Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

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Coastal Waters Forecast for Texas
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
1249 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 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.

GMZ300-310615-
1249 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025

.Synopsis For High Island to the Matagorda Ship Channel Out 60 NM
including Galveston and Matagorda Bays.

A late summer front stalls over Southeast Texas this weekend,
enhancing shower and thunderstorm activity through the holiday.
Winds over the weekend are expected to generally be light and
variable. However, locally stronger winds in the vicinity of
thunderstorms are likely. Winds are expected to turn back to being
broadly onshore later next week as the front drifts south and
dissipates. While rain chances should dwindle inland, daily isolated
to scattered showers and storms may persist over the Gulf.

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GMZ335-310615-
Galveston Bay-
1249 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025

.THIS AFTERNOON...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Bay waters
smooth. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth.
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly in the evening.
.SUNDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. A
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers
and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth.
A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.MONDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth.
Showers and thunderstorms likely.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth.
A chance of showers.
.TUESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. A
chance of showers in the morning.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northwest
after midnight. Bay waters smooth.
.WEDNESDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

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GMZ330-310615-
Matagorda Bay-
1249 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025

.THIS AFTERNOON...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. A
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.TONIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. A slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
.SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. A chance
of showers and thunderstorms.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. A
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then showers
and thunderstorms likely after midnight.
.MONDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth.
Showers and thunderstorms likely.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth.
A chance of showers.
.TUESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. A
chance of showers in the morning.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming north after
midnight. Bay waters smooth.
.WEDNESDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming north
after midnight. Bay waters smooth.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

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GMZ350-355-310615-
Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out
20 NM-Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM-
1249 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025

.THIS AFTERNOON...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 5 seconds. A slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 5 seconds. A chance of showers
and thunderstorms.
.SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northeast in the
afternoon. Seas around 2 feet in the morning, then 1 foot or
less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 4 seconds, becoming east
1 foot at 4 seconds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 4 seconds. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms.
.MONDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 3 seconds. Showers and thunderstorms
likely.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 4 seconds. A chance of
showers.
.TUESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. A
chance of showers in the morning.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming north
after midnight. Seas around 2 feet in the evening, then 1 foot or
less.
.WEDNESDAY...Northwest winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less.

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

GMZ370-375-310615-
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-
1249 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025

.THIS AFTERNOON...South winds around 5 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 5 seconds. A slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 5 seconds. A chance of showers
and thunderstorms.
.SUNDAY...South winds around 5 knots, becoming northwest in the
afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at
4 seconds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 3 seconds. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms.
.MONDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds and southeast 1 foot
at 8 seconds. Showers and thunderstorms.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Wave Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds. A chance of
showers and thunderstorms.
.TUESDAY...Northeast winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. A
chance of showers in the morning.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around
2 feet.
.WEDNESDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west
after midnight. Seas around 2 feet in the evening, then 1 foot or
less.

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$