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Freeport

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

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Today

This Afternoon: High 81° · 18% 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, 61%
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 AM12 PMclouds47% cloud cover29% cloud cover29% cloud cover33% cloud cover25% cloud cover18% cloud cover24% cloud cover39% cloud cover33% cloud cover32% cloud cover61% cloud cover61% cloud cover64% cloud cover77% cloud cover77% cloud cover75% cloud cover74% cloud cover89% cloud cover71% cloud cover74% cloud cover65% cloud cover76% cloud cover67% cloud cover57% cloud cover44% cloud cover34% cloud cover36% cloud cover40% cloud cover45% cloud cover53% cloud cover50% cloud cover40% cloud cover41% cloud cover50% cloud cover50% cloud cover45% cloud cover57% cloud cover76% cloud cover86% cloud cover92% cloud cover91% cloud cover79% cloud cover75% cloud cover70% cloud cover66% cloud cover61% cloud cover57% cloud cover55% cloud cover🌫🌫🌫🌫🌫🌫🌫🌫65°70°75°80°85°79787473737072788078737272717480rain18% chance17% chance18% chance18% chance3% chance3% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance3% chance3% chance2% chance2% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance4% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance2% chance2% chancewind01020mphE 6 mph, gusts 7ESE 7 mph, gusts 7E 5 mph, gusts 7E 5 mph, gusts 6E 3 mph, gusts 3NE 3 mph, gusts 6NNE 3 mph, gusts 7NNE 3 mph, gusts 7NNE 2 mph, gusts 7NE 2 mph, gusts 7ENE 5 mph, gusts 8ENE 6 mph, gusts 9E 6 mph, gusts 10E 6 mph, gusts 10E 2 mph, gusts 8ESE 2 mph, gusts 9ESE 1 mph, gusts 9SE 1 mph, gusts 8SE 1 mph, gusts 7SE 1 mph, gusts 7ESE 2 mph, gusts 8SE 3 mph, gusts 9SE 7 mph, gusts 13SE 9 mph, gusts 14
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Sat 3 PM79°79°72°79%47%18%–E 6710+ mi
Sat 4 PM80°84°72°77%29%17%–E 7710+ mi
Sat 5 PM79°79°73°82%29%18%–ESE 7710+ mi
Sat 6 PM78°78°73°85%33%18%–E 6710+ mi
Sat 7 PM77°77°73°88%25%3%–E 5710+ mi
Sat 8 PM75°75°73°94%18%3%–E 5610+ mi
Sat 9 PM74°74°73°97%24%2%–E 5610+ mi
Sat 10 PM73°73°72°97%39%2%–E 559.5 mi
Sat 11 PM73°73°72°97%33%2%–E 338.8 mi
Sun 12 AM73°73°71°93%32%3%–ENE 358.1 mi
Sun 1 AM73°73°71°93%61%3%–NE 367.0 mi
Sun 1 AM73°73°71°93%61%2%–NE 385.7 mi🌫
Sun 2 AM73°73°71°93%64%2%–NNE 375.4 mi🌫
Sun 3 AM71°71°71°100%77%3%–NNE 384.8 mi🌫
Sun 4 AM71°71°71°100%77%3%–NNE 374.5 mi🌫
Sun 5 AM70°70°70°100%75%3%–NNE 384.3 mi🌫
Sun 6 AM69°69°69°100%74%3%–NNE 274.4 mi🌫
Sun 7 AM71°71°70°97%89%3%–NNE 273.7 mi🌫
Sun 8 AM72°72°71°97%71%3%–NE 274.5 mi🌫
Sun 9 AM76°76°72°87%74%4%–NE 388.2 mi
Sun 10 AM78°78°72°82%65%4%–ENE 589.5 mi
Sun 11 AM78°78°72°82%76%4%–ENE 689.7 mi
Sun 12 PM80°84°72°77%67%4%–ENE 699.8 mi
Sun 1 PM80°84°72°77%57%4%–E 699.8 mi
Sun 2 PM80°84°72°77%44%3%–E 6109.8 mi
Sun 3 PM80°84°72°77%34%3%–E 7109.9 mi
Sun 4 PM79°79°72°79%36%3%–E 61010+ mi
Sun 5 PM78°78°72°82%40%3%–E 5910+ mi
Sun 6 PM76°76°72°87%45%0%–E 2810+ mi
Sun 7 PM75°75°72°90%53%0%–E 2810+ mi
Sun 8 PM73°73°72°97%50%0%–ESE 2910+ mi
Sun 9 PM73°73°72°97%40%0%–ESE 2910+ mi
Sun 10 PM72°72°71°97%41%0%–ESE 19–
Sun 11 PM72°72°71°97%50%0%–ESE 18–
Mon 12 AM72°72°71°97%50%0%–SE 18–
Mon 1 AM72°72°71°97%45%0%–SE 17–
Mon 2 AM72°72°71°97%57%0%–SE 17–
Mon 3 AM71°71°71°100%76%0%–SE 17–
Mon 4 AM71°71°71°100%86%0%–SE 17–
Mon 5 AM71°71°71°100%92%1%–SE 18–
Mon 6 AM69°69°69°100%91%1%–ESE 28–
Mon 7 AM71°71°71°100%79%1%–SE 28–
Mon 8 AM74°74°73°97%75%1%–SE 39–
Mon 9 AM77°77°74°90%70%1%–SE 612–
Mon 10 AM79°79°74°85%66%1%–SE 713–
Mon 11 AM80°84°73°79%61%1%–SE 814–
Mon 12 PM80°84°73°79%57%2%–SE 914–
Mon 1 PM81°86°73°77%55%2%–SE 914–

