Quintana Jetty Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – Texas)

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Quintana Jetty Spot ID:

Type: sandbar

Reliability: fairly consistent

Best: Swell ESE | Wind NNW

Sea Temperature Today is: 25.7 °C

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Friday, 24 May 2013, 07:26 Local time

m, °C	Thursday 23			Fri
ft, °F	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Wave (m)	SE	SE	SE	SE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- on	on

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Quintana Jetty in Texas is an exposed beach break that has reasonably consistent surf. The favoured conditions for surfing are during the hurricane season. Offshore winds blow from the north northwest. Windswells are much more typical than groudswells and the ideal wave direction is from the east southeast. Waves at the beach are mainly rights. It's sometimes crowded here. Watch out for rips, sharks and jellyfish.

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Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

Tide Times:

For Christmas Bay, Texas, 4 miles from Quintana Jetty.

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Quintana Jetty Tide Times and Tide Chart

Live Weather:

At BUOY-FCGT2, 13 km from Quintana Jetty.

light winds from the SSE

km/h

Air temperature
25.6 °C

Current weather near Quintana Jetty

Buoy Data:

At Galveston Buoy, 50 miles from Quintana Jetty.

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

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Overall Quintana Jetty Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Quintana Jetty: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Surfside Jetty	6 mi
Second closest break	Surfside Beach Octagone	7 mi
Third closest break	Surfside	7 mi
Fourth closest break	Octagon House	8 mi
Fifth closest break	Freeport Pier	15 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Quintana Jetty:
Closest wave buoy	Galveston Buoy	50 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Freeport Buoy	76 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Corpus Christi Buoy	168 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	West Gulf Buoy	241 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	South Timbalier Block Buoy	286 mi
Tide stations nearest to Quintana Jetty:
Closest tide station	Christmas Bay	2 mi
Second closest tide station	Christmas Point, Christmas Bay	5 mi
Third closest tide station	San Luis Pass	7 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Freeport Harbor	8 mi
Fifth closest tide station	USCG Freeport	8 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Quintana Jetty:
Closest ski area	Ski Apache (United States)	682 mi
Second closest ski area	Hidden Valley (United States)	711 mi
Third closest ski area	Snow Creek (United States)	720 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Cloudmont (United States)	740 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Angel Fire Resort (United States)	776 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Quintana Jetty:
Closest city location	Lake Jackson (United States)	14 mi
Second closest city location	Texas City (United States)	30 mi
Third closest city location	Galveston (United States)	31 mi
Fourth closest city location	League City (United States)	35 mi
Fifth closest city location	Friendswood (United States)	35 mi

The closest passenger airport to Quintana Jetty is Scholes International At Galveston Airport (GLS) in USA, 43 km (27 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Quintana Jetty is Ellington Fld (Houston) Airport (EFD), also in USA, 66 km (41 miles) away.
Third is William P Hobby (Houston) Airport (HOU) in USA, 71 km (44 miles) away.
Palacios Muni Airport (PSX) in USA is 107 km (66 miles) away.
George Bush Intcntl Houston Airport (IAH), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to Quintana Jetty and is 108 km (67 miles) away.

Quintana Jetty break location map and break info

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

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has stated that a magnitude 8.2 Earthquake beneath the Sea of Okhosk did not generate a destructive Tsunami. However, we suggest that local interests also listen for statements from the Japan Meteorological Agency, located much closer to the source.

Quintana Jetty Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – Texas)

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Overall Quintana Jetty Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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