Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
Issued by NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
118 FZUS54 KHGX 020154 CWFHGX Coastal Waters Forecast for Texas National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 754 PM CST Mon Dec 1 2025 Upper Texas coastal waters from High Island to the Matagorda Ship Channel out 60 nautical miles including Galveston and Matagorda Bays. Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves...along with the occasional height of the average highest 10 percent of the waves. GMZ300-021430- 754 PM CST Mon Dec 1 2025 .Synopsis For High Island to the Matagorda Ship Channel Out 60 NM including Galveston and Matagorda Bays. Widely scattered showers will continue into tonight, but should end after midnight. Small Craft Advisories are out through Tuesday for elevated northerly winds of 20 to 25 knots with gusts to 30 knots as a coastal low moves off to the east. These elevated winds will also increase seas to around 5 to 8ft. Despite a short respite Tuesday through Wednesday morning, the unsettled weather pattern will mean another bout with rain, storms, and potentially even periods of sea fog later in the week as we deal with another coastal low and frontal passage. $$ GMZ335-021430- Galveston Bay- 754 PM CST Mon Dec 1 2025 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .REST OF TONIGHT...North winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Bay waters choppy. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms early this evening, then a chance of showers late this evening. Patchy fog this evening. .TUESDAY...North winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to around 15 knots in the afternoon. Bay waters choppy, diminishing to slightly choppy in the afternoon. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. .WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. A chance of showers in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. A chance of thunderstorms. Showers. .THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. Showers likely. .FRIDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to around 10 knots in the afternoon. Bay waters slightly choppy, diminishing to smooth in the afternoon. Showers likely, mainly in the morning. .FRIDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. A chance of showers in the evening. .SATURDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southwest in the afternoon. Bay waters smooth. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west after midnight. Bay waters smooth. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ330-021430- Matagorda Bay- 754 PM CST Mon Dec 1 2025 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .REST OF TONIGHT...North winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Bay waters choppy. Patchy fog early this evening. A chance of showers early this evening, then a slight chance of showers late this evening. .TUESDAY...North winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots, diminishing to around 15 knots in the afternoon. Bay waters choppy, diminishing to slightly choppy in the afternoon. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. .WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. A chance of showers in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots, becoming southwest after midnight. Bay waters smooth to slightly choppy. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms. .THURSDAY...North winds around 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Bay waters slightly choppy, increasing to choppy in the afternoon. A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely. .THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds 15 to 20 knots. Bay waters choppy. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely after midnight. .FRIDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay waters slightly choppy. Showers likely, mainly in the morning. .FRIDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. .SATURDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west in the afternoon. Bay waters smooth. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters smooth. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ350-355-021430- Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out 20 NM-Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM- 754 PM CST Mon Dec 1 2025 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .REST OF TONIGHT...North winds around 20 knots, increasing to 20 to 25 knots late this evening and overnight. Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 4 feet at 6 seconds. Patchy fog this evening. A slight chance of thunderstorms early this evening. A chance of showers this evening, then a slight chance of showers. .TUESDAY...North winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to around 15 knots in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 5 feet at 6 seconds. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 10 knots, becoming southeast after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 3 feet at 6 seconds. .WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 4 seconds. A chance of showers in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 5 seconds. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms. .THURSDAY...North winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 4 feet at 5 seconds. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms. .THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. Showers likely. .FRIDAY...North winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to around 15 knots in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 feet. Showers likely, mainly in the morning. .FRIDAY NIGHT...North winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A chance of showers. .SATURDAY...North winds around 10 knots, becoming west in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ370-375-021430- Waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX from 20 to 60 NM-Waters from High Island to Freeport TX from 20 to 60 NM- 754 PM CST Mon Dec 1 2025 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .REST OF TONIGHT...North winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet. Wave Detail: North 7 feet at 6 seconds. Patchy fog this evening. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms early this evening, then a chance of showers late this evening and early morning. .TUESDAY...North winds 20 to 25 knots, diminishing to around 20 knots in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet. Wave Detail: North 7 feet at 6 seconds. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming east after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 4 feet at 6 seconds. .WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 3 feet at 6 seconds and southeast 2 feet at 3 seconds. A chance of showers in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: South 4 feet at 6 seconds. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms. .THURSDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots, becoming northeast in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 4 feet at 6 seconds. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms. .THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then showers likely after midnight. .FRIDAY...North winds 15 to 20 knots, becoming northeast around 15 knots in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 5 feet. Showers. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. A chance of showers. .SATURDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$