Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
339 FZUS54 KHGX 111940 CWFHGX Coastal Waters Forecast for Texas National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 140 PM CST Tue Nov 11 2025 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. GMZ300-120800- 140 PM CST Tue Nov 11 2025 .Synopsis For High Island to the Matagorda Ship Channel Out 60 NM including Galveston and Matagorda Bays. There will be increasing southeasterly to southerly winds through tonight. Small craft should exercise caution this evening through early Wednesday morning due to the increasing southerly winds. The waters off of Matagorda Bay will be borderline Small Craft Advisory criteria as winds may gust to 25 knots at times. If these gusts become frequent enough, an upgrade to an Advisory may be needed. Winds are expected to lower by late Wednesday morning with light onshore flow continuing through at least Friday. Though water levels will gradually be recovering, northern parts of the bays may see one more round of low water conditions around the next low tide cycle this evening. $$ GMZ335-120800- Galveston Bay- 140 PM CST Tue Nov 11 2025 ...LOW WATER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .THIS AFTERNOON...South winds around 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Bay waters smooth, increasing to slightly choppy. .TONIGHT...South winds 15 to 20 knots, becoming southwest around 15 knots after midnight. Bay waters choppy, diminishing to slightly choppy after midnight. .WEDNESDAY...South winds around 10 knots. Bay waters smooth to slightly choppy. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. .THURSDAY...South winds around 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Bay waters smooth, increasing to slightly choppy in the afternoon. .THURSDAY NIGHT...South winds around 10 knots. Bay waters smooth to slightly choppy. .FRIDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. .SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. .SATURDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. $$ GMZ330-120800- Matagorda Bay- 140 PM CST Tue Nov 11 2025 ...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .THIS AFTERNOON...Southeast winds around 10 knots, becoming south 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Bay waters smooth, increasing to slightly choppy. .TONIGHT...South winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Bay waters choppy. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. .THURSDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. .THURSDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. .FRIDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Bay waters choppy. .SATURDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Bay waters choppy. .SATURDAY NIGHT...South winds 15 to 20 knots. Bay waters choppy. $$ GMZ350-355-120800- Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out 20 NM-Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM- 140 PM CST Tue Nov 11 2025 ...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .THIS AFTERNOON...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 2 feet at 3 seconds and northeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. .TONIGHT...South winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: South 4 feet at 5 seconds and northeast 1 foot at 5 seconds. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: South 4 feet at 6 seconds. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at 6 seconds. .THURSDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 6 seconds. .THURSDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 6 seconds. .FRIDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. .SATURDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. .SATURDAY NIGHT...South winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. $$ GMZ370-375-120800- Waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX from 20 to 60 NM-Waters from High Island to Freeport TX from 20 to 60 NM- 140 PM CST Tue Nov 11 2025 ...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .THIS AFTERNOON...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 2 feet at 3 seconds and northeast 2 feet at 5 seconds. .TONIGHT...South winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet, building to 4 to 5 feet after midnight. Wave Detail: South 4 feet at 4 seconds and northeast 1 foot at 5 seconds, becoming south 4 feet at 6 seconds and northeast 1 foot at 5 seconds. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. Wave Detail: South 4 feet at 6 seconds. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 6 seconds. .THURSDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 6 seconds. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 6 seconds. .FRIDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, building to 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet after midnight. .SATURDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. .SATURDAY NIGHT...South winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. $$