NWS Marine Forecast


   GMZ300-020815-  235 PM CDT Thu Oct 1 2026    .Synopsis For High Island to the Matagorda Ship Channel Out 60 NM  including Galveston and Matagorda Bays.    A tightening pressure gradient will lead to increasing southeast  winds and building seas as we head into the middle and late parts  of the work week.    Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected  through tonight. Moderate to occasionally strong southeast winds  early this morning will gradually diminish today...though seas  should remain somewhat elevated throughout the day. Periods of  unsettled weather are expected this weekend into early next week  with coastal areas sandwiched between a weak, slow moving frontal  boundary along the coast and a broad, elongated trough of low  pressure stretching southward across the western Gulf. Northeast  winds will increase and precipitation decrease as the front tracks  further offshore.    $$
   GMZ370-375-020815-  Waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX from 20 to  60 NM-Waters from High Island to Freeport TX from 20 to 60 NM-  235 PM CDT Thu Oct 1 2026    SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY  MORNING    THIS AFTERNOON  Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 6 to  7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 5 feet at  6 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.  TONIGHT  Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to  25 knots. Seas 5 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. Wave Detail:  Southeast 5 feet at 6 seconds. A slight chance of showers.  FRIDAY  East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 5 to 6 feet,  occasionally to 8 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at  7 seconds. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms in the  afternoon.  FRIDAY NIGHT  East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 5 feet.  Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 7 seconds. A chance of  thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers  after midnight.  SATURDAY  East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet. Wave  Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 7 seconds. Showers with a chance of  thunderstorms.  SATURDAY NIGHT  East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet.  Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 7 seconds. Showers with a chance of  thunderstorms.  SUNDAY  Northeast winds around 15 knots, increasing to 15 to  20 knots in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 5 feet. Showers with  thunderstorms likely.  SUNDAY NIGHT  Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet,  occasionally to 8 feet. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms.  MONDAY  Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet,  occasionally to 9 feet. A chance of thunderstorms. Showers.  MONDAY NIGHT  Northeast winds around 20 knots. Seas 5 to  7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet. Showers likely, mainly in the  evening.    Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.    $$