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27.850°, -97.080° · tides: Port Aransas

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Today

Veterans Day: High 72° · 13% rain

Patchy fog before 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. North wind around 9 mph.

Tonight: Low 65° · 1% rain

Cloudy, with a low around 65. North northwest wind 5 to 8 mph.

Sunrise / sunset
6:46 AM / 5:37 PM
Moonrise / moonset
9:05 AM / 7:14 PM
Moon
Waxing Crescent, 6%
Major period
12:45 AM–2:45 AM
Minor period
8:35 AM–9:35 AM
Major period
1:10 PM–3:10 PM
Minor period
6:44 PM–7:44 PM
Solunar rating
Low

Next 48 hours

TemperatureDew pointRain chanceWind (gusts dashed)🌫 fog · ⚡ storms · gray = clouds
Wed, Nov 116 PMThu, Nov 126 AM12 PM6 PMFri, Nov 136 AMclouds83% cloud cover79% cloud cover88% cloud cover88% cloud cover86% cloud cover76% cloud cover88% cloud cover91% cloud cover93% cloud cover92% cloud cover91% cloud cover81% cloud cover84% cloud cover86% cloud cover83% cloud cover86% cloud cover88% cloud cover87% cloud cover94% cloud cover92% cloud cover83% cloud cover86% cloud cover82% cloud cover74% cloud cover78% cloud cover76% cloud cover83% cloud cover76% cloud cover72% cloud cover69% cloud cover77% cloud cover78% cloud cover66% cloud cover54% cloud cover47% cloud cover39% cloud cover32% cloud cover24% cloud cover17% cloud cover9% cloud cover10% cloud cover11% cloud cover12% cloud cover10% cloud cover8% cloud cover6% cloud cover6% cloud cover6% cloud cover55°60°65°70°75°70717070686766687273707169676569rain4% chance5% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance3% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chance1% chancewind01020mphN 9 mph, gusts 13N 9 mph, gusts 14N 9 mph, gusts 13N 7 mph, gusts 12N 6 mph, gusts 10NNW 5 mph, gusts 8NNW 5 mph, gusts 8NNW 6 mph, gusts 10NNW 7 mph, gusts 13NNW 8 mph, gusts 14N 9 mph, gusts 15N 12 mph, gusts 16N 12 mph, gusts 15NNE 10 mph, gusts 14NNE 10 mph, gusts 14N 8 mph, gusts 13N 6 mph, gusts 9N 3 mph, gusts 7N 3 mph, gusts 7N 5 mph, gusts 8N 5 mph, gusts 9N 6 mph, gusts 10NNE 7 mph, gusts 10NNE 7 mph, gusts 10
Hour-by-hour table
TimeTempFeelsDew ptHumidityCloudsRainAmountWindGustsVisibility
Wed 12 PM70°70°66°87%83%4%–N 9137.5 mi
Wed 1 PM69°69°66°90%79%5%–N 9138.3 mi
Wed 2 PM71°71°67°87%88%3%–N 9149.8 mi
Wed 3 PM71°71°67°87%88%3%–N 9139.6 mi
Wed 4 PM71°71°67°87%86%3%–N 9139.6 mi
Wed 5 PM71°71°67°87%76%3%–N 8129.3 mi
Wed 6 PM70°70°67°90%88%1%–N 7128.8 mi
Wed 7 PM70°70°67°90%91%1%–N 7127.6 mi
Wed 8 PM70°70°67°90%93%1%–N 6108.6 mi
Wed 9 PM70°70°67°90%92%1%–N 697.7 mi
Wed 10 PM69°69°67°93%91%1%–NNW 586.9 mi
Wed 11 PM69°69°67°93%81%1%–NNW 586.9 mi
Thu 12 AM68°68°67°97%84%1%–NNW 588.9 mi
Thu 1 AM68°68°66°93%86%1%–NNW 595.9 mi
Thu 2 AM68°68°66°93%83%1%–NNW 6106.9 mi
Thu 3 AM67°67°66°97%86%1%–NNW 7129.0 mi
Thu 4 AM67°67°65°93%88%0%–NNW 7136.9 mi
Thu 5 AM67°67°65°93%87%1%–NNW 8136.9 mi
Thu 6 AM66°66°64°93%94%0%–NNW 8149.1 mi
Thu 7 AM65°65°64°97%92%0%–NNW 9146.9 mi
Thu 8 AM67°67°64°90%83%0%–N 9156.9 mi
Thu 9 AM68°68°64°87%86%0%–N 10169.8 mi
Thu 10 AM70°70°64°81%82%0%–N 121610+ mi
Thu 11 AM71°71°63°76%74%0%–N 121610+ mi
Thu 12 PM72°72°63°73%78%0%–N 121510+ mi
Thu 1 PM72°72°63°73%76%0%–N 1015–
Thu 2 PM73°73°62°68%83%0%–NNE 1014–
Thu 3 PM73°73°62°68%76%0%–NNE 1014–
Thu 4 PM73°73°61°66%72%0%–NNE 1014–
Thu 5 PM71°71°61°71%69%0%–N 913–
Thu 6 PM70°70°60°71%77%0%–N 813–
Thu 7 PM71°71°61°71%78%0%–N 712–
Thu 8 PM71°71°61°71%66%0%–N 69–
Thu 9 PM71°71°61°71%54%0%–N 58–
Thu 10 PM70°70°61°73%47%0%–N 37–
Thu 11 PM70°70°61°73%39%0%–N 37–
Fri 12 AM69°69°61°76%32%0%–N 37–
Fri 1 AM68°68°61°78%24%0%–N 37–
Fri 2 AM67°67°61°81%17%0%–N 58–
Fri 3 AM67°67°61°81%9%0%–N 59–
Fri 4 AM66°66°61°84%10%0%–N 59–
Fri 5 AM65°65°60°84%11%0%–N 610–
Fri 6 AM65°65°60°84%12%0%–N 610–
Fri 7 AM66°66°60°81%10%0%–N 610–
Fri 8 AM67°67°61°81%8%0%–NNE 710–
Fri 9 AM69°69°61°76%6%0%–NNE 710–
Fri 10 AM71°71°61°71%6%0%–NNE 710–
Fri 11 AM73°73°60°64%6%0%–NE 710–

