Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

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Coastal Waters Forecast for Texas
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
1033 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

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.

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Synopsis for High Island to the Matagorda Ship Channel out
60 nautical miles including Galveston and Matagorda Bays
1033 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

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

A lingering elevated, longer period southerly swell will continue to
slowly decline. Otherwise, northeast winds will generally prevail
into early Thursday. As surface high pressure moves off to the
east, onshore winds should resume late Thursday and gradually
increase in speed heading into the weekend. Seas are expected to
increase over the weekend as well.

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Galveston Bay-
1033 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. A
slight chance of showers early this evening.
.THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast in
the afternoon. Bay waters smooth.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...South winds around 10 knots. Bay waters smooth
to slightly choppy.
.FRIDAY...South winds around 15 knots, increasing to 15 to
20 knots in the late morning and afternoon. Bay waters slightly
choppy, becoming choppy in the late morning and afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...South winds 15 to 20 knots. Bay waters choppy.
.SATURDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly
choppy.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters
slightly choppy.
.SUNDAY...South winds around 10 knots, increasing to around
15 knots in the afternoon. Bay waters smooth to slightly choppy,
becoming slightly choppy to choppy in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 15 knots. Bay waters
slightly choppy to choppy.
.MONDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy.
.MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly
choppy.

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Matagorda Bay-
1033 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth.
.THURSDAY...East winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast late.
Bay waters smooth, becoming smooth to slightly choppy late.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters
slightly choppy.
.FRIDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots. Bay waters choppy.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...South winds 15 to 20 knots. Bay waters choppy.
.SATURDAY...South winds around 15 knots, becoming southeast 15 to
20 knots in the afternoon. Bay waters slightly choppy, becoming
choppy in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to
around 15 knots after midnight. Bay waters choppy, becoming
slightly choppy after midnight.
.SUNDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 15 knots. Bay waters
slightly choppy to choppy.
.MONDAY...South winds around 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy
to choppy.
.MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly
choppy.

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Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out
20 NM-Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM-
1033 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

.TONIGHT...Northeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet.
.THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast
late. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to
3 feet.
.FRIDAY...South winds around 15 knots, becoming southeast 15 to
20 knots in the late morning and afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...South winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet.
.SATURDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to
4 feet.
.SUNDAY...South 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 6 feet with
occasional seas up to 8 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet with
occasional seas up to 8 feet.

$$

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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-
1033 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024

.TONIGHT...Northeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet.
.THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east late.
Seas 3 to 4 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots, increasing to
10 to 15 knots in the late evening and overnight. Seas 2 to
3 feet.
.FRIDAY...Southeast winds around 15 knots, increasing to 15 to
20 knots late. Seas 3 to 5 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...South winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet with
occasional seas up to 8 feet.
.SATURDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet with
occasional seas up to 8 feet.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to
5 feet.
.SUNDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet
with occasional seas up to 8 feet.
.MONDAY...South winds around 15 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet with
occasional seas up to 9 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet with
occasional seas up to 9 feet.

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