Viola Turning Basin Tides Today
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Viola Turning Basin runs a mean tidal range of about 0.5 ft. This month the highest water, 1.2 ft, comes on the morning of Oct 29, and the lowest, 0.2 ft, on the afternoon of Oct 28.
| High tide | 6:04 AM | 1.1 ft |
| Low tide | 6:46 PM | 0.2 ft |
Today on the water at Viola Turning Basin
Today at Viola Turning Basin: high tide at 6:04 AM (1.1 ft), low tide at 6:46 PM (0.2 ft). The National Weather Service forecast for Saturday is patchy fog then mostly sunny with NE winds 6 mph, 82°F. The water at the gauge reads 79°F. Sunrise is at 7:39 AM and sunset at 6:47 PM.
| Period | Forecast | Wind | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overnight | Patchy Fog | NNE 3 mph | 71°F |
| Saturday | Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny | NE 6 mph | 82°F |
Forecast: National Weather Service point forecast for this location.
Where Viola Turning Basin is
Viola Turning Basin sits at 27.8461° N, 97.5207° W on the Texas Gulf coast, at Corpus Christi, TX, in Nueces County. 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 2007. The nearest weather station is Viola Turning Basin, a tide-station weather package reporting wind and water temperature, right at this station.
The tide at Viola Turning Basin
Viola Turning Basin 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 0.7 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 Jun 20, 2024.
- Lowest on record: -1.0 ft on Feb 5, 2024.
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 Viola Turning Basin from the 1983-2001 National Tidal Datum Epoch; mean higher high water is 0.7 ft above it and mean sea level 0.4 ft. These datums are controlled from NOAA's Port Aransas, TX gauge. Source: NOAA CO-OPS station 8775222, established 2007. 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 Viola Turning Basin
- Nueces Bay: 2.3 mi, tides about 62 min later
- White Point: 2.9 mi, tides about 88 min later
- Corpus Christi Naval Air Station: 17.7 mi, tides at about the same time
- Enbridge, Ingleside: 19.1 mi, tides about 33 min earlier
- Packery Channel: 22.8 mi, tides about 50 min later
TidalMapMonthly tide calendar
🌊 Biggest flood tides at Viola Turning Basin this month: Oct 1, Oct 2, Oct 3, Oct 4, Oct 14, Oct 15, Oct 27, 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 Viola Turning Basin, 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 🌖 | 5:12–7:12 AM 5:37–7:37 PM | — 12:26–2:26 PM | 55 |
| Sun Nov 1 🌗 | 6:12–8:12 AM 6:37–8:37 PM | 11:04–1:04 AM 1:13–3:13 PM | 42 |
| Mon Nov 2 🌗 | 7:08–9:08 AM 7:33–9:33 PM | 12:13–2:13 AM 1:54–3:54 PM | 33 |
| Tue Nov 3 🌗 | 7:59–9:59 AM 8:24–10:24 PM | 1:19–3:19 AM 2:30–4:30 PM | 47 |
| Wed Nov 4 🌗 | 8:47–10:47 AM 9:12–11:12 PM | 2:23–4:23 AM 3:03–5:03 PM | 61 |
| Thu Nov 5 🌘 | 9:32–11:32 AM 9:57–11:57 PM | 3:23–5:23 AM 3:34–5:34 PM | 73 |
| Fri Nov 6 🌘 | 10:17–12:17 PM 10:42–12:42 AM | 4:23–6:23 AM 4:06–6:06 PM | 83 |
Predictions & observations: NOAA CO-OPS station 8775222. 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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