NWS Marine Forecast



 Hazardous marine condition(s):
 Small Craft Advisory
   GMZ300-040600-  1207 PM CDT Fri Oct 3 2025    .Synopsis For High Island to the Matagorda Ship Channel Out 60 NM  including Galveston and Matagorda Bays.    Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms will continue over  the coastal waters through the weekend with the greatest coverage  likely staying in the offshore waters. Small craft should exercise  caution as easterly winds of 15 to 20 knots and seas of 4 to 6ft  develop today and persist through Saturday. A Small Craft Advisory  has been issued for the waters off of Galveston Bay this evening  through Saturday afternoon as frequent wind gusts to 25 knots are  expected and locally higher seas of 6 to 8 feet are possible.  Conditions are expected to improve Sunday into Monday.    $$
   GMZ355-040600-  Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM-  1207 PM CDT Fri Oct 3 2025    SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS  AFTERNOON  SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM CDT THIS  AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING    THIS AFTERNOON  Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 2 to  4 feet. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 5 seconds. A slight chance of  showers and thunderstorms.  TONIGHT  East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots.  Seas 3 to 5 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at 6 seconds. A slight  chance of showers and thunderstorms.  SATURDAY  East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots.  Seas 3 to 5 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at 6 seconds. A chance  of showers.  SATURDAY NIGHT  East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to  25 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. Wave Detail:  East 6 feet at 6 seconds. A chance of showers.  SUNDAY  East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. Wave  Detail: East 5 feet at 7 seconds. A chance of showers.  SUNDAY NIGHT  East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave  Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds. A chance of showers.  MONDAY  East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A chance  of showers.  MONDAY NIGHT  Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around  2 feet.  TUESDAY  East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 2 feet.  TUESDAY NIGHT  East winds around 10 knots, becoming northeast  after midnight. Seas around 2 feet in the evening, then 1 foot or  less.    Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.    $$