7-day forecast

Today

Slight Chance Rain Showers

81° / 68°

18% rain

E 3–7 mph · gusts 7

Sun, Nov 1

Patchy Fog then Partly Sunny

81° / 68°

4% rain

NE 1–7 mph · gusts 10

🌫 Fog

Mon, Nov 2

Partly Sunny

82° / 71°

2% rain

SE 1–9 mph · gusts 15

Tue, Nov 3

Showers And Thunderstorms

82° / 60°

77% rain · 0.60"

SW 2–12 mph · gusts 17

⚡ Storms

Wed, Nov 4

Sunny

75° / 59°

7% rain

NW 1–9 mph · gusts 16

Thu, Nov 5

Sunny

77° / 58°

12% rain

NW 1–8 mph · gusts 12

Fri, Nov 6

Sunny

76° / 57°

12% rain

NE 2–9 mph · gusts 13

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 · April 2053

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
97% lit
↑ 6:27 PM
↓ 6:08 AM
★★★★c48
Moon crosses the equator
2
100% lit
↑ 7:24 PM
↓ 6:47 AM
★★★★c52
3
100% lit
↑ 8:21 PM
↓ 7:26 AM
★★★★c60
Full Moon · Pink Moon
best
4
98% lit
↑ 9:17 PM
↓ 8:04 AM
★★★★c65
best
5
94% lit
↑ 10:11 PM
↓ 8:43 AM
★★★★c67
6
88% lit
↑ 11:04 PM
↓ 9:24 AM
★★☆☆c67
7
81% lit
↑ 11:56 PM
↓ 10:06 AM
★★★★c68
8
73% lit
↑ –
↓ 10:51 AM
★★★★c67
9
65% lit
↑ 12:45 AM
↓ 11:38 AM
★★★☆c65
Moon farthest south (-18.3°)
Apogee · 404,472 km
10
55% lit
↑ 1:32 AM
↓ 12:26 PM
★★★☆c62
11
46% lit
↑ 2:16 AM
↓ 1:17 PM
★★★☆c58
Last Quarter
12
36% lit
↑ 2:58 AM
↓ 2:09 PM
★★★☆c54
13
27% lit
↑ 3:39 AM
↓ 3:03 PM
★★★☆c48
14
19% lit
↑ 4:18 AM
↓ 3:58 PM
★★★☆c43
15
11% lit
↑ 4:56 AM
↓ 4:55 PM
★★★☆c36
16
5% lit
↑ 5:35 AM
↓ 5:54 PM
★★★☆c48
Moon crosses the equator
17
2% lit
↑ 6:15 AM
↓ 6:54 PM
★★★★c66
18
0% lit
↑ 6:56 AM
↓ 7:57 PM
★★★★c84
New Moon
best
19
1% lit
↑ 7:41 AM
↓ 9:01 PM
★★★★c99
best
20
5% lit
↑ 8:29 AM
↓ 10:05 PM
★★★★c108
best
21
12% lit
↑ 9:21 AM
↓ 11:09 PM
★★★★c111
Perigee · 365,051 km
22
20% lit
↑ 10:18 AM
↓ –
★☆☆☆c111
Moon farthest north (18.3°)
23
30% lit
↑ 11:17 AM
↓ 12:09 AM
★★★★c109
24
42% lit
↑ 12:19 PM
↓ 1:06 AM
★★★☆c101
25
53% lit
↑ 1:20 PM
↓ 1:58 AM
★★★☆c89
First Quarter
26
64% lit
↑ 2:21 PM
↓ 2:45 AM
★★★★c74
27
74% lit
↑ 3:21 PM
↓ 3:28 AM
★★★☆c51
28
83% lit
↑ 4:19 PM
↓ 4:08 AM
★★☆☆c38
29
90% lit
↑ 5:16 PM
↓ 4:47 AM
★★★☆c52
Moon crosses the equator
30
95% lit
↑ 6:12 PM
↓ 5:24 AM
★★★★c65

Lunar events this month

  • Tue, Apr 1 · 8:00 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, Apr 3 · 1:22 AM — Full Moon · Pink MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Wed, Apr 9 · 8:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-18.3°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Wed, Apr 9 · 1:00 PM — Apogee · 404,472 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Fri, Apr 11 · 1:04 AM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Wed, Apr 16 · 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.
  • Fri, Apr 18 · 1:48 PM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Mon, Apr 21 · 9:00 AM — Perigee · 365,051 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Tue, Apr 22 · 11:00 PM — 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, Apr 25 · 6:02 AM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Tue, Apr 29 · 4:00 AM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.

Best fishing days

Thu, Apr 3 · Fri, Apr 4 · Fri, Apr 18 · Sat, Apr 19 · Sun, Apr 20

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

Moon distance

365,062 km closest · 404,472 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 1:21 PM.