Coastal Bend Area Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.03° N 96.88° W

Coastal Bend Area 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 22 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Coastal Bend Area sea temperature is
29.5° C
1.0° 

Coastal Bend Area surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Coastal Bend Area today (22 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 4s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Coastal Bend Area at 10AM is: 0.6m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am July 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jul)2ft (0.6m)5s
Afternoon (22 Jul)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (22 Jul)2ft (0.6m)4s

Table - waves today at Coastal Bend Area. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 30°C on Wed morning, min 26°C on Thu afternoon). Mainly strong winds.

Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
S
4
0.7
S
5
0.6
S
5
0.5
S
4
0.2
ESE
9
0.5
S
4
0.7
S
4
0.9
SSW
4
0.9
SSW
5
0.8
S
5
0.8
S
5
1
S
5
1
S
5
1.3
S
5
1.3
S
5
1.1
SSE
5
1.1
SSE
5
1
SSE
5
1
SSE
5
0.9
SSE
5
1
SSE
5
1.1
SSE
5
1.2
SSE
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
19
21
15
10
8
10
13
32
37
32
31
51
53
88
95
66
66
56
49
41
48
64
80
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
S
20
SSE
20
S
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
25
S
40
S
45
S
30
S
25
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
High Tide
6:15AM0.46m
5:59AM0.48m
6:01AM0.49m
Low Tide
5:34PM0.14m
6:24PM0.13m
7:08PM0.11m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:43
6:43
6:45
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:22
8:22
8:22
 mm
1
2
1
1
Temp °C
28
27
28
30
30
29
29
29
29
29
29
29
27
26
26
27
28
28
29
29
29
28
28
Feels °C
30
30
30
33
31
30
30
31
31
31
31
29
24
22
25
26
28
27
30
29
29
29
29
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