Port Lavaca Tides Today
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Port Lavaca runs a mean tidal range of about 0.8 ft. This month the highest water, 1.6 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 3, and the lowest, 0.2 ft, on the afternoon of Oct 28.
| High tide | 5:47 AM | 1.5 ft |
| Low tide | 7:24 PM | 0.2 ft |
Today on the water at Port Lavaca
Today at Port Lavaca: high tide at 5:47 AM (1.5 ft), low tide at 7:24 PM (0.2 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for Saturday is mostly sunny with NNE winds 0 to 7 mph, 77°F. The water at the gauge reads 74°F. Sunrise is at 7:37 AM and sunset at 6:43 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overnight | Mostly Cloudy | NE 7 mph | 71°F |
| Saturday | Mostly Sunny | NNE 0 to 7 mph | 77°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Port Lavaca is
Port Lavaca sits at 28.6406° N, 96.6098° W on the Texas Gulf coast, at Port Lavaca, TX. The station here is a live gauge in a NOAA PORTS harbor system, reporting water level in near real time for commercial traffic. It has been in NOAA's records since 1989. The nearest weather station is Port Lavaca, TX, a shore station reporting wind and, at most sites, water temperature, right at this station.
The tide at Port Lavaca
Port Lavaca 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 1.2 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 0.9 ft, and 0.8 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: 7.7 ft on Aug 26, 2017.
- Lowest on record: -2.1 ft on Jan 17, 2022.
- The National Weather Service counts 2.5 ft as minor flooding here, 3.5 ft as moderate and 4.5 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 Port Lavaca from the 2002-2006 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 0.9 ft above it and mean sea level 0.5 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Port O'Connor, TX gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8773259, established 1989. 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 Port Lavaca
- Seadrift: 17.3 mi, tides about 188 min later
- Barroom Bay: 18.2 mi, tides about 66 min earlier
- Port O'Connor, Matagorda Bay: 18.7 mi, tides about 107 min earlier
- Matagorda Bay Entrance Channel: 22.5 mi, tides about 224 min earlier
- East Matagorda: 42.5 mi, tides about 101 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Port Lavaca this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 5, 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 Port Lavaca, 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 🌖 | 5:08–7:08 AM 5:33–7:33 PM | 10:58–12:58 AM 12:24–2:24 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 6:08–8:08 AM 6:33–8:33 PM | — 1:11–3:11 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 7:04–9:04 AM 7:29–9:29 PM | 12:08–2:08 AM 1:52–3:52 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:55–9:55 AM 8:20–10:20 PM | 1:15–3:15 AM 2:27–4:27 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:43–10:43 AM 9:08–11:08 PM | 2:18–4:18 AM 3:00–5:00 PM | 61 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:29–11:29 AM 9:54–11:54 PM | 3:20–5:20 AM 3:30–5:30 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:14–12:14 PM 10:39–12:39 AM | 4:19–6:19 AM 4:01–6:01 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8773259. 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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