Active Spring Like Pattern Across the Country

A frontal boundary will slowly move eastward and clear most of the eastern seaboard by Sunday. Showers and thunderstorms, some severe, will accompany this front alongside the threat of heavy rainfall; These threats may linger along the Gulf Coast states into early next week. Meanwhile, record spring-like warmth is forecast, mainly east of the Mississippi River, this weekend into next week. Read More >

Coastal Waters Forecast for Waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas from 20 to 60 NM (GMZ270) (Text-Only)
NWS Forecast for: Waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas from 20 to 60 NM (GMZ270)
Issued by: National Weather Service Corpus Christi, TX
Last Update: 105 AM CST Sun Mar 8 2026
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Today: East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave detail: southeast 4 feet at 7 seconds. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms this morning, then a slight chance of showers this afternoon.

Tonight: East winds around 10 knots, becoming southeast after midnight. Seas around 3 feet. Wave detail: southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds. Patchy dense fog.

Monday: South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave detail: southeast 4 feet at 7 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning.

Monday Night: Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave detail: south 4 feet at 6 seconds.

Tuesday: Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave detail: southeast 5 feet at 6 seconds.

Tuesday Night: South winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet. Wave detail: southeast 6 feet at 6 seconds.

Wednesday: South winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming southwest in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. A chance of showers in the morning.

Wednesday Night: North winds 25 to 30 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet, building to 6 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet after midnight.

Thursday: Northeast winds 25 to 30 knots, diminishing to 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Seas 7 to 9 feet, occasionally to 11 feet, subsiding to 5 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: East winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming southeast after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet.

winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.







Zone Forecast: Waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas from 20 to 60 NM (GMZ270)

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