Texas Gulf Coast · Wednesday, Sep 23

Galveston

Updated Tue, Sep 22, 7:30 PM CDT

When to go

Around 12:00 PM

Looks good · Low confidence

0.7–0.7 ft · Offshore waves · not face height

Wind: 5.8 kt · cross-shore

Forecast details

Light wind should keep the water smoother.

Other wind windows

Plan around the wind

The best available upcoming daylight wind sample to compare with the wave evidence. This compares wind only; wave size, tide suitability, and hazards can change your choice.

12:00 PM–2:00 PM · America/Chicago
Unfavorable wind · up to 6.8 kt · reported gusts up to 7.6 kt
Caution: This is the best available wind comparison, not a favorable-wind label. The selected wind is unfavorable for this break.
Offshore waves: 0.7–0.7 ft across the period. Surf height unavailable. Tide data available; check the local tide response.
Wind source time: Sep 22, 6:45 PM CDT. This is not the model run issue time.

How these periods are chosen

The planner prefers three consecutive hourly samples covering two daylight hours, but retains shorter one- or two-sample evidence when that is all the forecast provides. Light wind means at most 6 kt. Moderate offshore means at most 12 kt from land toward the sea when shore orientation is verified. Strong wind or known gusts of 20 kt or more remain visible as cautions instead of making the entire comparison disappear. These are comparison labels, not locally tested surf-quality or safety ratings. Missing gusts remain unknown. Terrain shelter, currents, closures, and your ability are not assessed.

Forecast confidence

Returned marine grid point is 2.9 km from the mapped spot. Provider grid resolution is not established for this response.
Reference model hour: 12 hours from now; historical residuals do not measure forecast lead-time error.
No accepted local model for these inputs: missing history, unsupported direction/period/height, or failed historical validation.
A mapped coordinate does not establish nearshore grid resolution or terrain/shelter accuracy.

Wind ENE 7.6 kt

Tide 1.5 ft falling

Wave, wind and tide details

Offshore model swellSE 0.5 ft @ 3sValid 2026-09-23 08:00 · America/ChicagoMarine grid 29.2917, -94.7917 · offshore model, not a local measurement

Offshore model sea0.6 ft @ 4.3sSignificant wave height including wind waves and swell; not breaking surfValid 2026-09-23 08:00 · America/Chicago

Model windENE 7.6 ktcross-shoreValid 2026-09-23 08:00 · America/Chicago1.3 kt offshore component

Tide1.5 ftfallingNOAA Galveston Pier 21 8771450 · 2.3 km from Galveston · predicted height relative to MLLWRetrieved Sep 22, 7:30 PM CDT · provider issue time unavailable32% of adjacent local low–high range · descriptive, not a safety rating

Surf height unavailable. Coastal and offshore waves are not breaking-wave heights.

Surf and wind

Recommended window: No recommended window

Breaking surf is not reliably resolved. Hourly offshore swell and wind inputs are listed below.

Hourly forecast

Hourly surf forecast for Galveston
Time	Wind	Tide	Offshore swell
12 AM	ESE 6.7 ktcross-shore	1 ftrising	SE 0.5 ft @ 3s
1 AM	ESE 4.1 ktcross-shore	1 ftrising	ESE 0.5 ft @ 3s
2 AM	SE 4 ktonshore	1.5 ftrising	SE 0.5 ft @ 3s
3 AM	SE 3.4 ktonshore	1.5 ftrising	SE 0.5 ft @ 3s
4 AM	ESE 3.5 ktcross-shore	1.5 ftnear high	SE 0.5 ft @ 3s
5 AM	NNE 5.4 ktcross-shore	1.5 ftfalling	SE 0.5 ft @ 3s
6 AM	NE 5.6 ktcross-shore	1.5 ftfalling	SE 0.5 ft @ 3s
7 AM	NNE 5.4 ktcross-shore	1.5 ftfalling	SE 0.5 ft @ 3s
8 AM	ENE 7.6 ktcross-shore	1.5 ftfalling	SE 0.5 ft @ 3s
9 AM	ENE 7.9 ktcross-shore	1.5 ftfalling	SE 0.5 ft @ 3s
10 AM	NE 6.6 ktcross-shore	1.5 ftrising	SE 0.5 ft @ 3s
11 AM	NE 7.5 ktcross-shore	1.5 ftrising	SE 0.5 ft @ 3s
Noon	NE 5.8 ktcross-shore	1.5 ftrising	SE 0.5 ft @ 3s
1 PM	E 6.8 ktcross-shore	1.5 ftfalling	SE 0.6 ft @ 3s
2 PM	E 6.1 ktcross-shore	1.5 ftfalling	SE 0.6 ft @ 3s
3 PM	ESE 7.1 ktcross-shore	1.5 ftfalling	SE 0.7 ft @ 3s
4 PM	ESE 7.1 ktonshore	1 ftfalling	SE 0.7 ft @ 4s
5 PM	ESE 6.6 ktonshore	1 ftfalling	SE 0.7 ft @ 4s
6 PM	SE 6.9 ktonshore	1 ftfalling	SE 0.7 ft @ 4s
7 PM	SSE 5.8 ktonshore	1 ftfalling	SE 0.7 ft @ 4s
8 PM	SSE 4.3 ktonshore	0.5 ftfalling	SE 0.7 ft @ 3s
9 PM	SSE 4 ktonshore	0.5 ftrising	SE 0.9 ft @ 3s
10 PM	SSE 3.1 ktonshore	0.5 ftrising	SE 0.9 ft @ 3s
11 PM	N 2.4 ktoffshore	1 ftrising	SE 0.9 ft @ 3s

