Galveston Bay Entrance, South Jetty Tides Today
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Galveston Bay Entrance, South Jetty runs a mean tidal range of about 1.6 ft. This month the highest water, 2.9 ft, comes on the evening of Oct 27, and the lowest, a -0.4 ft minus tide, on the morning of Oct 28.
| Low tide | 1:42 PM | 0.0 ft |
| High tide | 11:15 PM | 2.7 ft |
Today on the water at Galveston Bay Entrance, South Jetty
Today at Galveston Bay Entrance, South Jetty: high tide at 11:15 PM (2.7 ft), low tide at 1:42 PM (0.0 ft). Sunrise is at 7:30 AM and sunset at 6:34 PM.
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Galveston Bay Entrance, South Jetty is
Galveston Bay Entrance, South Jetty sits at 29.3267° N, 94.6933° W on the Texas Gulf coast, at Galveston, TX. The station here is a historical NOAA reference station: a gauge measured the tide at this spot from 1925 until 2003, and NOAA still publishes harmonic predictions from that record. There is no live reading here today. The closest gauge measuring live water level is Galveston Bay Entrance, North Jetty (NOAA 8771341), 2.8 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 25 min earlier than there. The nearest weather station is Galveston Bay Entrance (North Jetty), TX, a shore station reporting wind and, at most sites, water temperature, 2.8 mi away.
The tide at Galveston Bay Entrance, South Jetty
Galveston Bay Entrance, South Jetty 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 1.5 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 2.1 ft, and 1.5 ft between the average high and the average low, a moderate tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.2 ft and the lower low sits 0.4 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 Galveston Bay Entrance, South Jetty from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 2.1 ft above it and mean sea level 1.2 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Galveston Pleasure Pier, TX gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8771416, established 1925, gauge removed 2003. 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 Galveston Bay Entrance, South Jetty
- Galveston Bay Entrance, North Jetty: 2.8 mi, tides about 25 min later
- Port Bolivar: 5.9 mi, tides about 86 min later
- Galveston, Galveston Channel: 6.1 mi, tides about 61 min later
- Galveston Pleasure Pier: 6.5 mi, tides at about the same time
- Sievers Cove, Goat Island: 7.3 mi, tides about 169 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Galveston Bay Entrance, South Jetty this month: Oct 4, Oct 26, Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 29, Oct 30. 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 Galveston Bay Entrance, South Jetty this month: Oct 1, Oct 26, 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 Galveston Bay Entrance, South Jetty, 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 🌖 | 5:00–7:00 AM 5:25–7:25 PM | 10:48–12:48 AM 12:18–2:18 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 6:00–8:00 AM 6:25–8:25 PM | — 1:05–3:05 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:56–8:56 AM 7:21–9:21 PM | 11:59–1:59 AM 1:45–3:45 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:47–9:47 AM 8:12–10:12 PM | 1:06–3:06 AM 2:20–4:20 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:35–10:35 AM 9:00–11:00 PM | 2:10–4:10 AM 2:52–4:52 PM | 61 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:21–11:21 AM 9:46–11:46 PM | 3:12–5:12 AM 3:22–5:22 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:06–12:06 PM 10:31–12:31 AM | 4:12–6:12 AM 3:53–5:53 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8771416. 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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