Galveston fishing forecast today

Tide times, wind, moon phase and the best times to fish today at Galveston, using NOAA tide station GALVESTON, Galveston Channel.

Upper Texas Coast Updated 10:08 AM CST, Nov 5 NOAA station 8771450

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Bite outlook today Estimate

Fair

Weak tidal movement (0.7 ft range)
Light wind (up to 10 mph)

Next best time

Today 8:20 AM

Major moon period

Next tide

High 1:55 PM

1.6 ft

Weather

72°F, Sunny

Wind 10 mph E - pressure falling

Water temp

78°F

NOAA Galveston Pier 21, 8 min ago

Best times to fish

5:50 AM - 8:08 AMPrimeDawn - low light, fish move shallow; Moving water into the low tide at 7:38 AM

8:20 AM - 10:20 AMMajor solunar period (moon overhead)

4:15 PM - 6:00 PMDusk - the evening feed

All 9 times today

12:09 AM - 1:39 AMMoving water into the high tide at 1:09 AM

2:40 AM - 3:40 AMMinor solunar period (moonrise)

5:50 AM - 8:08 AMPrimeDawn - low light, fish move shallow; Moving water into the low tide at 7:38 AM

8:20 AM - 10:20 AMMajor solunar period (moon overhead)

12:55 PM - 2:25 PMMoving water into the high tide at 1:55 PM

2:54 PM - 3:54 PMMinor solunar period (moonset)

4:15 PM - 6:00 PMDusk - the evening feed

7:02 PM - 8:32 PMMoving water into the low tide at 8:02 PM

8:44 PM - 10:44 PMMajor solunar period (moon underfoot)

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 5:30 PM 72-77°Fwind to 10 mph SE

Tide chart and times4 tides today

Prime - best times todayGood - worth fishingNight

Tide times for the next 4 days

Day	Tides (feet, MLLW)
Today	High 1:09 AM (1.5 ft) Low 7:38 AM (0.8 ft) High 1:55 PM (1.6 ft) Low 8:02 PM (1.1 ft)
Fri Nov 6	High 1:23 AM (1.5 ft) Low 8:08 AM (0.5 ft) High 3:13 PM (1.7 ft) Low 9:07 PM (1.3 ft)
Sat Nov 7	High 1:32 AM (1.5 ft) Low 8:37 AM (0.3 ft) High 4:16 PM (1.8 ft) Low 10:16 PM (1.4 ft)
Sun Nov 8	High 1:20 AM (1.5 ft) Low 9:06 AM (0.1 ft) High 5:09 PM (1.8 ft)

Predictions from NOAA station 8771450 (GALVESTON, Galveston Channel). Strong wind can push real water levels above or below these predictions.

Galveston: Skyline of Galveston, Texas, looking south towards the Gulf of Mexico. — Photo: Nsaum75, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped

Satellite view of Galveston from above — Imagery: USGS National Map (public domain). Pin = NOAA tide station GALVESTON, Galveston Channel; the fishing area extends around it.

Google Maps Directions

Water is 78°F - who's feedingLive reading matched to each local fish's preferred temperature. A rough guide - season and size rules still apply.

Right temperature

Spotted seatrout 58-80°F
Redfish 60-85°F
Flounder 58-80°F
Black drum 55-80°F
Spanish mackerel 70-85°F

Too warm - deeper or slower

Sheepshead likes under 75°F

Hourly weatherNWS

10 AM72°10 mphESunny

11 AM74°10 mphESunny

12 PM76°10 mphESunny

1 PM76°5 mphESunny

2 PM76°5 mphESunny

3 PM77°5 mphSESunny

4 PM77°5 mphSESunny

5 PM75°5 mphSESunny

6 PM75°5 mphSEMostly Clear

7 PM74°5 mphSEMostly Clear

8 PM75°5 mphSEPartly Cloudy

9 PM75°5 mphSEPartly Cloudy

10 PM75°5 mphSEPartly Cloudy

11 PM75°5 mphSEPartly Cloudy

12 AM75°5 mphSEPartly Cloudy

1 AM74°0 mphPartly Cloudy

2 AM74°0 mphPartly Cloudy

3 AM74°5 mphEPartly Cloudy

4 AM74°5 mphEPartly Cloudy

5 AM72°10 mphNEPartly Cloudy

6 AM72°10 mphNMostly Sunny

7 AM70°15 mphNMostly Sunny

8 AM70°15 mphNMostly Sunny

9 AM71°10 mphNMostly Sunny

Sunny, with a high near 77. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sun and moonWaning crescent

Waning crescent
12% of the moon is lit

Day	Sun	Moon	Solunar periods
Today	6:35 AM 5:30 PM	Rise 3:10 AM Set 3:24 PM	Minor 2:40 AM Major 8:20 AM Minor 2:54 PM Major 8:44 PM
Fri 6	6:35 AM 5:29 PM	Rise 4:10 AM Set 3:54 PM	Minor 3:40 AM Major 9:04 AM Minor 3:24 PM Major 9:28 PM
Sat 7	6:36 AM 5:29 PM	Rise 5:09 AM Set 4:26 PM	Minor 4:39 AM Major 9:48 AM Minor 3:56 PM Major 10:16 PM
Sun 8	6:37 AM 5:28 PM	Rise 6:09 AM Set 5:00 PM	Minor 5:39 AM Major 10:36 AM Minor 4:30 PM
Mon 9	6:38 AM 5:27 PM	Rise 7:08 AM Set 5:38 PM	Minor 6:38 AM Major 11:24 AM Minor 5:08 PM
Tue 10	6:39 AM 5:27 PM	Rise 8:05 AM Set 6:21 PM	Major 11:52 PM Minor 7:35 AM Major 12:12 PM Minor 5:51 PM
Wed 11	6:39 AM 5:26 PM	Rise 9:01 AM Set 7:09 PM	Major 12:40 AM Minor 8:31 AM Major 1:04 PM Minor 6:39 PM

Calculated for this location. Moon times are accurate to within a few minutes. Major periods are the 2 hours around the moon passing overhead or underfoot; minor periods are the hour around moonrise and moonset.

Fishing Galveston

Sabine Pass to Freeport: Galveston Bay, the Galveston jetties and long Gulf piers. Big, productive bay systems with lots of shore access.

What's biting now (Fall): Bull redfish run through the passes and jetties, and flounder migrate to the Gulf. Speckled trout feed hard on the bays.

Commonly caught in this area: Speckled trout, redfish, flounder, black drum, sheepshead and Spanish mackerel.

Also caught here: croaker, hardhead catfish, jack crevalle, tripletail, blacktip shark.

Piers put you over deeper water without a boat. Fish the pilings for sheepshead and snapper, and cast out from the end for mackerel and pompano when they run. Many Florida piers sell a license that covers everyone fishing from that pier.

Best baits here6 fish

Spotted seatrout (speckled trout)

Redfish (red drum)

Flounder

Black drum

Sheepshead

Spanish mackerel

Full bait guide

How the bite outlook works

The rating is our estimate, not a guarantee. It combines tide range, wind, rain and storms, temperature swings, the moon phase and how well the solunar periods line up with dawn and dusk. Fish do not read forecasts - local knowledge always wins. Read more

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