Texas City, Galveston Bay Tides Today
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Texas City, Galveston Bay runs a mean tidal range of about 0.8 ft. This month the highest water, 1.7 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 30, and the lowest, 0.0 ft, on the afternoon of Oct 29.
| High tide | 5:57 AM | 1.6 ft |
| Low tide | 5:15 PM | 0.1 ft |
Today on the water at Texas City, Galveston Bay
Today at Texas City, Galveston Bay: high tide at 5:57 AM (1.6 ft), low tide at 5:15 PM (0.1 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for Saturday is chance showers and thunderstorms with E winds 5 mph, 79°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 | 70°F |
| Saturday | Chance Showers And Thunderstorms | E 5 mph | 79°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Texas City, Galveston Bay is
Texas City, Galveston Bay sits at 29.3906° N, 94.8849° W on the Texas Gulf coast, at Texas City, TX. 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), 6.1 mi away, and high and low water here run on average about 62 min later than there. The nearest weather station is Galveston RR Bridge, TX, a shore station reporting wind and, at most sites, water temperature, 6.2 mi away.
The tide at Texas City, Galveston Bay
Texas City, Galveston 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 1.1 ft, and 1.0 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 Texas City, Galveston Bay from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 1.1 ft above it and mean sea level 0.6 ft. The land survey datum NAVD88, the zero on topographic maps and flood maps, is 0.1 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 Eagle Point, Galveston Bay, TX gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8771262, 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 Texas City, Galveston Bay
- Galveston Railroad Bridge: 6.1 mi, tides about 62 min earlier
- Port Bolivar: 6.6 mi, tides about 97 min earlier
- Eagle Point: 6.6 mi, tides about 38 min later
- Galveston, Galveston Channel: 7.8 mi, tides about 124 min earlier
- Galveston Pleasure Pier: 9.3 mi, tides about 158 min earlier
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Texas City, Galveston 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 Texas City, Galveston 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 🌖 | 5:01–7:01 AM 5:26–7:26 PM | 10:49–12:49 AM 12:19–2:19 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 6:01–8:01 AM 6:26–8:26 PM | — 1:06–3:06 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 6:57–8:57 AM 7:22–9:22 PM | 11:59–1:59 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 3:23–5:23 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:06–12:06 PM 10:31–12:31 AM | 4:13–6:13 AM 3:53–5:53 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8771262. 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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