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Galveston - Flagship Pier surfForecast / Texas / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 17 Jan 2026 CST
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Galveston - Flagship Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Galveston - Flagship Pier sea temperature is
15.9° C
 (Which is 2.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Galveston - Flagship Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Galveston - Flagship Pier at 8PM is: 0.4m 5s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 17). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)--
Afternoon (17 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)6s
Evening (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)5s

Table - waves today at Galveston - Flagship Pier. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 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
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
—
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.2
SSW
————
0.3
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)665566566-6662----333344
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11951111101111000012281422
Wind
(km/h)
40
NNE
40
NNE
40
N
35
N
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
N
15
NNW
5
ENE
10
SSE
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
0
SSW
5
ESE
10
SE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassonononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:00PM
0.32
12:36AM
0.30
6:19PM
0.31
1:35AM
0.30
6:38PM
0.31
2:31AM
0.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:54PM
0.29
9:46AM
-0.22
10:09PM
0.28
10:19AM
-0.21
10:43PM
0.25
10:51AM
-0.19
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise------7:13-------7:13-------7:13-
Sunset5:44-------5:45-------5:45-------
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C12111077644781011111112121313131313121110
Feels °C (?)21-1-3-2-3-4-2345677109109898754
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