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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° · 3% rain

Mostly clear, with a low around 73. South wind around 3 mph.

Saturday: High 81° · 3% rain

Sunny, with a high near 81. East southeast wind 0 to 9 mph.

Sunrise / sunset
7:38 AM / 6:47 PM
Moonrise / moonset
– / 1:25 PM
Moon
Waning Gibbous, 67%
Major period
5:20 AM–7:20 AM
Minor period
12:55 PM–1:55 PM
Major period
5:50 PM–7:50 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Sat, Oct 316 AM12 PM6 PMSun, Nov 16 AM12 PM6 PMMon, Nov 2clouds12% cloud cover13% cloud cover18% cloud cover23% cloud cover23% cloud cover32% cloud cover23% cloud cover28% cloud cover35% cloud cover26% cloud cover16% cloud cover10% cloud cover18% cloud cover19% cloud cover10% cloud cover12% cloud cover14% cloud cover21% cloud cover28% cloud cover15% cloud cover23% cloud cover24% cloud cover24% cloud cover25% cloud cover23% cloud cover28% cloud cover31% cloud cover42% cloud cover34% cloud cover39% cloud cover36% cloud cover40% cloud cover41% cloud cover44% cloud cover40% cloud cover32% cloud cover54% cloud cover37% cloud cover27% cloud cover27% cloud cover42% cloud cover68% cloud cover53% cloud cover38% cloud cover42% cloud cover45% cloud cover49% cloud cover53% cloud cover70°75°80°85°75737580818078777674768081807877rain2% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance1% chance1% chance2% chance2% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance2% chance1% chance2% chance2% chance5% chance6% chance6% chance6% chance4% chance1% chance1% chancewind01020mphSSE 3 mph, gusts 6S 2 mph, gusts 5SSW 1 mph, gusts 3N 0 mph, gusts 2E 0 mph, gusts 3ENE 3 mph, gusts 7ENE 7 mph, gusts 10ENE 9 mph, gusts 14ENE 9 mph, gusts 13ENE 8 mph, gusts 12E 6 mph, gusts 9E 3 mph, gusts 7E 2 mph, gusts 5NE 2 mph, gusts 3N 2 mph, gusts 5ENE 3 mph, gusts 5E 5 mph, gusts 7E 6 mph, gusts 9ENE 8 mph, gusts 13ENE 10 mph, gusts 15ENE 10 mph, gusts 15E 10 mph, gusts 14ESE 8 mph, gusts 13SE 7 mph, gusts 12
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Sat 3 AM75°75°72°92%12%2%–SSE 36–
Sat 4 AM74°74°72°94%13%3%–S 36–
Sat 5 AM74°74°72°95%18%3%–S 25–
Sat 6 AM73°73°72°96%23%3%–S 23–
Sat 7 AM73°73°72°96%23%1%–SSW 13–
Sat 8 AM73°73°72°97%32%1%–N 03–
Sat 9 AM75°75°74°96%23%2%–N 02–
Sat 10 AM77°77°74°90%28%2%–N 03–
Sat 11 AM79°79°74°87%35%3%–E 03–
Sat 12 PM80°84°74°84%26%3%–ENE 25–
Sat 1 PM81°86°74°81%16%3%–ENE 37–
Sat 2 PM81°86°75°82%10%3%–ENE 58–
Sat 3 PM81°87°75°81%18%3%–ENE 710–
Sat 4 PM81°87°75°81%19%2%–ENE 913–
Sat 5 PM81°86°75°83%10%2%–ENE 914–
Sat 6 PM80°85°75°84%12%2%–ENE 914–
Sat 7 PM79°79°74°86%14%2%–ENE 913–
Sat 8 PM78°78°75°89%21%2%–ENE 812–
Sat 9 PM78°78°75°91%28%2%–ENE 812–
Sat 10 PM78°78°75°92%15%2%–ENE 812–
Sat 11 PM77°77°75°93%23%2%–E 69–
Sun 12 AM77°77°75°94%24%2%–E 58–
Sun 1 AM76°76°75°96%24%2%–E 37–
Sun 1 AM76°76°75°95%25%2%–E 36–
Sun 2 AM76°76°75°97%23%2%–E 25–
Sun 3 AM75°75°75°98%28%1%–ENE 25–
Sun 4 AM75°75°74°99%31%2%–NE 23–
Sun 5 AM74°74°74°99%42%2%–NNE 23–
Sun 6 AM74°74°74°99%34%5%–N 25–
Sun 7 AM74°75°74°100%39%6%–N 25–
Sun 8 AM76°76°76°100%36%6%–ENE 35–
Sun 9 AM78°78°76°95%40%6%–ENE 36–
Sun 10 AM79°84°76°91%41%4%–E 57–
Sun 11 AM80°87°76°88%44%1%–E 58–
Sun 12 PM81°87°76°86%40%1%–E 69–
Sun 1 PM81°88°76°85%32%0%–ENE 712–
Sun 2 PM81°88°76°85%54%0%–ENE 813–
Sun 3 PM81°87°76°84%37%0%–ENE 915–
Sun 4 PM81°87°76°85%27%0%–ENE 1015–
Sun 5 PM80°86°76°86%27%0%–ENE 1016–
Sun 6 PM79°79°75°89%42%0%–ENE 1015–
Sun 7 PM78°78°75°91%68%0%–ENE 1014–
Sun 8 PM78°78°75°92%53%0%–E 1014–
Sun 9 PM78°78°75°92%38%0%–E 914–
Sun 10 PM78°78°75°93%42%0%–ESE 813–
Sun 11 PM77°77°75°93%45%0%–ESE 813–
Mon 12 AM77°77°75°94%49%0%–SE 712–
Mon 1 AM76°76°74°94%53%0%–SE 712–

