Port Update
Corpus Christi, TX
March 19, 2025
Notices
🌅SUNRISE: 0745 hrs
🌄SUNSET: 1945 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 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.
Please see attached for more information.
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Please find attached MSB XX-25 advising SLOW BELL is in place until further notice for all light tugs transiting past the South Side Marine Center located in the inner harbor of the Corpus Christi Ship channel.
Please see attached for more information.
Weather / Marine Zone Forecast
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR TEXAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
300 PM CST THU FEB 27 2025
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.
GMZ200-280945-
300 PM CST THU FEB 27 2025
.SYNOPSIS FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS...
WEAK TO MODERATE NORTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL BECOME WEAK NORTHEASTERLY FLOW LATE FRIDAY EVENING.
FLOW WILL TRANSITION TO LIGHT AND VARIABLE FRIDAY NIGHT.
WEAK TO MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW RETURNS SUNDAY AND PERSISTS THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE STRENGTHENING TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT.
MODERATE NORTHERLY FLOW WILL LIKELY FOLLOW IN WAKE OF THE FRONT TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
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GMZ236-237-280945- Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays- San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays-
300 PM CST Thu Feb 27 2025
.TODAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth to slightly choppy. Patchy fog early this morning.
.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth to slightly choppy.
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds around 5 knots, becoming around 5 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters smooth. Patchy fog after midnight.
.SATURDAY...North winds around 5 knots, becoming east in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters smooth. Patchy fog.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. Patchy fog.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. Patchy fog.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. Patchy fog.
.MONDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. Patchy fog.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. Patchy fog.
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GMZ231-232-280945- Baffin Bay and Upper Laguna Madre-Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays-
300 PM CST Thu Feb 27 2025
.TODAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots this afternoon. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. Patchy fog early this morning.
.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth to slightly choppy.
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, diminishing to around 5 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters smooth. Patchy fog after midnight.
.SATURDAY...North winds around 5 knots, becoming east in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters smooth. Patchy fog.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. Patchy fog.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. Patchy fog.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. Patchy fog.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. Patchy fog.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Bay and inland waters choppy. Patchy fog.
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GMZ255-280945- Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out 20 NM-
300 PM CST Thu Feb 27 2025
.TODAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. Areas of dense fog early this morning, then patchy fog late this morning.
.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds.
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds around 5 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming east in the afternoon. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. Patchy fog.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 5 seconds. Patchy fog.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Patchy fog.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Patchy fog.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Patchy fog.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Patchy fog.
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GMZ250-280945- Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM-
300 PM CST Thu Feb 27 2025
.TODAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 3 seconds and southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. Patchy dense fog until late afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Northeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds.
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, diminishing to around 5 knots after midnight. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight.
.SATURDAY...North winds around 5 knots, becoming northeast in the afternoon. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. Patchy fog.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 5 seconds. Patchy fog.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Seas around 2 feet. Patchy fog.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Patchy fog.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Patchy fog.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Patchy fog.
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GMZ270-275-280945- 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-
300 PM CST Thu Feb 27 2025
.TODAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northeast late this morning, then increasing to 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots this afternoon. Seas around 3 feet.
Wave Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 3 seconds and southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. Patchy fog early this morning.
.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 6 seconds and south 2 feet at 6 seconds.
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 5 seconds and south 1 foot at 6 seconds.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds around 5 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds.
.SATURDAY...North winds around 5 knots, becoming northeast in the afternoon. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 5 seconds.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet.
