NWS Marine Forecast


   GMZ300-051715-  1134 PM CDT Fri Sep 4 2026    .Synopsis For High Island to the Matagorda Ship Channel Out 60 NM  including Galveston and Matagorda Bays.    Light winds and low seas will prevail for the next several days.  That said mariners should be on the lookout for scattered scattered  showers and thunderstorms on a daily basis as upper level  disturbances pass through the region. While widespread severe  storms are not anticipated, the potential is there for a few  embedded stronger storms capable of producing wind gusts to 30  knots, frequent lightning, and heavy downpours. the best chances  in the mornings through early afternoon. Usually in this type of  pattern, rain chances are generally better offshore in the late  night and morning hours, in the bays mid morning into the  afternoon hours...though timing of upper disturbances could alter  those at times.      $$
   GMZ350-355-051715-  Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out  20 NM-Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM-  1134 PM CDT Fri Sep 4 2026    REST OF TONIGHT  South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet.  Wave Detail: South 2 feet at 5 seconds.  SATURDAY  Southwest winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast in  the afternoon. Seas around 2 feet in the morning, then 1 foot or  less. Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 5 seconds. A chance of showers  and thunderstorms, mainly in the morning.  SATURDAY NIGHT  Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming  southwest after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: South  1 foot at 5 seconds.  SUNDAY  Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast in  the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: South 1 foot at  4 seconds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning.  SUNDAY NIGHT  South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.  Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 4 seconds.  MONDAY  Southwest winds around 5 knots, becoming south in the  afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: South 1 foot at  6 seconds.  MONDAY NIGHT  South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.  TUESDAY  Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. A  chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.  TUESDAY NIGHT  Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around  2 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.  WEDNESDAY  Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. A  chance of showers and thunderstorms.  WEDNESDAY NIGHT  Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around  2 feet.    Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.    $$