7-day forecast

Today

Sunny

81° / 73°

3% rain

ESE 0–9 mph · gusts 14

Sun, Nov 1

Mostly Sunny

81° / 74°

6% rain

NE 2–10 mph · gusts 16

Mon, Nov 2

Mostly Sunny

83° / 75°

Dry

SE 6–16 mph · gusts 24

Tue, Nov 3

Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

83° / 68°

24% rain

SE 3–14 mph · gusts 21

⚡ Storms

Wed, Nov 4

Sunny

78° / 66°

9% rain

NNE 8–12 mph · gusts 18

Thu, Nov 5

Sunny

80° / 67°

8% rain

ESE 5–10 mph · gusts 17

Fri, Nov 6

Sunny

79° / 68°

8% rain

ENE 5–13 mph · gusts 20

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Overnight: Mostly clear, with a low around 73. South wind around 3 mph.
  • Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 81. East southeast wind 0 to 9 mph.
  • Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 74. East northeast wind 2 to 9 mph.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Northeast wind 2 to 10 mph.
  • Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. East southeast wind 6 to 10 mph.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Southeast wind 6 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
  • Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. South southeast wind 12 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
  • Tuesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Southeast wind 3 to 12 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Tuesday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. North northeast wind around 12 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 78. North northeast wind around 12 mph.
  • Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 66. East wind around 9 mph.
  • Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 80.
  • Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67.
  • Friday: Sunny, with a high near 79.

Weather map

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Marine forecast

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

GMZ135 · 215 AM CDT Sat Oct 31 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.


GMZ130-132-135-312030-
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-
215 AM CDT Sat Oct 31 2026

.TODAY...South winds around 5 knots early this morning, becoming
light and variable winds, then becoming northeast around 5 knots
early this afternoon, becoming east. A light chop on the bay. 
.TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, diminishing to around
5 knots after midnight. A light chop on the bay. 
.SUNDAY...North winds around 5 knots, becoming northeast in the
afternoon. A light chop on the bay. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast
after midnight. A light chop on the bay. 
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to
15 knots late in the afternoon. A light chop on the bay, 
increasing to a moderate chop on the bay late in the afternoon. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. A moderate chop
on the bay. 
.TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots, diminishing to around
5 knots early in the afternoon, then becoming southeast late in
the afternoon. A light chop on the bay. A chance of showers and 
thunderstorms in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds around 10 knots, becoming north early
in the morning. A light chop on the bay, increasing to a moderate
chop on the bay early in the morning. A slight chance of 
thunderstorms. A chance of showers, mainly in the evening. 
.WEDNESDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming northeast late
in the afternoon. A moderate chop on the bay, diminishing to
a light chop on the bay late in the afternoon. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east
after midnight. A light chop on the bay. 

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

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

GMZ150 · 215 AM CDT Sat Oct 31 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.


