Coastal Waters Forecast for Texas
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
For High Island to the Matagorda Ship Channel Out 60 NM including Galveston and Matagorda Bays.
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. Onshore winds 10 to 15 knots and 2 to 4 foot seas should prevail across the coastal waters today into Saturday. With high pressure moving into the northwest Gulf later in the weekend, look for wind speeds to diminish and take on a more southwesterly component at night and in the mornings until the seabreeze kicks in. Corresponding wave heights will also trend down closer to 2 feet Sunday and beyond.