7-day forecast

Today

Patchy Fog then Mostly Cloudy

72° / 65°

13% rain

N 5–9 mph · gusts 14

Thu, Nov 12

Mostly Cloudy

74° / 65°

1% rain

N 3–12 mph · gusts 16

Fri, Nov 13

Sunny

77° / 70°

1% rain

NE 3–8 mph · gusts 10

Sat, Nov 14

Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

78° / 71°

49% rain · 0.12"

ESE 6–17 mph · gusts 22

⚡ Storms

Sun, Nov 15

Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

78° / 67°

49% rain · 0.30"

ESE 12–17 mph · gusts 21

⚡ Storms

Mon, Nov 16

Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny

74° / 63°

46% rain · 0.18"

NNE 9–17 mph · gusts 22

Tue, Nov 17

Partly Sunny

71° / 66°

6% rain

NNE 10–16 mph · gusts 20

Detailed NWS forecast
  • Veterans Day: Patchy fog before 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. North wind around 9 mph.
  • Tonight: Cloudy, with a low around 65. North northwest wind 5 to 8 mph.
  • Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. North wind 8 to 12 mph.
  • Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. North wind 3 to 8 mph.
  • Friday: Sunny, with a high near 77. Northeast wind around 8 mph.
  • Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 70. East southeast wind 6 to 9 mph.
  • Saturday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. East southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
  • Saturday Night: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. East southeast wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
  • Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. East southeast wind around 17 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
  • Sunday Night: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
  • Monday: A slight chance of rain showers before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 63.
  • Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 71.
  • Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66.

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Marine forecast

Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays

GMZ236 · 1246 AM CST Wed Nov 11 2026

Middle Texas coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Matagorda ship
channel out to 60 nautical miles.
 
Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest
1/3 of the waves...along with occasional height of the average
highest 10 percent of the waves. 
 


GMZ236-237-111915-
Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays-
San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays-
1246 AM CST Wed Nov 11 2026

.REST OF TONIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters smooth to slightly choppy. A chance of showers with a
slight chance of thunderstorms, then a slight chance of showers
late. Patchy fog. 
.WEDNESDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
smooth to slightly choppy. A slight chance of showers in the
morning. Patchy fog in the morning. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters smooth to slightly choppy. 
.THURSDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
smooth to slightly choppy. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters smooth to slightly choppy. 
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming east in the
afternoon. Bay and inland waters smooth. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters smooth. 
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters
slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A chance of showers in
the afternoon. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 10 to
15 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters choppy. A chance
of showers. 
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters
slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A chance of showers. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming northeast
5 to 10 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters slightly
choppy to occasionally choppy. Showers likely, mainly in the
evening. 

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM

GMZ250 · 1246 AM CST Wed Nov 11 2026

Middle Texas coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Matagorda ship
channel out to 60 nautical miles.
 
Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest
1/3 of the waves...along with occasional height of the average
highest 10 percent of the waves. 
 


GMZ250-111915-
Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM-
1246 AM CST Wed Nov 11 2026

.REST OF TONIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around
2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 5 seconds. A chance of
showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms, then a slight
chance of showers late. Patchy fog. 
.WEDNESDAY...North winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave
Detail: East 2 feet at 5 seconds and north 1 foot at 2 seconds.
Patchy fog in the morning. A slight chance of showers. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to
15 knots after midnight. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: North
2 feet at 3 seconds. 
.THURSDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave
Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 4 seconds. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
Wave Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 5 seconds. 
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east in the
afternoon. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 2 feet at
5 seconds. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast
10 to 15 knots after midnight. Seas around 2 feet. 
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds around 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet,
occasionally to 5 feet. A chance of showers in the afternoon. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to
5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. A chance of showers. 
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 5 to 6 feet,
occasionally to 8 feet. A chance of showers. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming
northeast after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to
8 feet. A chance of showers. 

