Forecast as of 3:40 PM CDT on March 18, 2010
Synopsis For The Middle Texas Coastal Waters
Moderate onshore flow will occur tonight and increase by early Friday morning as a low pressure approaches West Texas. This southeast flow will continue through Friday night and then weaken during Saturday morning. A cold front with a band of showers and possible thunderstorms will arrive Saturday afternoon and develop a strong offshore flow for Saturday evening through Sunday morning before diminishing in the afternoon and Sunday night. Onshore flow will redevelop by Monday afternoon...and increase on Tuesday...as low pressure develops in the Southern Plains.
Forecast as of 3:40 PM CDT on March 18, 2010
Bays And Waterways From Baffin Bay To Port Aransas-
Small Craft Advisory in effect from Friday morning through Saturday morning
Tonight
Southeast wind 15 to 20 knots. Bays choppy.
Friday
Southeast wind around 20 knots. Bays choppy.
Friday Night
Southeast wind 15 to 20 knots. Bays choppy.
Saturday
Southeast wind 10 to 15 knots becoming west 20 to 25 knots in the afternoon. Bays choppy to occasionally rough. A chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms.
Saturday Night
Northwest wind 25 to 30 knots. Bays rough to occasionally very rough.
Sunday
Northwest wind 15 to 20 knots becoming west 10 to 15 knots in the evening...then becoming north 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Bays choppy to occasionally rough.
Monday
North wind 5 to 10 knots shifting southeast after midnight. Bays smooth.
Tuesday
Southeast wind 10 to 15 knots increasing to 15 to 20 knots. Bays choppy.
Water Temperatures
Place Temperature
Corpus Christi, TX 64.0°F
Port Isabel, TX 64.9°F
Date Time Tide Type Height
Aransas Channel
2010-03-18 5:19 AM CDT High Tide 1.22 feet
2010-03-18 11:51 AM CDT Low Tide 0.84 feet
2010-03-18 2:47 PM CDT High Tide 0.97 feet
2010-03-18 10:31 PM CDT Low Tide 0.03 feet
2010-03-19 6:30 AM CDT High Tide 1.25 feet
2010-03-19 12:44 PM CDT Low Tide 1.00 feet
2010-03-19 3:06 PM CDT High Tide 1.08 feet
Corpus Christi
2010-03-18 6:21 AM CDT High Tide 1.42 feet
2010-03-18 12:51 PM CDT Low Tide 1.05 feet
2010-03-18 3:25 PM CDT High Tide 1.08 feet
2010-03-18 11:04 PM CDT Low Tide -0.01 feet
2010-03-19 7:29 AM CDT High Tide 1.49 feet
Nueces Bay
2010-03-18 7:54 AM CDT Low Tide 0.12 feet
2010-03-18 8:07 PM CDT High Tide 0.29 feet
2010-03-19 8:24 AM CDT Low Tide 0.09 feet
Date Time Current Type Speed
Aransas Pass
2010-03-18 2:15 AM CDT Slack, Flood Begins 0.00 knots
2010-03-18 6:34 AM CDT Max Flood 1.02 knots
2010-03-18 2:52 PM CDT Slack, Ebb Begins -0.00 knots
2010-03-18 10:19 PM CDT Max Ebb -1.06 knots
2010-03-19 3:05 AM CDT Slack, Flood Begins 0.00 knots
2010-03-19 7:41 AM CDT Max Flood 1.22 knots
2010-03-19 4:06 PM CDT Slack, Ebb Begins -0.00 knots
Marine Map All Regions
Click any area for a Zone forecast. Click the Station ID for station data. Marine Weather Map
Choose Map  
Buoys / Water Temps Wave Heights  

Global Marine Zone Map and more marine data here.

Marine links for Western Gulf of Mexico
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
Port Mansfield to Baffin Bay, TX
Coastal waters from Port Mansfield, TX to Rio Grande River out 20 nm
Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Mansfield, TX out 20 nm
Waters from Port Mansfield, TX to Rio Grande extending from 20 nm to 60 nm
Waters from Baffin Bay to Port Mansfield, extending from 20 to 60 nm
Bays and waterways from Corpus Christi to Baffin Bay
Bays and waterways from Port O'Connor to Aranas Pass
Coastal waters out to 20 nm from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas
Coastal waters 20 to 60 nm from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas
Matagorda Bay
Galveston Bay
Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel out 20 nm
Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport, TX out 20 nm
Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel extending from 20 nm to 60 nm
Waters from High Island to Freeport, TX extending from 20 to 60 nm
Coastal waters from Cameron, LA to High Island, TX out 20 nm
Coastal waters from Intercoastal City, LA to Cameron, LA out 20 nm
Coastal waters from Lower Atchafalaya River to Intercoastal City, LA from 20 nm to 60 nm
Waters from Cameron, LA to High Island, TX extending from 20 nm to 60 nm
Waters from Intercoastal City to Cameron, LA from 20 nm to 60 nm
Lower Atchafalaya River to Intercoastal City, LA extending from 20 to 60 nm
Lake Pontchartrain/Lake Maurepas
Coastal waters from the southwest pass of the Mississippi River out 20 nm
Coastal waters from Pascagoula, MS, to the southwest pass of the Mississippi River out 20 nm
Waters from the southwest pass of the Mississippi River to Lower Atchafalaya River out 20 nm
Waters from Pascagoula, MS, to the southwest pass of the Mississippi River out 20 nm
Mobile Bay
Coastal waters from Pensacola, FL to Pascagoula, MS out 20 nm
Coastal waters from Destin to Pensacola, FL out 20 nm
Marine links for Gulf of Mexico offshore marine forecasts
Northwest Gulf North of 25 North and West of 90 West
Southwest Gulf South of 25 North and West of 90 West
Middle Gulf between 85 West and 90 West
East Gulf between 81 West and 85 West
Main Weather Page