GMZ150-155-312030-
Gulf waters from Port Mansfield to the Rio Grande out 20 nm-
Gulf waters from Baffin Bay to Port Mansfield out 20 nm-
215 AM CDT Sat Oct 31 2026

.TODAY...South winds around 5 knots, becoming north late this
morning, then becoming northeast this afternoon. Seas 2 to
3 feet. Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds. 
.TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave
Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds. 
.SUNDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, increasing to 5 to
10 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: East
3 feet at 7 seconds. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast
early in the morning. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet
at 7 seconds. 
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to
15 knots late in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail:
East 2 feet at 7 seconds. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet.
Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 6 seconds. 
.TUESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to
10 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northeast
late in the evening, then becoming north 10 to 15 knots after
midnight. Seas 2 to 4 feet. A chance of thunderstorms in the
evening. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms
after midnight. 
.WEDNESDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. A
slight chance of showers early in the morning. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 10 knots, becoming east
after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet. 

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · February 2055

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
21% lit
↑ 10:16 AM
↓ 10:33 PM
★★☆☆c42
Moon crosses the equator
2
29% lit
↑ 10:50 AM
↓ 11:24 PM
★☆☆☆c33
3
38% lit
↑ 11:24 AM
↓ –
★☆☆☆c40
4
48% lit
↑ 12:01 PM
↓ 12:16 AM
★☆☆☆c50
First Quarter
5
58% lit
↑ 12:41 PM
↓ 1:09 AM
★★☆☆c64
6
68% lit
↑ 1:25 PM
↓ 2:05 AM
★★★☆c79
7
78% lit
↑ 2:14 PM
↓ 3:02 AM
★★★★c91
8
86% lit
↑ 3:09 PM
↓ 4:01 AM
★★★★c101
Moon farthest north (20.2°)
9
93% lit
↑ 4:10 PM
↓ 4:59 AM
★★★★c105
best
10
98% lit
↑ 5:15 PM
↓ 5:56 AM
★★★★c105
best
11
100% lit
↑ 6:22 PM
↓ 6:50 AM
★★★★c104
Full Moon · Snow Moon (supermoon)
best
12
99% lit
↑ 7:30 PM
↓ 7:40 AM
★★★★c90
Perigee · 357,884 km
best
13
95% lit
↑ 8:36 PM
↓ 8:28 AM
★★★★c76
best
14
89% lit
↑ 9:41 PM
↓ 9:12 AM
★★★☆c63
Moon crosses the equator
15
80% lit
↑ 10:45 PM
↓ 9:55 AM
★★☆☆c48
16
70% lit
↑ 11:46 PM
↓ 10:38 AM
★★☆☆c49
17
59% lit
↑ –
↓ 11:21 AM
★★☆☆c57
18
48% lit
↑ 12:47 AM
↓ 12:05 PM
★★☆☆c69
Last Quarter
19
38% lit
↑ 1:45 AM
↓ 12:51 PM
★★★☆c76
20
28% lit
↑ 2:41 AM
↓ 1:39 PM
★★★★c80
21
20% lit
↑ 3:34 AM
↓ 2:29 PM
★★★★c81
Moon farthest south (-19.5°)
22
13% lit
↑ 4:23 AM
↓ 3:21 PM
★★★★c80
23
7% lit
↑ 5:09 AM
↓ 4:13 PM
★★★★c79
24
3% lit
↑ 5:52 AM
↓ 5:05 PM
★★★★c75
25
1% lit
↑ 6:31 AM
↓ 5:56 PM
★★★★c68
26
0% lit
↑ 7:08 AM
↓ 6:47 PM
★★★★c61
New Moon
27
1% lit
↑ 7:43 AM
↓ 7:38 PM
★★★☆c52
Apogee · 406,513 km
28
4% lit
↑ 8:17 AM
↓ 8:28 PM
★★☆☆c45
Moon crosses the equator

Lunar events this month

  • Mon, Feb 1 · 3:00 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, Feb 4 · 4:59 PM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Mon, Feb 8 · 4:00 PM — Moon farthest north (20.2°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Thu, Feb 11 · 4:48 PM — Full Moon · Snow 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.
  • Fri, Feb 12 · 12:00 PM — Perigee · 357,884 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Sun, Feb 14 · 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, Feb 18 · 8:14 AM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Sun, Feb 21 · 9:00 AM — Moon farthest south (-19.5°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Fri, Feb 26 · 6:39 AM — New MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Sat, Feb 27 · 8:00 AM — Apogee · 406,513 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Sun, Feb 28 · 10:00 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

Tue, Feb 9 · Wed, Feb 10 · Thu, Feb 11 · Fri, Feb 12 · Sat, Feb 13

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

Moon distance

357,886 km closest · 406,507 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 Sat 2:30 AM.