Aransas Wildlife Refuge Tides Today
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Aransas Wildlife Refuge runs a mean tidal range of about 0.2 ft. This month the highest water, 0.8 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 14, and the lowest, 0.5 ft, on the evening of Oct 30.
| High tide | 10:56 AM | 0.7 ft |
Today on the water at Aransas Wildlife Refuge
Today at Aransas Wildlife Refuge: high tide at 10:56 AM (0.7 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for Saturday is patchy fog then mostly sunny with NE winds 3 to 7 mph, 79°F. The water at the gauge reads 76°F. Sunrise is at 7:37 AM and sunset at 6:44 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overnight | Patchy Fog | NE 3 mph | 72°F |
| Saturday | Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny | NE 3 to 7 mph | 79°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Aransas Wildlife Refuge is
Aransas Wildlife Refuge sits at 28.2283° N, 96.7950° W on the Texas Gulf coast, about 11 mi south of Austwell, TX. The station here is a NOAA gauge reporting live water levels. It has been in NOAA's records since 2012. The nearest weather station is Aransas Wildlife Refuge, a tide-station weather package reporting wind and water temperature, right at this station.
The tide at Aransas Wildlife Refuge
Aransas Wildlife Refuge has a diurnal tide: usually one high and one low a day, with the daily rhythm shifting about 50 minutes later each day and fading near the moon's equatorial crossing. This month's predictions average 1.1 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 0.3 ft, a small tide. For the water around it: Texas tides are diurnal, usually one high and one low a day with a range near 1 to 2 ft, and a steady wind can hold the predicted tide off by a foot.
About this station
- Highest water on record: 5.1 ft on Aug 26, 2017.
- Lowest on record: -1.1 ft on Feb 11, 2016.
- The National Weather Service counts 2.1 ft as minor flooding here, 3.1 ft as moderate and 4.1 ft as major.
Datum and source
Heights on this page are feet above mean lower low water (MLLW), the zero NOAA's nautical charts use for soundings. A predicted 0.0 ft low is the average of the lower low each day; a minus tide is water below chart datum, and a 2 ft high means 2 ft more water than the chart shows. NOAA fixes MLLW at Aransas Wildlife Refuge from the 2002-2006 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 0.3 ft above it and mean sea level 0.2 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 0.9 ft below MLLW here, so a water level on this page converts to NAVD88 by adding that amount. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Packery Channel, TX gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8774230, established 2012. The tide times and heights are NOAA's official harmonic predictions for this station; TidalMap republishes them daily and does not alter them. The observed line is the gauge's own six-minute water level feed.
Tide stations near Aransas Wildlife Refuge
- Seadrift: 13.3 mi, tides at about the same time
- Rockport: 21.0 mi, tides about 233 min earlier
- Barroom Bay: 22.6 mi, tides about 233 min earlier
- Bayside, Copano Bay: 26.8 mi, tides about 134 min earlier
- Port O'Connor, Matagorda Bay: 29.2 mi, tides about 249 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Aransas Wildlife Refuge this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 12, Oct 13, Oct 14, Oct 15, Oct 16, Oct 17, Oct 27 …. These spring highs push water up into the grass and over the oyster rock; prime for poling into flooded marsh for tailing reds.
Best fishing times (solunar)
Major and minor solunar windows for Aransas Wildlife Refuge, peak feeding activity is around the moon overhead/underfoot (majors) and moonrise/moonset (minors). Score is the day's activity coefficient (0–100).
| Day | Major windows | Minor windows | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Today 🌖 | 5:09–7:09 AM 5:34–7:34 PM | 11:00–1:00 AM 12:24–2:24 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 6:09–8:09 AM 6:34–8:34 PM | — 1:11–3:11 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 7:05–9:05 AM 7:30–9:30 PM | 12:09–2:09 AM 1:52–3:52 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:56–9:56 AM 8:21–10:21 PM | 1:16–3:16 AM 2:28–4:28 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:44–10:44 AM 9:09–11:09 PM | 2:19–4:19 AM 3:00–5:00 PM | 61 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:29–11:29 AM 9:54–11:54 PM | 3:20–5:20 AM 3:31–5:31 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:14–12:14 PM 10:39–12:39 AM | 4:20–6:20 AM 4:02–6:02 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8774230. Solunar windows computed from the moon's position for this location. Times shown in the station's local time. Not for navigation.
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