Galveston – FlagshipPier Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – Texas)

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Surf Break: Galveston - FlagshipPier

Galveston - FlagshipPier Spot ID:

Type: beach/Pier

Reliability: fairly consistent

Best: Swell SE | Wind NW

Sea Temperature Today is: 23.6 °C

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Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 09:59 Local time

m, °C	Mon	Tuesday 21
ft, °F	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Wave (m)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Period (s)	5	5	5	5
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on

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Galveston - FlagshipPier in Texas is an exposed beach/Pier break that has fairly consistent surf. The favoured conditions for surfing are during the hurricane season. The best wind direction is from the northwest. Most of the surf comes fis in the form of windswells and the best wave direction is from the southeast. The beach breaks offer lefts and rights. Often Crowded. Watch out for rips, rocks, sharks and jellyfish.

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Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

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For Galveston (Galveston Channel), Texas, 3 miles from Galveston - FlagshipPier.

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Galveston - FlagshipPier Tide Times and Tide Chart

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At BUOY-GTOT2, 3 km from Galveston - FlagshipPier.

Air temperature
24.8 °C

Current weather near Galveston - FlagshipPier

Buoy Data:

At Galveston Buoy, 22 miles from Galveston - FlagshipPier.

	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Data Age	5 hr	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr
Wave height (m)
Dominant period (s)	6	6	6	6

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Overall Galveston - FlagshipPier Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Galveston - FlagshipPier: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Galveston	1 mi
Second closest break	Galveston-61st Street Pier	1 mi
Third closest break	Meacom Pier	5 mi
Fourth closest break	Jamaica Beach	16 mi
Fifth closest break	Bolivar	23 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Galveston - FlagshipPier:
Closest wave buoy	Galveston Buoy	22 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Freeport Buoy	103 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Corpus Christi Buoy	200 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	West Gulf Buoy	252 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	South Timbalier Block Buoy	260 mi
Tide stations nearest to Galveston - FlagshipPier:
Closest tide station	Galveston (Galveston Channel)	2 mi
Second closest tide station	Galveston Pier 21, Galveston Channel	2 mi
Third closest tide station	Galveston (Pleasure Pier)	2 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Galveston Bay entrance, south jetty	4 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Port Bolivar	4 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Galveston - FlagshipPier:
Closest ski area	Hidden Valley (United States)	682 mi
Second closest ski area	Ski Apache (United States)	697 mi
Third closest ski area	Snow Creek (United States)	699 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Cloudmont (United States)	707 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Sky Valley (United States)	771 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Galveston - FlagshipPier:
Closest city location	Galveston (United States)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Texas City (United States)	11 mi
Third closest city location	League City (United States)	24 mi
Fourth closest city location	La Porte (United States)	29 mi
Fifth closest city location	Friendswood (United States)	30 mi

The closest passenger airport to Galveston - FlagshipPier is Scholes International At Galveston Airport (GLS) in USA, 11 km (7 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Galveston - FlagshipPier is Ellington Fld (Houston) Airport (EFD), also in USA, 51 km (32 miles) away.
Third is William P Hobby (Houston) Airport (HOU) in USA, 62 km (39 miles) away.
George Bush Intcntl Houston Airport (IAH) in USA is 93 km (58 miles) away.
Southeast Texas Rgnl (Beaumont) Airport (BPT), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Galveston - FlagshipPier and is 101 km (63 miles) away.

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Galveston – FlagshipPier Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – Texas)

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