Texas Marine Forecasts
NWS marine forecasts for 23 coastal waters zones off Texas, with current wind and seas from the nearest buoy and 3-day charts.
Texas forecast register
Named coastal zones, current observations and official advisories
| Forecast zoneForecast zone | Wind nowWind now | ConditionsConditions |
|---|---|---|
| Baffin Bay and Upper Laguna Madre | ESE 15 ktESE 15 kt | peak 19 kt Tue 5 PMpeak 19 kt Tue 5 PM |
| Baffin Bay to Port Aransas | SSE 12 ktSSE 12 kt | peak 24 kt Fri 2 PMpeak 24 kt Fri 2 PM |
| Baffin Bay to Port Mansfield | SSE 18 ktSSE 18 kt | peak 21 kt Fri 2 PMpeak 21 kt Fri 2 PM |
| Cameron LA to High Island | SSE 12 ktSSE 12 kt | peak 17 kt Tue 9 PMpeak 17 kt Tue 9 PM |
| Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel | SSE 12 ktSSE 12 kt | peak 17 kt Wed 12 AMpeak 17 kt Wed 12 AM |
| High Island to Freeport | SSE 8 ktSSE 8 kt | peak 18 kt Fri 10 AMpeak 18 kt Fri 10 AM |
| Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel | SSE 12 ktSSE 12 kt | peak 18 kt Fri 10 AMpeak 18 kt Fri 10 AM |
| Port Mansfield TX to the Rio Grande River | SSE 17 ktSSE 17 kt | peak 17 kt Wed 8 PMpeak 17 kt Wed 8 PM |
| Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays | SSE 10 ktSSE 10 kt | peak 20 kt Fri 1 PMpeak 20 kt Fri 1 PM |
| Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays | SSE 12 ktSSE 12 kt | peak 21 kt Fri 1 PMpeak 21 kt Fri 1 PM |
| Galveston Bay | SSE 13 ktSSE 13 kt | peak 15 kt Fri 10 AMpeak 15 kt Fri 10 AM |
| Laguna Madre From 5 nm North Of Port Mansfield To Baffin Bay | SSE 18 ktSSE 18 kt | peak 21 kt Fri 1 PMpeak 21 kt Fri 1 PM |
| Laguna Madre From The Arroyo Colorado North Of Port Mansfield | SSE 17 ktSSE 17 kt | peak 23 kt Fri 2 PMpeak 23 kt Fri 2 PM |
| Laguna Madre From the Port Of Brownsville to the Arroyo | SSE 17 ktSSE 17 kt | peak 23 kt Fri 2 PMpeak 23 kt Fri 2 PM |
| Matagorda Bay | S 10 ktS 10 kt | peak 20 kt Fri 2 PMpeak 20 kt Fri 2 PM |
| San Antonio, Mesquite | SSE 12 ktSSE 12 kt | peak 17 kt Fri 11 AMpeak 17 kt Fri 11 AM |
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Texas marine forecasts: common questions
Is there a small craft advisory off Texas right now?
No advisory or warning is in force in any of the 23 Texas marine zones at the moment. Advisories are issued per zone by the National Weather Service and appear at the top of a zone's page as soon as one is posted.
How windy is it on the Texas coast right now?
Buoys off Texas are reporting 8 to 18 knots, the strongest at Baffin Bay to Port Mansfield. A knot is 1.15 mph, so 20 knots is about 23 mph. Wind measured offshore is usually stronger than the same wind felt in a harbor.
How rough are the seas off Texas today?
The highest seas measured right now are 4 ft off Baffin Bay to Port Aransas, out of the 10 of 23 Texas zones with a wave-capable buoy nearby. Seas are significant wave height, the average of the highest third of the waves, so individual waves run noticeably higher than the figure.
Who issues the marine forecast for Texas?
The National Weather Service, from its Brownsville, TX office, its Corpus Christi, TX office, its Houston/Galveston, TX office and its Lake Charles, LA office. Each of the 23 zones on this page gets its own bulletin in a legacy teletype format, reproduced here in full underneath the charts and the live buoy readings.