Christmas Bay Tides Today
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Christmas Bay runs a mean tidal range of about 0.9 ft. This month the highest water, 1.2 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 28, and the lowest, a -0.0 ft minus tide, on the afternoon of Oct 29.
| High tide | 4:24 AM | 1.1 ft |
| Low tide | 3:37 AM | 0.4 ft |
| High tide | 6:46 AM | 1.1 ft |
| Low tide | 5:33 PM | 0.0 ft |
Today on the water at Christmas Bay
Today at Christmas Bay: high tide at 4:24 AM (1.1 ft) and 6:46 AM (1.1 ft), low tide at 3:37 AM (0.4 ft) and 5:33 PM (0.0 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for Saturday is slight chance showers and thunderstorms with E winds 5 to 10 mph, 77°F. Sunrise is at 7:31 AM and sunset at 6:36 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overnight | Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | E 10 mph | 72°F |
| Saturday | Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | E 5 to 10 mph | 77°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Christmas Bay is
Christmas Bay sits at 29.0417° N, 95.1750° W on the Texas Gulf coast, about 2 mi south of Alvin, TX, in Brazoria County. The station here is a subordinate tide prediction point. NOAA has no gauge in the water at this spot; its times and heights are published as offsets from a reference gauge, named below. The closest gauge measuring live water level is San Luis Pass (NOAA 8771972), 5.2 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 202 min later than there. The nearest weather station is San Luis Pass, TX, a shore station reporting wind and, at most sites, water temperature, 4.0 mi away.
The tide at Christmas Bay
Christmas Bay 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 0.8 ft, and 0.7 ft between the average high and the average low, 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: 3.3 ft on Jun 19, 1993.
- Lowest on record: -1.7 ft on Mar 14, 1993.
- NOAA predicts tides here from Galveston, Galveston Channel, station 8771450. High tide comes about 287 min later and low tide about 157 min later than there.
- High tide heights run about 0.58 times the reference.
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 Christmas Bay from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 0.8 ft above it and mean sea level 0.4 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Freeport, TX gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8772132, established 1990, gauge removed 1995. The tide times and heights are published as time and height offsets from its reference gauge; TidalMap republishes them daily and does not alter them.
Tide stations near Christmas Bay
- Freeport Harbor: 10.3 mi, tides about 194 min earlier
- Freeport Harbor: 10.3 mi, tides about 206 min earlier
- Freeport Entrance Jetty: 11.0 mi, tides about 186 min earlier
- Old Brazos River, Freeport: 12.9 mi, tides about 195 min earlier
- Jamaica Beach, West Bay: 15.6 mi, tides about 16 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Christmas Bay this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 26, Oct 28, 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 Christmas Bay this month: Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 29, Oct 30. 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 Christmas Bay, 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 🌖 | 5:02–7:02 AM 5:27–7:27 PM | 10:51–12:51 AM 12:19–2:19 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 6:02–8:02 AM 6:27–8:27 PM | — 1:06–3:06 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:58–8:58 AM 7:23–9:23 PM | 12:01–2:01 AM 1:46–3:46 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:49–9:49 AM 8:14–10:14 PM | 1:08–3:08 AM 2:22–4:22 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:37–10:37 AM 9:02–11:02 PM | 2:12–4:12 AM 2:54–4:54 PM | 61 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:23–11:23 AM 9:48–11:48 PM | 3:14–5:14 AM 3:24–5:24 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:08–12:08 PM 10:33–12:33 AM | 4:14–6:14 AM 3:55–5:55 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8772132. 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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