Buffalo Bayou, Houston Ship Channel Tides Today
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Buffalo Bayou, Houston Ship Channel runs a mean tidal range of about 1.3 ft. This month the highest water, 2.2 ft, comes on the evening of Oct 27, and the lowest, a -0.2 ft minus tide, on the evening of Oct 29.
| High tide | 5:58 AM | 2.2 ft |
| Low tide | 8:03 PM | -0.1 ft |
Today on the water at Buffalo Bayou, Houston Ship Channel
Today at Buffalo Bayou, Houston Ship Channel: high tide at 5:58 AM (2.2 ft), low tide at 8:03 PM (-0.1 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for Saturday is chance rain showers with E winds 0 to 5 mph, 79°F. Sunrise is at 7:33 AM and sunset at 6:36 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overnight | Chance Rain Showers | E 5 mph | 69°F |
| Saturday | Chance Rain Showers | E 0 to 5 mph | 79°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Buffalo Bayou, Houston Ship Channel is
Buffalo Bayou, Houston Ship Channel sits at 29.7619° N, 95.3443° W on the Texas Gulf coast, at Houston, TX, in Harris County. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 2019 until 2020, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Manchester, Houston Ship Channel (NOAA 8770777), 5.3 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 4 min later than there. The nearest weather station is John Dunn Helistop, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 4.5 mi away.
The tide at Buffalo Bayou, Houston Ship Channel
Buffalo Bayou, Houston Ship Channel has a mixed tide: two highs and two lows a day, but of unequal size, so one low each day drains a little lower than the other. This month's predictions average 1.4 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 1.7 ft, and 1.3 ft between the average high and the average low, a small tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.1 ft and the lower low sits 0.2 ft below the other low. 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.
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 Buffalo Bayou, Houston Ship Channel from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 1.7 ft above it and mean sea level 0.9 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 0.3 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 Manchester, TX gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8770542, established 2019, gauge removed 2020. The tide times and heights are NOAA's official harmonic predictions for this station; TidalMap republishes them daily and does not alter them.
Tide stations near Buffalo Bayou, Houston Ship Channel
- Battleship Texas State Park: 15.3 mi, tides about 14 min later
- Clear Lake: 21.6 mi, tides about 57 min later
- Morgans Point, Barbours Cut: 22.3 mi, tides about 22 min earlier
- Umbrella Point, Trinity Bay: 29.1 mi, tides about 19 min earlier
- Point Barrow, Trinity Bay: 30.8 mi, tides about 26 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Buffalo Bayou, Houston Ship Channel this month: Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 17, Oct 18, Oct 19, Oct 26, Oct 27, Oct 29, Oct 30, Oct 31. These spring highs push water up into the grass and over the oyster rock; prime for poling into flooded marsh for tailing reds.
🔻 Negative (minus) low tides at Buffalo Bayou, Houston Ship Channel this month: Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 29, Oct 30, Oct 31. These drain the flats and expose the oyster rock, prime for sight-fishing and clamming.
Best fishing times (solunar)
Major and minor solunar windows for Buffalo Bayou, Houston Ship Channel, 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 🌖 | 5:03–7:03 AM 5:28–7:28 PM | 10:50–12:50 AM 12:22–2:22 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 6:03–8:03 AM 6:28–8:28 PM | — 1:08–3:08 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:59–8:59 AM 7:24–9:24 PM | 12:01–2:01 AM 1:48–3:48 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:50–9:50 AM 8:15–10:15 PM | 1:08–3:08 AM 2:23–4:23 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:38–10:38 AM 9:03–11:03 PM | 2:13–4:13 AM 2:55–4:55 PM | 61 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:23–11:23 AM 9:48–11:48 PM | 3:15–5:15 AM 3:25–5:25 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:08–12:08 PM 10:33–12:33 AM | 4:15–6:15 AM 3:55–5:55 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8770542. 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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