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Moon calendar · November 2074

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
96% lit
↑ 5:56 PM
↓ 5:38 AM
★★☆☆c43
Moon crosses the equator
2
99% lit
↑ 6:29 PM
↓ 6:32 AM
★★★☆c54
3
100% lit
↑ 7:03 PM
↓ 7:24 AM
★★★☆c62
Full Moon · Beaver Moon
4
99% lit
↑ 6:39 PM
↓ 7:17 AM
★★★☆c69
5
97% lit
↑ 7:18 PM
↓ 8:10 AM
★★★☆c75
6
92% lit
↑ 7:59 PM
↓ 9:02 AM
★★★☆c75
Apogee · 406,179 km
7
87% lit
↑ 8:44 PM
↓ 9:54 AM
★★★☆c76
8
80% lit
↑ 9:33 PM
↓ 10:44 AM
★★★☆c76
Moon farthest north (21.9°)
9
72% lit
↑ 10:24 PM
↓ 11:32 AM
★★☆☆c75
10
62% lit
↑ 11:18 PM
↓ 12:17 PM
★☆☆☆c71
11
53% lit
↑ –
↓ 1:00 PM
★★☆☆c69
Last Quarter
12
43% lit
↑ 12:14 AM
↓ 1:41 PM
★★☆☆c61
13
32% lit
↑ 1:12 AM
↓ 2:20 PM
★☆☆☆c47
14
23% lit
↑ 2:11 AM
↓ 2:59 PM
★☆☆☆c36
15
14% lit
↑ 3:12 AM
↓ 3:37 PM
★★☆☆c50
Moon crosses the equator
16
7% lit
↑ 4:16 AM
↓ 4:17 PM
★★☆☆c65
17
2% lit
↑ 5:22 AM
↓ 5:01 PM
★★★★c75
18
0% lit
↑ 6:30 AM
↓ 5:48 PM
★★★★c92
New Moon (supermoon)
best
19
1% lit
↑ 7:40 AM
↓ 6:40 PM
★★★★c108
Perigee · 357,121 km
best
20
5% lit
↑ 8:49 AM
↓ 7:37 PM
★★★★c108
best
21
12% lit
↑ 9:55 AM
↓ 8:39 PM
★★★★c107
Moon farthest south (-21.4°)
best
22
21% lit
↑ 10:54 AM
↓ 9:42 PM
★★★★c104
best
23
31% lit
↑ 11:47 AM
↓ 10:45 PM
★★★☆c95
24
41% lit
↑ 12:34 PM
↓ 11:46 PM
★★☆☆c80
25
52% lit
↑ 1:15 PM
↓ –
★★☆☆c62
First Quarter
26
62% lit
↑ 1:52 PM
↓ 12:44 AM
★☆☆☆c45
27
72% lit
↑ 2:26 PM
↓ 1:40 AM
★☆☆☆c37
28
80% lit
↑ 2:59 PM
↓ 2:34 AM
★☆☆☆c47
Moon crosses the equator
29
87% lit
↑ 3:32 PM
↓ 3:27 AM
★★☆☆c56
30
93% lit
↑ 4:05 PM
↓ 4:20 AM
★★☆☆c64

Lunar events this month

  • Thu, Nov 1 · 12:00 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, Nov 3 · 2:21 PM — Full Moon · Beaver MoonSpring tides: the biggest tidal ranges and strongest currents of the cycle. Fish often feed hard on moving water.
  • Tue, Nov 6 · 5:00 AM — Apogee · 406,179 kmMoon farthest from Earth: tides run a little smaller than usual.
  • Thu, Nov 8 · 5:00 PM — Moon farthest north (21.9°)Tropic tides: on the Texas coast this brings one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Sun, Nov 11 · 6:07 PM — Last QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Thu, Nov 15 · 12:00 PM — Moon crosses the equatorEquatorial tides: weak, mixed tides on the Texas coast (often two small highs a day). Wind matters more than tide.
  • Sun, Nov 18 · 2:56 PM — New 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.
  • Mon, Nov 19 · 2:00 AM — Perigee · 357,121 kmMoon closest to Earth: tides run a little larger than usual for the phase.
  • Wed, Nov 21 · 4:00 PM — Moon farthest south (-21.4°)Tropic tides: one big high and one big low a day, with the strongest daily range.
  • Sun, Nov 25 · 7:51 AM — First QuarterNeap tides: smaller ranges and weaker currents. Fish structure and wind-driven water.
  • Wed, Nov 28 · 7:00 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

Sun, Nov 18 · Mon, Nov 19 · Tue, Nov 20 · Wed, Nov 21 · Thu, Nov 22

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

Moon distance

357,269 km closest · 406,151 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 Port AransasSurf report: Port Aransas Beach & Horace Caldwell PierOffshore 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 Wed 12:46 AM.