Coastal Bend Area Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

Coastal Bend Area in Texas is an exposed beach/Jetty break that has fairly consistent surf. The optimum conditions for surfing are during the hurricane season. Offshore winds are from the northwest. Windswells are much more typical than groudswells and the best wave direction is from the southeast. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. Good surf at all stages of the tide. When the surf is up, it can get quite busy in the water. Watch out for rips, obstacles, sharks and jellyfish.

Secret spot? We can hide it!

Overall Coastal Bend Area Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

Stop animation

The figure illustrates the combination of swells directed at Coastal Bend Area over a n... (show all text)

This chart describes how often and how strongly the wind blows from different direction... (show all text)

Also see Coastal Bend Area surf quality by season and Coastal Bend Area surf quality by month.

Select Coastal Bend Area Location Map Detail:

Regional Map | Local Map | Detailed Map

Contours:

Roads & Rivers:

Select a surf break from the menu Select to locate on the map

Use this relief map to navigate to United-States - Texas surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Coastal Bend Area

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Coastal Bend Area:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	San Jose Island	10 mi
Second closest break	St Joe s Island	16 mi
Third closest break	Horace Caldwell Pier	17 mi
Fourth closest break	Port Aransas	17 mi
Fifth closest break	Fish Pass Jetty	20 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Coastal Bend Area:
Closest wave buoy	Corpus Christi Buoy	74 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Freeport Buoy	94 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Galveston Buoy	172 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	West Gulf Buoy	251 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	South Timbalier Block Buoy	394 mi
Tide stations nearest to Coastal Bend Area:
Closest tide station	Rockport, Aransas Bay, Texas	10 mi
Second closest tide station	Rockport, Aransas Bay, Texas (2)	10 mi
Third closest tide station	Copano Bay State Fishing Pier, Texas	11 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Aransas Channel, Texas	17 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Port Aransas (H. Caldwell Pier), Texas	17 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Coastal Bend Area:
Closest ski area	Ski Apache (United States)	633 mi
Second closest ski area	Sandia Peak (United States)	748 mi
Third closest ski area	Ski Santa Fe (United States)	748 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Sipapu Ski and Summer Resort (United States)	756 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Angel Fire Resort (United States)	757 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Coastal Bend Area:
Closest city location	Fulton (United States)	10 mi
Second closest city location	Rockport - Arkansas County (United States)	11 mi
Third closest city location	Rockport (United States)	11 mi
Fourth closest city location	Port Aransas (United States)	17 mi
Fifth closest city location	Aransas Pass (United States)	18 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Coastal Bend Area is Corpus Christi International Airport (CRP) in USA, 67 km (42 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Coastal Bend Area is Palacios Muni Airport (PSX), also in USA, 99 km (61 miles) away.
• Third is Kingsville Nas Airport (NQI) in USA, 108 km (67 miles) away.
• Alice International Airport (ALI) in USA is 117 km (73 miles) away.
• Pleasanton Muni (Penza) Airport (PEZ) in Russia is the fifth nearest airport to Coastal Bend Area and is 190 km (118 miles) away.