Galveston-61st Street Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – Texas)

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Galveston-61st Street Pier Spot ID:

Type: beach/Pier

Reliability: fairly consistent

Best: Swell SE | Wind NNW

Sea Temperature Today is: 23.0 °C

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Sunday, 19 May 2013, 12:24 Local time

m, °C	Sat	Sunday 19
ft, °F	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Wave (m)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Period (s)	5	5	5	5
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	on

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Galveston-61st Street Pier in Texas is an exposed beach/Pier break that has quite reliable surf. The best conditions for surfing are during the hurricane season. The best wind direction is from the north northwest. Windswells are much more common than groundswells and the best wave direction is from the southeast. Waves at the beach are both lefts and rights. Good surf at all stages of the tide. Sometimes crowded. Beware of rips and obstacles.

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Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

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For Galveston (Galveston Channel), Texas, 2 miles from Galveston-61st Street Pier.

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Galveston-61st Street Pier Tide Times and Tide Chart

Live Weather:

At BUOY-GTOT2, 2 km from Galveston-61st Street Pier.

Air temperature
24.9 °C

Current weather near Galveston-61st Street Pier

Buoy Data:

At Galveston Buoy, 22 miles from Galveston-61st Street Pier.

	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Data Age	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr	1 hr
Wave height (m)
Dominant period (s)	6	6	6	6

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Overall Galveston-61st Street Pier Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Galveston-61st Street Pier: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Galveston	1 mi
Second closest break	Galveston - FlagshipPier	1 mi
Third closest break	Meacom Pier	6 mi
Fourth closest break	Jamaica Beach	15 mi
Fifth closest break	Bolivar	24 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Galveston-61st Street Pier:
Closest wave buoy	Galveston Buoy	22 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Freeport Buoy	103 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Corpus Christi Buoy	199 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	West Gulf Buoy	251 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	South Timbalier Block Buoy	262 mi
Tide stations nearest to Galveston-61st Street Pier:
Closest tide station	Galveston (Galveston Channel)	1 mi
Second closest tide station	Galveston (Pleasure Pier)	1 mi
Third closest tide station	Galveston Pier 21, Galveston Channel	1 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Port Bolivar	4 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Galveston Bay entrance, south jetty	5 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Galveston-61st Street Pier:
Closest ski area	Hidden Valley (United States)	684 mi
Second closest ski area	Ski Apache (United States)	696 mi
Third closest ski area	Snow Creek (United States)	699 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Cloudmont (United States)	708 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Sky Valley (United States)	773 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Galveston-61st Street Pier:
Closest city location	Galveston (United States)	1 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-61st Street Pier is Scholes International At Galveston Airport (GLS) in USA, 9 km (6 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Galveston-61st Street Pier is Ellington Fld (Houston) Airport (EFD), also in USA, 50 km (31 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-61st Street Pier and is 103 km (64 miles) away.

Galveston-61st Street Pier break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for Galveston-61st Street Pier, Texas. Use the tab navigation above to view Galveston-61st Street Pier sea temperature, Galveston-61st Street Pier photographs, Galveston-61st Street Pier detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Galveston-61st Street Pier webcams, current wind from Texas live weather stations and Galveston-61st Street Pier 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 Galveston-61st Street Pier.

Galveston-61st Street Pier Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – Texas)

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Overall Galveston-61st Street Pier Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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