Boca Chica Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – Texas)

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Surf Break: Boca Chica

Boca Chica Spot ID:

Type: beach/Jetty

Reliability: fairly consistent

Best: Swell NE | Wind W

Sea Temperature Today is: 24.3 °C

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Thursday, 23 May 2013, 06:28 Local time

m, °C	Wednesday 22
ft, °F	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Wave (m)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on

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Boca Chica in Texas is an exposed beach/Jetty break that has reasonably consistent surf Offshore winds blow from the west. Windswells are much more typical than groudswells and the ideal wave direction is from the northeast. The beach break favours left handers. Good surf at all stages of the tide. Unlikely to be too crowded, even when the surf is up. Beware of rips, rocks, sharks and jellyfish.

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Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

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For Padre Island (South), Texas, 1 miles from Boca Chica.

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	REMAINING
HIGH TIDE
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Boca Chica Tide Times and Tide Chart

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At BUOY-PCGT2, 2 km from Boca Chica.

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Current weather near Boca Chica

Buoy Data:

At Corpus Christi Buoy, 68 miles from Boca Chica.

	12AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Data Age	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr	1 hr
Wave height (m)
Dominant period (s)	7	7	7	7

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Overall Boca Chica Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Boca Chica: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Cove	1 mi
Second closest break	South Padre Island	1 mi
Third closest break	Port Isabel	3 mi
Fourth closest break	Port Mansfield Jetty	36 mi
Fifth closest break	South Padre Island	42 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Boca Chica:
Closest wave buoy	Corpus Christi Buoy	68 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Freeport Buoy	168 mi
Third closest wave buoy	West Gulf Buoy	218 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Galveston Buoy	275 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Bay of Campeche Buoy	341 mi
Tide stations nearest to Boca Chica:
Closest tide station	Padre Island (South)	1 mi
Second closest tide station	Queen Isabella Causeway (east end)	1 mi
Third closest tide station	Coast Guard Station, South Padre Island	1 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Queen Isabella Causeway (west end)	2 mi
Fifth closest tide station	South Bay entrance	2 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Boca Chica:
Closest ski area	Ski Apache (United States)	711 mi
Second closest ski area	Sandia Peak (United States)	837 mi
Third closest ski area	Ski Santa Fe (United States)	842 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Sipapu Ski and Summer Resort (United States)	855 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Angel Fire Resort (United States)	858 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Boca Chica:
Closest city location	Brownsville (United States)	24 mi
Second closest city location	Matamoros (Mexico)	25 mi
Third closest city location	Harlingen (United States)	34 mi
Fourth closest city location	Valle Hermoso (Mexico)	51 mi
Fifth closest city location	Weslaco (United States)	52 mi

The closest passenger airport to Boca Chica is Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport (BRO) in USA, 33 km (20 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Boca Chica is General Servando Canales International (Matamoros) Airport (MAM) in Mexico, 50 km (31 miles) away.
Third is Valley International (Harlingen) Airport (HRL) in USA, 52 km (32 miles) away.
General Lucio Blanco International (Reynosa) Airport (REX) in Mexico is 107 km (66 miles) away.
Mc Allen Miller International (Mcallen) Airport (MFE) in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Boca Chica and is 109 km (68 miles) away.

Boca Chica break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for Boca Chica, Texas. Use the tab navigation above to view Boca Chica sea temperature, Boca Chica photographs, Boca Chica detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Boca Chica webcams, current wind from Texas live weather stations and Boca Chica tide predictions. The United States swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United States and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United States wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Boca Chica.

Boca Chica Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – Texas)

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Overall Boca Chica Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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