Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX

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FZUS54 KCRP 220524
CWFCRP

Coastal Waters Forecast for Texas
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1224 AM CDT Fri Aug 22 2025

Middle Texas coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Matagorda ship
channel out to 60 nautical miles.

Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest
1/3 of the waves...along with occasional height of the average
highest 10 percent of the waves.


GMZ200-221815-
1224 AM CDT Fri Aug 22 2025

.SYNOPSIS FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS...

A variable light to gentle breeze (BF 2-3) is expected to prevail
through early next week becoming a gentle to moderate (BF 3-4)
onshore flow by mid-week. Rain chances remain moderate through the
weekend and decrease as we go through next week.

$$

GMZ236-237-221815-
Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays-
San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays-
1224 AM CDT Fri Aug 22 2025

.TODAY...North winds around 5 knots, becoming east early this
afternoon, then becoming southeast late. Bay and inland waters
smooth. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming south around
5 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters smooth. A chance of
showers and thunderstorms.
.SATURDAY...North winds around 5 knots, becoming east in the
afternoon. Bay and inland waters smooth. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast
after midnight. Bay and inland waters smooth. A chance of
showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then a
chance of thunderstorms after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming east in the
afternoon. Bay and inland waters smooth. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming south
after midnight. Bay and inland waters smooth. A chance of showers
and thunderstorms after midnight.
.MONDAY...South winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast in the
afternoon. Bay and inland waters smooth. A chance of showers. A
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming south
after midnight. Bay and inland waters smooth. A chance of showers
and thunderstorms after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
smooth. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters smooth.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

GMZ231-232-221815-
Baffin Bay and Upper Laguna Madre-Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays-
1224 AM CDT Fri Aug 22 2025

.TODAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming east early this
afternoon, then becoming southeast late. Bay and inland waters
smooth. A chance of showers and thunderstorms early this morning,
then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late this
morning. A chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming south after
midnight. Bay and inland waters smooth. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms.
.SATURDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming east in the
afternoon. Bay and inland waters smooth. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming south after
midnight. Bay and inland waters smooth. A chance of showers. A
slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of
thunderstorms after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming east in the
afternoon. Bay and inland waters smooth. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming south
after midnight. Bay and inland waters smooth. A chance of showers
and thunderstorms after midnight.
.MONDAY...South winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast in the
afternoon. Bay and inland waters smooth. A chance of showers. A
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters smooth.
.TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast 10 to
15 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy
to occasionally choppy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in
the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to
5 to 10 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters slightly
choppy to occasionally choppy.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

GMZ255-221815-
Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out
20 NM-
1224 AM CDT Fri Aug 22 2025

.TODAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast late.
Seas around 2 feet or less. Wave Detail: West 1 foot at
2 seconds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms until late
afternoon, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
late.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming south after
midnight. Seas around 2 feet or less. Wave Detail: Southeast
1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after
midnight.
.SATURDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming northeast in
the afternoon. Seas around 2 feet or less. Wave Detail: South
1 foot at 3 seconds. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of
showers.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming south after
midnight. Seas around 2 feet or less. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at
3 seconds. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms
in the evening, then a chance of thunderstorms after midnight.
.SUNDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet or less.
Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 3 seconds. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming south
after midnight. Seas around 2 feet or less. Wave Detail: East
1 foot at 3 seconds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after
midnight.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet or
less, then around 2 feet in the afternoon. A chance of showers
and thunderstorms.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots, becoming south
after midnight. Seas around 2 feet. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight.
.TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. A
chance of thunderstorms in the morning. A chance of showers.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas around
2 feet.

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

GMZ250-221815-
Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM-
1224 AM CDT Fri Aug 22 2025

.TODAY...West winds around 5 knots, becoming northwest around
5 knots late this morning, then becoming northeast early this
afternoon, becoming southeast around 5 knots late. Seas around
2 feet or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 3 seconds. A
chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming south after
midnight. Seas around 2 feet or less. Wave Detail: Southeast
1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after
midnight.
.SATURDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming northeast in
the afternoon. Seas around 2 feet or less. Wave Detail: Southeast
1 foot at 3 seconds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming south after
midnight. Seas around 2 feet or less. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at
3 seconds. A chance of showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight.
.SUNDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet or less.
Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 4 seconds. A chance of showers
and thunderstorms.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming south
after midnight. Seas around 2 feet or less. Wave Detail: East
1 foot at 2 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 5 seconds. A chance
of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
.MONDAY...South winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast in the
afternoon. Seas around 2 feet or less, then around 2 feet in the
afternoon. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms in the
afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around
2 feet. A chance of showers after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. A
chance of showers in the morning.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas around
2 feet.

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

GMZ270-275-221815-
Waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas from 20 to 60 NM-
Waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel from 20 to
60 NM-
1224 AM CDT Fri Aug 22 2025

.TODAY...West winds around 5 knots, becoming east around 5 knots
late. Seas around 2 feet or less. Wave Detail: South 1 foot at
3 seconds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms until late
afternoon, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
late.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming south after
midnight. Seas around 2 feet or less. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at
2 seconds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
.SATURDAY...West winds around 5 knots, becoming northeast in the
afternoon. Seas around 2 feet or less. Wave Detail: South 1 foot
at 3 seconds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly in
the morning.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming south
after midnight. Seas around 2 feet or less. Wave Detail: East
1 foot at 3 seconds. A chance of showers. A slight chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of thunderstorms
after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming east in the
afternoon. Seas around 2 feet or less. Wave Detail: Southeast
1 foot at 4 seconds. A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely,
mainly in the morning.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming south
after midnight. Seas around 2 feet or less. Wave Detail: East
1 foot at 2 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 5 seconds. A chance
of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
.MONDAY...South winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast in the
afternoon. Seas around 2 feet or less, then around 2 feet in the
afternoon. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around
2 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. A
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas around
2 feet. A chance of showers after midnight.

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$