Surf Forecasts:
Galveston - Flagship Pier surf forecast from 10 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Saturday 11 Jul, 7PM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period, SE swell with 40 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Galveston - Flagship Pier this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Galveston - Flagship Pier in the next 16 days are 0.8m 6s and forecast to arrive on Saturday (Jul 11) at 7PM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives.
| Wave Type | Time (CDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 7PM (Sat 11th Jul) | 2.5ft (0.8m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Galveston - Flagship Pier over the next 16 days.
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what's on offer for the Galveston - Flagship Pier area over the next couple of weeks.
Gonna keep it real with you straight up: this is a tough stretch. We are looking at a long, dry spell with no decent surf on the cards. For the next 16 days, the forecast is consistently showing poor surf conditions. We're talking tiny swell and a whole lot of unfriendly wind. From Friday the 10th all the way through to Saturday the 25th of July, it's going to be flat to almost flat, with the swell barely reaching 3ft at its best, and that's with a short, weak period of around 4 to 6 seconds (combined energy only 14 to 52). You won't need your big wave gun for this, that's for sure.
The wind is the real killer here. For most of that period, it's going to be a moderate to fresh cross-onshore breeze, chopping up whatever tiny bump there is. We get a few brief moments of glassy conditions on the morning of Thursday the 16th and Friday the 17th, but the swell is so weak (0.3ft to 1ft) that it's basically a lake. Later on, around the 18th and 19th, we see some clean cross-offshore winds, but again, the swell is just too small and weak to do anything with.
Honestly, for the crew who just need to get wet, the best you could hope for is a tiny, clean bump on the morning of Saturday the 18th of July. There's a glimmer of a 1ft SSW swell with a cross-offshore wind (combined energy of 13). It's poor surf, but it might be the only time the water looks remotely clean. The water temperature is about average for this time of year.
Everything is just too small, too weak, and too wind-affected. This is one of those times where the setup looks more interesting for a kite surfer than for a paddle surfer. The ocean just isn't cooperating for us.
Stay patient, lads. It won't stay poor forever.
Rusty
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 30°C on Thu night, min 29°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Mon morning. Warm (max 29°C on Sun night, min 28°C on Mon morning). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 10 | Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 6 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 7 | S 4 | SSE 5 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | S 4 | S 3 |
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 kJ | 10 | 13 | 15 | 24 | 29 | 33 | 17 | 18 | 30 | 24 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross | on | cross-on | on | on | on | cross-on | on | on | glassy | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 4:10AM0.44m | 5:05AM0.49m | 5:51AM0.51m | 6:31AM0.52m | 7:06AM0.50m | 1:59PM0.45m | 7:37AM0.46m | 3:36PM0.42m | 8:03AM0.43m | 5:04PM0.39m | |||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:27PM-0.18m | 8:24PM-0.24m | 9:21PM-0.27m | 10:16PM-0.27m | 11:40AM0.44m | 11:08PM-0.24m | 12:08PM0.40m | 11:59PM-0.19m | 12:54PM0.33m | 00:46AM-0.10m | |||||||||||
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 | 6:26 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:30 | — | — |
 | — | 8:21 | — | — | 8:21 | — | — | 8:21 | — | — | 8:20 | — | — | 8:20 | — | — | 8:20 | — | — | 8:19 | — |
mm | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 6 | 2 | — | 6 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 29 |
Feels °C | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 33 | 30 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 7 | SE 7 | S 10 | — | SE 5 | — | SSE 5 | S 11 | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 7 | SE 10 | SSE 5 | SE 6 | SE 6 | S 3 | SE 5 | ESE 6 |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 29 | — | 17 | 2 | 30 | 24 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 10 | S 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSE 8 | — | SSE 9 | S 5 | S 5 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 6 | SE 7 | SE 8 |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 5 | — | — | SE 10 | SE 10 | — | SE 9 | S 7 | — | SE 8 | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 5 | SE 5 | — | SE 6 | — | SSE 5 | — | — | — | SSE 6 | — | — | S 4 | — | S 4 | S 3 | — | S 4 | S 3 |
| kJ | 10 | 13 | 15 | 24 | — | 33 | — | 18 | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | 14 | — | 3 | 5 | — | 1 | 5 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1332 | 1294 | 1332 | 1337 | 144 | 1294 | 1337 | 1296 | 1332 | 1337 | 1451 | 1332 | 1337 | 1294 | 1332 | 1337 | 1399 | 1332 | 1337 | 1402 | 1344 |
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