Daily Update
Corpus Christi, TX
December 13, 2024
Notices
🌅SUNRISE: 0715 hrs
🌄SUNSET: 1730 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 see attached MSIB 90-24 The Coast Guard is advising all mariners to exercise caution and remain within the skin of the ship while transiting under the Corpus Christi New Harbor Bridge due to fall hazards created during construction.
It is recommended practice until further notice to ensure safety of vessel and crew during transit.
Weather / Marine Zone Forecast
Coastal Waters Forecast for Texas
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
916 AM CST Fri Dec 13 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.
GMZ200-140430-
916 AM CST Fri Dec 13 2024
.SYNOPSIS FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS...
Mainly weak to moderate onshore flow will continue through the weekend.
Winds could become strong offshore for a brief time overnight.
Isolated to scattered showers are possible through the weekend and into early next week.
Flow will be moderate through most of next week but will be near strong levels at times.
A cold front may move through early Tuesday, but winds would quickly turn back onshore by Tuesday night through Wednesday ahead of our next front.
$$
GMZ236-237-140430- Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays- San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays-
916 AM CST Fri Dec 13 2024
.REST OF TODAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. Scattered showers or patchy drizzle late this morning, then isolated thunderstorms this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.SATURDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. A slight chance of showers, thunderstorms and very light drizzle after midnight.
Patchy fog after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. Patchy fog in the morning. A slight chance of showers, thunderstorms and very light drizzle.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. A chance of showers.
.TUESDAY...East winds around 10 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.
Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.
$$
GMZ231-232-140430- Baffin Bay and Upper Laguna Madre-Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays-
916 AM CST Fri Dec 13 2024
.REST OF TODAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. Patchy very light drizzle.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. A slight chance of very light drizzle after midnight. Patchy fog after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.
Patchy fog in the morning. A slight chance of very light drizzle.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy. A chance of showers.
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy.
Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.
$$
GMZ255-140430- Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out 20 NM-
916 AM CST Fri Dec 13 2024
.REST OF TODAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 5 seconds.
Scattered showers late this morning, then scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 5 feet at 7 seconds.
A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms.
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 5 feet at 7 seconds.
A slight chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of very light drizzle in the evening.
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
A slight chance of very light drizzle in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 8 seconds and south 2 feet at 5 seconds.
.MONDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming southeast 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. A chance of showers.
.TUESDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet.
Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.
$$
GMZ250-140430- Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM-
916 AM CST Fri Dec 13 2024
.REST OF TODAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 6 seconds. Patchy drizzle this morning.
Isolated showers and thunderstorms early this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet.
Wave Detail: Southeast 5 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.SATURDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming southeast 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet.
Wave Detail: Southeast 5 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 7 seconds.
A slight chance of very light drizzle in the evening,
then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 8 seconds.
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a slight chance of very light drizzle in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 5 feet at 8 seconds.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. A chance of showers.
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet.
Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.
$$
GMZ270-275-140430-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-
916 AM CST Fri Dec 13 2024
.REST OF TODAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas around 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: South 4 feet at 5 seconds. Scattered showers.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 6 feet at 7 seconds. A chance of showers.
A chance of thunderstorms, mainly in the evening.
.SATURDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet.
Wave Detail: Southeast 6 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 5 feet at 7 seconds.
A slight chance of very light drizzle in the evening. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 5 feet at 8 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
A slight chance of very light drizzle in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet.
Wave Detail: Southeast 6 feet at 8 seconds and south 2 feet at 5 seconds.
.MONDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. A chance of showers.
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. A chance of showers.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet.
Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
916 AM CST Fri Dec 13 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.
GMZ200-140430-
916 AM CST Fri Dec 13 2024
.SYNOPSIS FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS...
Mainly weak to moderate onshore flow will continue through the weekend.
Winds could become strong offshore for a brief time overnight.
Isolated to scattered showers are possible through the weekend and into early next week.
Flow will be moderate through most of next week but will be near strong levels at times.
A cold front may move through early Tuesday, but winds would quickly turn back onshore by Tuesday night through Wednesday ahead of our next front.
$$
GMZ236-237-140430- Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays- San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays-
916 AM CST Fri Dec 13 2024
.REST OF TODAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. Scattered showers or patchy drizzle late this morning, then isolated thunderstorms this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.SATURDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. A slight chance of showers, thunderstorms and very light drizzle after midnight.
Patchy fog after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. Patchy fog in the morning. A slight chance of showers, thunderstorms and very light drizzle.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. A chance of showers.
.TUESDAY...East winds around 10 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.
Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.
$$
GMZ231-232-140430- Baffin Bay and Upper Laguna Madre-Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays-
916 AM CST Fri Dec 13 2024
.REST OF TODAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. Patchy very light drizzle.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. A slight chance of very light drizzle after midnight. Patchy fog after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.
Patchy fog in the morning. A slight chance of very light drizzle.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy. A chance of showers.
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy.
Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.
$$
GMZ255-140430- Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out 20 NM-
916 AM CST Fri Dec 13 2024
.REST OF TODAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 5 seconds.
Scattered showers late this morning, then scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 5 feet at 7 seconds.
A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms.
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 5 feet at 7 seconds.
A slight chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of very light drizzle in the evening.
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
A slight chance of very light drizzle in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 8 seconds and south 2 feet at 5 seconds.
.MONDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming southeast 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. A chance of showers in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. A chance of showers.
.TUESDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet.
Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.
$$
GMZ250-140430- Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM-
916 AM CST Fri Dec 13 2024
.REST OF TODAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 6 seconds. Patchy drizzle this morning.
Isolated showers and thunderstorms early this afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet.
Wave Detail: Southeast 5 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.SATURDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming southeast 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet.
Wave Detail: Southeast 5 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 7 seconds.
A slight chance of very light drizzle in the evening,
then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 8 seconds.
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a slight chance of very light drizzle in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 5 feet at 8 seconds.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. A chance of showers.
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet.
Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.
$$
GMZ270-275-140430-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-
916 AM CST Fri Dec 13 2024
.REST OF TODAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas around 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: South 4 feet at 5 seconds. Scattered showers.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 6 feet at 7 seconds. A chance of showers.
A chance of thunderstorms, mainly in the evening.
.SATURDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet.
Wave Detail: Southeast 6 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 5 feet at 7 seconds.
A slight chance of very light drizzle in the evening. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 5 feet at 8 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
A slight chance of very light drizzle in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet.
Wave Detail: Southeast 6 feet at 8 seconds and south 2 feet at 5 seconds.
.MONDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. A chance of showers.
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. A chance of showers.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet.
Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.
