Jamaica Beach, West Bay Tides Today
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Jamaica Beach, West Bay runs a mean tidal range of about 0.7 ft. This month the highest water, 1.4 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 3, and the lowest, 0.0 ft, on the afternoon of Oct 29.
| High tide | 4:55 AM | 1.4 ft |
| Low tide | 6:21 PM | 0.1 ft |
Today on the water at Jamaica Beach, West Bay
Today at Jamaica Beach, West Bay: high tide at 4:55 AM (1.4 ft), low tide at 6:21 PM (0.1 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for Saturday is chance showers and thunderstorms then slight chance showers and thunderstorms with E winds 5 to 10 mph, 78°F. Sunrise is at 7:31 AM and sunset at 6:35 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overnight | Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | E 10 mph | 71°F |
| Saturday | Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | E 5 to 10 mph | 78°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Jamaica Beach, West Bay is
Jamaica Beach, West Bay sits at 29.1986° N, 94.9883° W on the Texas Gulf coast, at Jamaica Beach, TX, in Galveston 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 Galveston Railroad Bridge (NOAA 8771486), 9.0 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 126 min later than there. The nearest weather station is Galveston, Scholes Field, an airport reporting wind, visibility and sky cover, but no water temperature, 9.0 mi away.
The tide at Jamaica Beach, West Bay
Jamaica Beach, West Bay 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 1.3 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 1.0 ft, and 0.9 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.
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 Jamaica Beach, West Bay from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 1.0 ft above it and mean sea level 0.5 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 0.1 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 Galveston Railroad Bridge, TX gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8771722, 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 Jamaica Beach, West Bay
- Galveston Railroad Bridge: 9.0 mi, tides about 110 min earlier
- Galveston Pleasure Pier: 13.4 mi, tides about 218 min earlier
- Galveston, Galveston Channel: 14.1 mi, tides about 177 min earlier
- Texas City, Galveston Bay: 14.7 mi, tides about 36 min earlier
- Port Bolivar: 17.0 mi, tides about 137 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Jamaica Beach, West Bay this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, 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.
Best fishing times (solunar)
Major and minor solunar windows for Jamaica Beach, West 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 | 10:50–12:50 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 🌗 | 6:57–8:57 AM 7:22–9:22 PM | 12:00–2:00 AM 1:46–3:46 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:48–9:48 AM 8:13–10:13 PM | 1:07–3:07 AM 2:21–4:21 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:36–10:36 AM 9:01–11:01 PM | 2:11–4:11 AM 2:53–4:53 PM | 61 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:22–11:22 AM 9:47–11:47 PM | 3:13–5:13 AM 3:24–5:24 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:07–12:07 PM 10:32–12:32 AM | 4:13–6:13 AM 3:54–5:54 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8771722. 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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