Matagorda Bay Entrance Channel Tides Today
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Matagorda Bay Entrance Channel runs a mean tidal range of about 1.0 ft. This month the highest water, 2.1 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 3, and the lowest, a -0.0 ft minus tide, on the morning of Oct 29.
| High tide | 1:42 AM | 2.0 ft |
| Low tide | 1:43 PM | 0.2 ft |
Today on the water at Matagorda Bay Entrance Channel
Today at Matagorda Bay Entrance Channel: high tide at 1:42 AM (2.0 ft), low tide at 1:43 PM (0.2 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for Saturday is mostly sunny with NE winds 5 to 10 mph, 77°F. The water at the gauge reads 76°F. Sunrise is at 7:35 AM and sunset at 6:42 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overnight | Partly Cloudy | E 10 mph | 73°F |
| Saturday | Mostly Sunny | NE 5 to 10 mph | 77°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Matagorda Bay Entrance Channel is
Matagorda Bay Entrance Channel sits at 28.4269° N, 96.3301° W on the Texas Gulf coast, about 4 mi east of Port O'Connor, TX, in Matagorda County. The station here is a NOAA gauge reporting live water levels. It has been in NOAA's records since 2014. The nearest weather station is Matagorda Bay Entrance Channel, a tide-station weather package reporting wind and water temperature, right at this station.
The tide at Matagorda Bay Entrance Channel
Matagorda Bay Entrance Channel 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 1.2 ft, and 1.1 ft between the average high and the average low, a small tide. On an average day the higher high tops the lower high by 0.0 ft and the lower low sits 0.1 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.
About this station
- Highest water on record: 4.4 ft on Sep 21, 2020.
- Lowest on record: -1.7 ft on Jan 20, 2019.
- The National Weather Service counts 4.0 ft as minor flooding here, 4.5 ft as moderate and 5.0 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 Matagorda Bay Entrance Channel from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 1.2 ft above it and mean sea level 0.7 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 0.4 ft above MLLW here, so a water level on this page converts to NAVD88 by subtracting that amount. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Bob Hall Pier, Corpus Christi, TX gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8773767, established 2014. 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 Matagorda Bay Entrance Channel
- Port O'Connor, Matagorda Bay: 3.9 mi, tides about 139 min later
- Barroom Bay: 9.3 mi, tides about 161 min later
- Port Lavaca: 22.5 mi, tides about 213 min later
- Seadrift: 23.3 mi, tides about 8 min later
- East Matagorda: 31.9 mi, tides about 141 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Matagorda Bay Entrance Channel this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 17, Oct 28, 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 Matagorda Bay Entrance Channel this month: Oct 28, Oct 29. 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 Matagorda Bay Entrance 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 🌖 | 5:07–7:07 AM 5:32–7:32 PM | 10:57–12:57 AM 12:22–2:22 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 6:07–8:07 AM 6:32–8:32 PM | — 1:10–3:10 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 7:03–9:03 AM 7:28–9:28 PM | 12:07–2:07 AM 1:50–3:50 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:54–9:54 AM 8:19–10:19 PM | 1:14–3:14 AM 2:26–4:26 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:42–10:42 AM 9:07–11:07 PM | 2:17–4:17 AM 2:58–4:58 PM | 61 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:28–11:28 AM 9:53–11:53 PM | 3:19–5:19 AM 3:29–5:29 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:12–12:12 PM 10:37–12:37 AM | 4:18–6:18 AM 4:00–6:00 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8773767. 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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