Port Isabel Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – Texas)

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Port Isabel Spot ID:

Type: beach/Jetty

Reliability: consistent

Best: Swell E | Wind W

Sea Temperature Today is: 23.2 °C

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Saturday, 18 May 2013, 04:10 Local time

m, °C	Friday 17			Sat
ft, °F	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Wave (m)	SE	SE	SE	SE
Period (s)	5	5	6	6
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on

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Port Isabel in Texas is an exposed beach/Jetty break that usually has waves Works best in offshore winds from the west. Windswells are much more typical than groudswells and the best wave direction is from the east. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. Surfable at all stages of the tide. It very rarely gets crowded here. Beware of rips, rocks, sharks and jellyfish.

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Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

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For Queen Isabella Causeway (east end), Texas, 5 miles from Port Isabel.

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	REMAINING
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Port Isabel Tide Times and Tide Chart

Live Weather:

At BUOY-PCGT2, 5 km from Port Isabel.

moderate winds from the SSE

km/h

Air temperature
24.5 °C

Current weather near Port Isabel

Buoy Data:

At Corpus Christi Buoy, 65 miles from Port Isabel.

	10PM	11PM	12AM	1AM
Data Age	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr	1 hr
Wave height (m)
Dominant period (s)	6	5	5	5

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Overall Port Isabel Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Port Isabel: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Cove	2 mi
Second closest break	South Padre Island	2 mi
Third closest break	Boca Chica	3 mi
Fourth closest break	Port Mansfield Jetty	32 mi
Fifth closest break	South Padre Island	38 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Port Isabel:
Closest wave buoy	Corpus Christi Buoy	65 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Freeport Buoy	166 mi
Third closest wave buoy	West Gulf Buoy	219 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Galveston Buoy	272 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Bay of Campeche Buoy	344 mi
Tide stations nearest to Port Isabel:
Closest tide station	Queen Isabella Causeway (east end)	3 mi
Second closest tide station	Padre Island (South)	4 mi
Third closest tide station	Coast Guard Station, South Padre Island	4 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Queen Isabella Causeway (west end)	4 mi
Fifth closest tide station	South Bay entrance	5 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Port Isabel:
Closest ski area	Ski Apache (United States)	709 mi
Second closest ski area	Sandia Peak (United States)	833 mi
Third closest ski area	Ski Santa Fe (United States)	839 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Sipapu Ski and Summer Resort (United States)	851 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Angel Fire Resort (United States)	855 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Port Isabel:
Closest city location	Brownsville (United States)	25 mi
Second closest city location	Matamoros (Mexico)	27 mi
Third closest city location	Harlingen (United States)	33 mi
Fourth closest city location	Weslaco (United States)	52 mi
Fifth closest city location	Valle Hermoso (Mexico)	52 mi

The closest passenger airport to Port Isabel is Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport (BRO) in USA, 36 km (22 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Port Isabel is Valley International (Harlingen) Airport (HRL), also in USA, 50 km (31 miles) away.
Third is General Servando Canales International (Matamoros) Airport (MAM) in Mexico, 53 km (33 miles) away.
Mc Allen Miller International (Mcallen) Airport (MFE) in USA is 107 km (66 miles) away.
General Lucio Blanco International (Reynosa) Airport (REX) in Mexico is the fifth nearest airport to Port Isabel and is 107 km (66 miles) away.

Port Isabel break location map and break info

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

Port Isabel Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – Texas)

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Overall Port Isabel Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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