Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
322 FZUS54 KHGX 201256 CWFHGX Coastal Waters Forecast for Texas National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 656 AM CST Thu Nov 20 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. GMZ300-210115- 656 AM CST Thu Nov 20 2025 .Synopsis For High Island to the Matagorda Ship Channel Out 60 NM including Galveston and Matagorda Bays. Light to moderate onshore flow should continue for the next several days with Gulf seas of 2 to 4 feet. Isolated to widely scattered showers are possible today. A weak front will move into Southeast Texas on Friday, but is expected to stall inland through Saturday. Scattered showers and thunderstorm chances are possible closer to the boundary. Late night and early morning fog inland may also bleed into the northern bays at times. Better chances of that occurring should be Friday night. Otherwise, southerly winds will increase Sunday as the stalled front dissipates. The next weather system will move into the area sometime Monday. $$ GMZ335-210115- Galveston Bay- 656 AM CST Thu Nov 20 2025 .TODAY...Southeast winds around 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots this afternoon. Bay waters slightly choppy. Patchy fog early this morning. A slight chance of showers late this morning. A chance of showers early this afternoon, then a slight chance of showers. .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. A slight chance of showers with isolated thunderstorms in the evening. .FRIDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. A chance of showers. .FRIDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. A chance of showers after midnight. .SATURDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Bay waters smooth. A chance of showers. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Bay waters smooth to slightly choppy. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. .MONDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. A chance of showers. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming west after midnight. Bay waters slightly choppy. Showers likely, mainly in the evening. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ330-210115- Matagorda Bay- 656 AM CST Thu Nov 20 2025 .TODAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. .FRIDAY...South winds around 10 knots. Bay waters smooth to slightly choppy. A chance of showers. .FRIDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. A chance of showers after midnight. .SATURDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. A chance of showers. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Bay waters smooth to slightly choppy. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. A chance of showers in the morning. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. A chance of showers after midnight. .MONDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. A chance of showers. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming west after midnight. Bay waters slightly choppy, diminishing to smooth to slightly choppy after midnight. A chance of showers. $$ GMZ350-355-210115- Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out 20 NM-Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM- 656 AM CST Thu Nov 20 2025 .TODAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 5 seconds. A chance of showers late this morning and early afternoon. .TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 5 seconds. .FRIDAY...South winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 2 feet at 6 seconds. A chance of showers in the afternoon. .FRIDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 2 feet at 6 seconds. A chance of showers after midnight. .SATURDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. A chance of showers in the morning. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at 6 seconds. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. .MONDAY...South winds around 15 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. A chance of showers. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds around 15 knots, becoming west after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 feet. Showers likely, mainly in the evening. $$ GMZ370-375-210115- 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- 656 AM CST Thu Nov 20 2025 .TODAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 5 seconds. A slight chance of showers early this morning, then a chance of showers late this morning and early afternoon. .TONIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at 6 seconds. A slight chance of showers with isolated thunderstorms in the evening. .FRIDAY...South winds around 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at 6 seconds. .FRIDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 6 seconds. .SATURDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. A chance of showers in the morning. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at 6 seconds. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. .MONDAY...South winds around 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet. A chance of showers. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds around 15 knots, becoming southwest after midnight. Seas 4 to 5 feet. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely after midnight. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$