12 AMUnavailable

WindESE 6.7 ktcross-shoreTide1 ftrisingOffshore swellSE 0.5 ft @ 3s

1 AMUnavailable

WindESE 4.1 ktcross-shoreTide1 ftrisingOffshore swellESE 0.5 ft @ 3s

2 AMUnavailable

WindSE 4 ktonshoreTide1.5 ftrisingOffshore swellSE 0.5 ft @ 3s

3 AMUnavailable

WindSE 3.4 ktonshoreTide1.5 ftrisingOffshore swellSE 0.5 ft @ 3s

4 AMUnavailable

WindESE 3.5 ktcross-shoreTide1.5 ftnear highOffshore swellSE 0.5 ft @ 3s

5 AMUnavailable

WindNNE 5.4 ktcross-shoreTide1.5 ftfallingOffshore swellSE 0.5 ft @ 3s

6 AMUnavailable

WindNE 5.6 ktcross-shoreTide1.5 ftfallingOffshore swellSE 0.5 ft @ 3s

7 AMUnavailable

WindNNE 5.4 ktcross-shoreTide1.5 ftfallingOffshore swellSE 0.5 ft @ 3s

8 AMUnavailable

WindENE 7.6 ktcross-shoreTide1.5 ftfallingOffshore swellSE 0.5 ft @ 3s

9 AMUnavailable

WindENE 7.9 ktcross-shoreTide1.5 ftfallingOffshore swellSE 0.5 ft @ 3s

10 AMUnavailable

WindNE 6.6 ktcross-shoreTide1.5 ftrisingOffshore swellSE 0.5 ft @ 3s

11 AMUnavailable

WindNE 7.5 ktcross-shoreTide1.5 ftrisingOffshore swellSE 0.5 ft @ 3s

NoonUnavailable

WindNE 5.8 ktcross-shoreTide1.5 ftrisingOffshore swellSE 0.5 ft @ 3s

1 PMUnavailable

WindE 6.8 ktcross-shoreTide1.5 ftfallingOffshore swellSE 0.6 ft @ 3s

2 PMUnavailable

WindE 6.1 ktcross-shoreTide1.5 ftfallingOffshore swellSE 0.6 ft @ 3s

3 PMUnavailable

WindESE 7.1 ktcross-shoreTide1.5 ftfallingOffshore swellSE 0.7 ft @ 3s

4 PMUnavailable

WindESE 7.1 ktonshoreTide1 ftfallingOffshore swellSE 0.7 ft @ 4s

5 PMUnavailable

WindESE 6.6 ktonshoreTide1 ftfallingOffshore swellSE 0.7 ft @ 4s

6 PMUnavailable

WindSE 6.9 ktonshoreTide1 ftfallingOffshore swellSE 0.7 ft @ 4s

7 PMUnavailable

WindSSE 5.8 ktonshoreTide1 ftfallingOffshore swellSE 0.7 ft @ 4s

8 PMUnavailable

WindSSE 4.3 ktonshoreTide0.5 ftfallingOffshore swellSE 0.7 ft @ 3s

9 PMUnavailable

WindSSE 4 ktonshoreTide0.5 ftrisingOffshore swellSE 0.9 ft @ 3s

10 PMUnavailable

WindSSE 3.1 ktonshoreTide0.5 ftrisingOffshore swellSE 0.9 ft @ 3s

11 PMUnavailable

WindN 2.4 ktoffshoreTide1 ftrisingOffshore swellSE 0.9 ft @ 3s

Tide

NOAA Galveston Pier 21 8771450 · 2.3 km from Galveston · MLLW

Interpolated tide height Recommended window

About this spot

Model-grid forecast requested at the mapped coordinate; reef, headland, and nearshore transformations are unresolved. Breakwater break.

Mapped spot coordinate: 29.31, -94.77.

Mainland · Coast not verified · Ocean-facing bearing 157.5° · Location provenance

Model request point: Galveston (29.31, -94.77). Model output times describe valid conditions; the provider does not expose the model run issue time in this response.

Forecast sources

Data coverage 3/4 sources

Source availability is not forecast accuracy. Where an empirical model passes historical testing, its error and interval coverage are shown above. Source count cannot increase that confidence.

Coverage tier A · US_GULF · spot-level model point

Official breaking-surf report not connected for Texas Gulf CoastUnavailableUnavailable · Unavailable

US National Weather Service Surf Zone Forecast
No assigned NWS surf zone covers this spot and selected local date.UnavailableNo source time
NOAA NDBC real-time station files
Current buoy observations are not forecasts for the selected future date.Not applicableNo source time
NOAA CO-OPS Tides and Currents API
NOAA Galveston Pier 21 8771450 · 2.3 km from Galveston; predicted high/low events above MLLW, converted to feet. Timestamp is retrieval time; provider issue time is not supplied.CurrentSep 22, 7:30 PM CDT
Open-Meteo Marine API
1 of 1 configured model points availableCurrentSep 22, 6:45 PM CDT
Open-Meteo Weather API
1 of 1 configured model points availableCurrentSep 22, 6:45 PM CDT
Surf-Forecast public pages
Spot discovery and break-specific HTML fallbackNot applicableNo source time
Surfline public spot pages
Break-specific comparison, cams, and metadataNot applicableNo source time

How best guesses are made

Best guesses combine usable wave and wind evidence, with qualitative confidence and specific limitations. A missing tide or local surf-height model does not prevent useful guidance. Tide levels use the named station datum; their effect at this break remains uncertain. Wind direction is relative to the mapped beach orientation, without calibrated terrain or shelter effects. The comparison is a heuristic, not a measured quality rating.