Daily Update

Corpus Christi, TX

June 06, 2024

Notices

🌅SUNRISE: 0630 hrs
🌄SUNSET:  2015 hrs 
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When Outbound Passages are restricted to pilot boarding no earlier than Sunrise and later than the time detailed below for the various locations:
FROM VIOLA BASIN: -5 1/2 HOURS BEFORE SUNSET
FROM TULE BASIN: - 5 HOURS BEFORE SUNSET
FROM CHEMICAL BASIN: 4 1/2 HOURS BEFORE SUNSET
FROM AVERY BASIN: 4 HOURS BEFORE SUNSET
FROM MAIN BASIN: 3 1/2 HOURS BEFORE SUNSET
FROM INGLESIDE: 2 1/2 HOURS BEFORE SUNSET
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PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI IS OPEN
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Please find attached MSIB 33-24 for HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS as Hurricane Season commences 1st June 2024 and continues through 30th November 2024.
Please see attached for more information.
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Please find attached MSIB 14-24, Update 3 for the updated schedule of Work to be conducted in Corpus Christi Ship Channel, between mile markers 55 and 56, from 1st June 2024 through 30th June 2024 between hours of 2000 and 0600.
Please see attached for more information.
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Please find attached MSIB 34-24 UPDATE 1 as the Captain of the Port has established a safety zone in the Gulf intracoastal Waterway near mile marker 546 and approximately 0.5 nautical miles south of Corpus Christi Bay Day Beacon 61.
Please see attached for more information.
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Please find attached MSIB 35-24 as SpaceX has informed the U.S. Coast Guard of scheduled testing at their facility located south of Brownsville, near Boca Chica on 5th June 2024 between hours of 0700 and 1100. 
Back up dates 6th June 2024 - 17 June 2024, each day
Please see attached for more information.
POR FAVOR VER ADJUNTO PARA ESPAÑOL
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Please fine attached MSIB 36-24 as COTP is establishing a safety zone in the near shore region of the Hazard Area in the Gulf of Mexico extending to the 12NM line and all navigable waters of South Bay on 5th June 2024 between hours of 0600 and 1200.
Back up dates 6th June - 17th June 2024, each day
Please see attached for more information.
POR FAVOR VER ADJUNTO PARA ESPAÑOL

Weather / Marine Zone Forecast

Coastal Waters Forecast for Texas

National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX

131 AM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024

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.
 

GMZ200-061945-

131 AM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024

.SYNOPSIS FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS...

Weak onshore flow is expected through tonight increasing to weak to moderate onshore flow levels by Friday. 

A weak to moderate onshore flow will persist into next week. 

There is a low 20% chance for showers and thunderstorms Sunday, 

increasing to low to moderate 20 to 40% chance Monday and Tuesday next week.


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GMZ236-237-061945- Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays- San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays-


131 AM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024



.TODAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast late. Bay and inland waters smooth.

.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, diminishing to around 5 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters smooth.

.FRIDAY...East winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters smooth.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots, becoming 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters smooth.

.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy.

.SUNDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.

.MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.

.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.

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GMZ231-232-061945- Baffin Bay and Upper Laguna Madre-Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays-


131 AM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024



.TODAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. Hazy this afternoon.

.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. Hazy.

.FRIDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.

.SATURDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots in the afternoon. 
Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.

.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.

.MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.

.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.


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GMZ255-061945- Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out 20 NM-


131 AM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024



.TODAY...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds.

.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds.

.FRIDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 3 seconds and southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds.

.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 5 seconds.

.SUNDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet.

.MONDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning.

.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. A chance of showers after midnight.



Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

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GMZ250-061945- Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM-


131 AM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024



.TODAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds.

.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds.

.FRIDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds around 10 knots, becoming southeast after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 3 seconds and southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds.

.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 5 seconds.

.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet.

.MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.

.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A chance of showers after midnight.

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GMZ270-275-061945- 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-


131 AM CDT Thu Jun 6 2024



.TODAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 7 seconds.

.TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds.

.FRIDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds around 10 knots, becoming southeast after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 3 seconds and southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds.

.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 5 seconds.

.SUNDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet.

.MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning.

.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. A chance of showers after midnight.


Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Attachments

  • MSIB 36-24, Update 1, Zona de seguridad, Operaciones de Space X (spanish).pdf(233 KB )
  • MSIB 36-24, Update 1, Safety Zone, Space operations.pdf(238 KB )
  • MSIB 35-24, Update 1, Zona de Peligro, Golfo de México y South Bay, TX (spanish).pdf(346 KB )
  • MSIB 35-24, Update 1 Hazard Area, Gulf of Mexico and South Bay, TX.pdf(435 KB )
  • MSIB 14-24, update 3, Worksite trident pipeline removal.pdf(73 KB )
  • MSIB 33-24, Hurricane Preparedness.pdf(789 KB )
  • MSIB 34-24, Update 1 Safety Zone, GIWW.pdf(343 KB )

Disclaimer: For quality assurance purposes please note well that while the information contained in this website is regularly vetted for accuracy it is not intended to replace the local knowledge or expertise pertaining to port conditions of our marine operations personnel.

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