeast wind 0 to 10 mph.
  • Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71.
  • Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and noon, then showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
  • Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
  • Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 75.
  • Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59.
  • Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 77.
  • Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.
  • Friday: Sunny, with a high near 76.
  • Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57.

Weather map

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Marine forecast

Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM

GMZ355 · 1219 PM CDT Sat Oct 31 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.


GMZ350-355-010615-
Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out
20 NM-Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM-
1219 PM CDT Sat Oct 31 2026

.THIS AFTERNOON...East winds around 5 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of
thunderstorms early. A slight chance of showers. 
.TONIGHT...Northeast winds around 5 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. Wave
Detail: East 2 feet at 6 seconds. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 7 seconds. 
.TUESDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A 
chance of showers in the morning, then showers likely with a 
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots gusting 25 knots.
Seas 2 to 3 feet. A chance of showers in the evening. 
.WEDNESDAY...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots gusting 20 knots. 
Seas 2 to 3 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds around 10 knots. Seas around
2 feet. 

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · February 2053

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
97% lit
↑ 4:45 PM
↓ 5:31 AM
★★★★c110
Perigee · 362,187 km
best
2
100% lit
↑ 5:51 PM
↓ 6:25 AM
★★★★c106
Full Moon · Snow Moon
best
3
100% lit
↑ 6:55 PM
↓ 7:14 AM
★★★★c97
best
4
97% lit
↑ 7:58 PM
↓ 7:59 AM
★★★★c83
5
92% lit
↑ 8:58 PM
↓ 8:41 AM
★★★★c68
6
85% lit
↑ 9:56 PM
↓ 9:20 AM
★★★☆c51
Moon crosses the equator
7
77% lit
↑ 10:53 PM
↓ 9:58 AM
★★☆☆c37
8
68% lit
↑ 11:47 PM
↓ 10:36 AM
★★☆☆c38
9
58% lit
↑ –
↓ 11:14 AM
★★☆☆c40
10
48% lit
↑ 12:40 AM
↓ 11:53 AM
★★☆☆c49
Last Quarter
11
39% lit
↑ 1:32 AM
↓ 12:35 PM
★★★☆c57
12
30% lit
↑ 2:23 AM
↓ 1:18 PM
★★★☆c66
Apogee · 405,088 km
13
22% lit
↑ 3:12 AM
↓ 2:05 PM
★★★★c73
Moon farthest south (-18.3°)
14
15% lit
↑ 3:59 AM
↓ 2:53 PM
★★★★c78
15
8% lit
↑ 4:44 AM
↓ 3:44 PM
★★★★c78
16
4% lit
↑ 5:28 AM
↓ 4:37 PM
★★★★c78
17
1% lit
↑ 6:09 AM
↓ 5:32 PM
★★★★c76
best
18
0% lit
↑ 6:49 AM
↓ 6:27 PM
★★★★c71
New Moon
best
19
1% lit
↑ 7:27 AM
↓ 7:24 PM
★★★★c63
20
5% lit
↑ 8:05 AM
↓ 8:21 PM
★★★★c54
Moon crosses the equator
21
10% lit
↑ 8:44 AM
↓ 9:19 PM
★★★☆c43
22
17% lit
↑ 9:23 AM
↓ 10:19 PM
★★☆☆c43
23
27% lit
↑ 10:05 AM
↓ 11:19 PM
★★☆☆c48
24
37% lit
↑ 10:50 AM
↓ –
★★★☆c57
25
48% lit
↑ 11:39 AM
↓ 12:21 AM
★★★☆c73
First Quarter
26
60% lit
↑ 12:32 PM
↓ 1:22 AM
★★★☆c82
27
71% lit
↑ 1:30 PM
↓ 2:22 AM
★★★★c89
Moon farthest north (18.3°)
28
80% lit
↑ 2:30 PM
↓ 3:20 AM
★★★★c91
Perigee · 367,802 km

Lunar events this month

  • Sat, Feb 1 · 12:00 AM — Perigee · 362,187 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Sun, Feb 2 · 10:57 PM — Full Moon · Snow MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Thu, Feb 6 · 2:00 AM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Mon, Feb 10 · 7:49 AM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Wed, Feb 12 · 7:00 PM — Apogee · 405,088 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Thu, Feb 13 · 3:00 PM — Moon farthest south (-18.3°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Tue, Feb 18 · 10:31 AM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Thu, Feb 20 · 11:00 PM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Tue, Feb 25 · 4:08 PM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Thu, Feb 27 · 4:00 AM — Moon farthest north (18.3°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Fri, Feb 28 · 2:00 PM — Perigee · 367,802 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.

Best fishing days

Sat, Feb 1 · Sun, Feb 2 · Mon, Feb 3 · Mon, Feb 17 · Tue, Feb 18

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

Moon distance

362,355 km closest · 405,015 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 Sat 12:11 PM.