Daily Update

Corpus Christi, TX

October 18, 2024

Notices

🌅SUNRISE: 0730 hrs
🌄SUNSET:  1900 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 77-24 as COTP is establishing a worksite in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Inner Harbor. 
Callan Marine dredging in inner harbor between the hours of 2000 and 0600 from 18th September to 15th November for dredging operations.
Please see attached for more information.
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Please find attached UPDATE MSIB 1 83-24 as the Harvest Moon Regatta will take place between Galveston and Port Aransas, Texas from 17th October 2024 thru 19th October 2024.
Please see attached for more information.
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Please find attached MSIB XX-24 as Kiewit Offshore Services will be performing sensitive loadout operations from 1200 19th October thru 1700 20th October and a Slow Bell will be taking place between Jewel Fulton Channel and La Quinta Channel Daybeacon 13.
Please see attached for more information.

Weather / Marine Zone Forecast

Coastal Waters Forecast for Texas


National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX

155 AM CDT Fri Oct 18 , 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. 
 

GMZ200-181915-

155 AM CDT Fri Oct 18 , 2024

.SYNOPSIS FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS...

A moderate to strong generally east flow can be today through Sunday. 

A Small Craft Advisory is in effect for the northern waters tonight through Saturday afternoon. 

With strong winds continuing through Sunday, Small Craft Advisories may be extended.

Winds will become a moderate east to southeast flow beginning Monday. 

Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms can be Saturday through Sunday, followed by drier conditions by Monday.

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GMZ236-237-181915- Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays- San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays-

155 AM CDT Fri Oct 18 , 2024

.TODAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. 
.TONIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. 
.SATURDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. 
.SUNDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. 
.MONDAY...East winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters are slightly choppy. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. 
.TUESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. 

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

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GMZ231-232-181915- Baffin Bay and Upper Laguna Madre-Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays-

155 AM CDT Fri Oct 18 , 2024

.TODAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. 
.TONIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots, becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters choppy. 
.SATURDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters choppy. A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Bay and inland waters choppy. A slight chance of showers after midnight. 
.SUNDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. 
.MONDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. 
.TUESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. 

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

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GMZ255-181915- Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out 20 NM-

155 AM CDT Fri Oct 18 , 2024

...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION TODAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

.TODAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at 6 seconds. 
.TONIGHT...East winds around 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots.  Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 7 seconds. 
.SATURDAY...East winds around 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet. Wave Detail: East 8 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening. A slight chance of showers. 
.SUNDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 9 seconds. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 9 seconds. 
.MONDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. 
.TUESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet. 

Winds and seas are higher in and near thunderstorms.

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GMZ250-181915- Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM-

155 AM CDT Fri Oct 18 , 2024

...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION...

.TODAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at 7 seconds. 
.TONIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 6 feet at 7 seconds. 
.SATURDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 6 feet at 8 seconds. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 8 seconds. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening. A slight chance of showers. 
.SUNDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 6 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 9 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 10 seconds. 
.MONDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 5 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...East winds around 10 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. 
.TUESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. 

Winds and seas are higher in and near thunderstorms.

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GMZ275-181915- Waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel from 20 to 60 NM-

155 AM CDT Fri Oct 18 , 2024

...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION TODAY... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

.TODAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas around 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at 7 seconds. 
.TONIGHT...East winds around 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots.  Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of showers after midnight. 
.SATURDAY...East winds around 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 6 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 8 seconds. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 7 to 9 feet, occasionally to 11 feet. Wave Detail: East 8 feet at 8 seconds. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers, mainly in the evening. 
.SUNDAY...East winds around 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 7 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet. Wave Detail: East 8 feet at 9 seconds. A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet. Wave Detail: East 8 feet at 10 seconds. 
.MONDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. 
.TUESDAY...East winds around 10 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. 

Winds and seas are higher in and near thunderstorms.

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GMZ270-181915- Waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas from 20 to 60 NM-

155 AM CDT Fri Oct 18 , 2024

...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION...

.TODAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas around 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at 7 seconds. 
.TONIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 6 feet at 7 seconds. 
.SATURDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet. Wave Detail: East 6 feet at 8 seconds. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds around 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet. Wave Detail: East 8 feet at 8 seconds. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. 
.SUNDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 7 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet. Wave Detail: East 8 feet at 9 seconds. A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 7 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet. Wave Detail: East 8 feet at 10 seconds. 
.MONDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 6 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...East winds around 10 knots. Seas 5 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. 
.TUESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. 

Winds and seas are higher

 in and near thunderstorms.

Attachments

  • MSIB 77-24, Worksite, Callan Marine Dredge (6).pdf(270 KB )
  • MSIB 83-24, HARVEST MOON REGATTA 2024, UPDATE 1 (1).pdf(265 KB )
  • MSIB xx-24, Slow Bell, KOS, La Quinta Channel.docx(359 KB )

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