Port O'Connor, Matagorda Bay Tides Today
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Port O'Connor, Matagorda 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, 0.2 ft, on the afternoon of Oct 29.
| High tide | 4:44 AM | 1.4 ft |
| Low tide | 4:50 PM | 0.2 ft |
Today on the water at Port O'Connor, Matagorda Bay
Today at Port O'Connor, Matagorda Bay: high tide at 4:44 AM (1.4 ft), low tide at 4:50 PM (0.2 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for Saturday is mostly sunny with NE winds 7 mph, 77°F. The water at the gauge reads 80°F. Sunrise is at 7:35 AM and sunset at 6:42 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overnight | Partly Cloudy | NE 7 mph | 72°F |
| Saturday | Mostly Sunny | NE 7 mph | 77°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Port O'Connor, Matagorda Bay is
Port O'Connor, Matagorda Bay sits at 28.4517° N, 96.3883° W on the Texas Gulf coast, at Port O'Connor, 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 O'Connor, a tide-station weather package reporting wind and water temperature, right at this station.
The tide at Port O'Connor, Matagorda Bay
Port O'Connor, Matagorda 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 1.1 high tides a day here. The mean range from lower low to higher high is 0.7 ft, 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: 4.2 ft on Jul 8, 2024.
- Lowest on record: -1.7 ft on Jan 16, 2022.
- The National Weather Service counts 2.3 ft as minor flooding here, 3.3 ft as moderate and 4.3 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 O'Connor, Matagorda Bay from the 2002-2006 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 0.7 ft above it and mean sea level 0.4 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 0.4 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 Packery Channel, TX gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8773701, 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 O'Connor, Matagorda Bay
- Matagorda Bay Entrance Channel: 3.9 mi, tides about 126 min earlier
- Barroom Bay: 6.6 mi, tides about 34 min later
- Port Lavaca: 18.7 mi, tides about 107 min later
- Seadrift: 19.9 mi, tides about 169 min later
- East Matagorda: 33.9 mi, tides about 4 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Port O'Connor, Matagorda Bay this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 15, Oct 16, Oct 17, 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 O'Connor, Matagorda 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 🌖 | 5:07–7:07 AM 5:32–7:32 PM | 10:58–12:58 AM 12:23–2:23 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 1:51–3:51 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 | 2:18–4:18 AM 2:59–4:59 PM | 61 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:28–11:28 AM 9:53–11:53 PM | 3:19–5:19 AM 3:30–5:30 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:13–12:13 PM 10:38–12:38 AM | 4:18–6:18 AM 4:00–6:00 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8773701. 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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