Octagon House Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – Texas)

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Octagon House Spot ID:

Type: beach

Reliability: fairly consistent

Best: Swell SE | Wind NW

Sea Temperature Today is: 23.2 °C

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Saturday, 18 May 2013, 20:25 Local time

m, °C	Fri	Saturday 18
ft, °F	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Wave (m)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Period (s)	6	5	5	6
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on

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Octagon House in Texas is an exposed beach break that has fairly consistent surf. The best conditions for surfing are during the hurricane season. The best wind direction is from the northwest. Waves more likely to be from local windswells than distant groundswells and the ideal wave direction is from the southeast. The beach break provides left and right handers. The quality of the surf isn't affected by the tide. When it's working here, it can get crowded. Beware of rips, sharks and jellyfish.

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Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

Tide Times:

For San Luis Pass, Texas, 2 miles from Octagon House.

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Octagon House Tide Times and Tide Chart

Live Weather:

At BUOY-42043, 22 km from Octagon House.

moderate winds from the SE

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Current weather near Octagon House

Buoy Data:

At Galveston Buoy, 43 miles from Octagon House.

	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
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 Octagon House Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Octagon House: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Surfside Jetty	2 mi
Second closest break	Quintana Jetty	8 mi
Third closest break	Jamaica Beach	10 mi
Fourth closest break	Surfside Beach Octagone	16 mi
Fifth closest break	Surfside	16 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Octagon House:
Closest wave buoy	Galveston Buoy	43 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Freeport Buoy	83 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Corpus Christi Buoy	176 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	West Gulf Buoy	244 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	South Timbalier Block Buoy	280 mi
Tide stations nearest to Octagon House:
Closest tide station	San Luis Pass	1 mi
Second closest tide station	Christmas Point, Christmas Bay	4 mi
Third closest tide station	Alligator Point, West Bay	6 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Christmas Bay	6 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Jamaica Beach, West Bay	10 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Octagon House:
Closest ski area	Ski Apache (United States)	685 mi
Second closest ski area	Hidden Valley (United States)	704 mi
Third closest ski area	Snow Creek (United States)	714 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Cloudmont (United States)	732 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Angel Fire Resort (United States)	776 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Octagon House:
Closest city location	Lake Jackson (United States)	21 mi
Second closest city location	Texas City (United States)	22 mi
Third closest city location	Galveston (United States)	23 mi
Fourth closest city location	League City (United States)	29 mi
Fifth closest city location	Friendswood (United States)	30 mi

The closest passenger airport to Octagon House is Scholes International At Galveston Airport (GLS) in USA, 30 km (19 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Octagon House is Ellington Fld (Houston) Airport (EFD), also in USA, 57 km (35 miles) away.
Third is William P Hobby (Houston) Airport (HOU) in USA, 64 km (40 miles) away.
George Bush Intcntl Houston Airport (IAH) in USA is 101 km (63 miles) away.
Palacios Muni Airport (PSX), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Octagon House and is 119 km (74 miles) away.

Octagon House break location map and break info

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

Octagon House Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – Texas)

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Overall Octagon House Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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