Surf Forecasts:
Galveston - Flagship Pier surf forecast from 11 Aug 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Friday 14 Aug, 4PM (local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period, SSE swell with 41 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 Friday (Aug 14) at 4PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives.
| Wave Type | Time (CDT) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 4PM (Fri 14th Aug) | 2.5ft (0.8m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Galveston - Flagship Pier over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's get into it for the next couple of weeks.
Honestly, looking at the whole 16-day run, it’s a pretty bleak stretch for surf at Galveston - Flagship Pier. There’s nothing on offer that would get me out of bed early. The first few days are all small, weak and choppy. The combined swell energy is way down, barely hitting double digits (12 to 41), which is just gutless. The water temp is sitting at 87°, feeling a touch warmer than normal for this time of year.
From Tuesday, August 11th, all the way through to Sunday, August 23rd, it’s the same sad story. Tiny swell and almost every day has that moderate cross-onshore wind scrapping the surface up. It's a consistent run of "poor surf conditions" with zero scores across the board.
We finally get a bit of a change around Sunday morning, August 16th. A light WNW breeze goes cross-offshore, cleaning things right up. The problem is the swell is practically nothing at 1ft from the SSE with a period of only 6 seconds. It’s clean, but there’s just no wave to ride. You’d be floating. The same thing happens again on Monday morning, August 17th, and then a few other mornings later on, like Friday morning, August 21st, with that clean, light cross-off wind, but the swell is barely a ripple.
For a beach/pier setup like this, with such small, weak swell and mostly onshore wind, the whole 16-day window is a write-off. There are gaps of days and days with nothing worth mentioning. If you’re absolutely desperate for a paddle, your best (and only) shot would be those clean mornings like Sunday the 16th or Friday the 21st, but don’t expect to catch anything over knee-high.
The conditions are so consistently poor for surf that this setup looks more interesting for kite surfing during the windier afternoons than for paddle surfing.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 29°C on Tue morning, min 28°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 29°C on Fri morning, min 27°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 11 | Wednesday 12 | Thursday 13 | Friday 14 | Saturday 15 | Sunday 16 | Monday 17 | |||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | S 4 | S 4 | S 4 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 6 | SE 5 | SE 5 |
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 kJ | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 30 | 32 | 41 | 34 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 1:36PM0.46m | 6:17AM0.46m | 3:08PM0.45m | 6:34AM0.43m | 4:28PM0.43m | 6:51AM0.41m | 5:45PM0.41m | 7:06AM0.39m | 7:05PM0.39m | 7:19AM0.38m | 8:33PM0.37m | 7:27AM0.37m | 10:17PM0.37m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 10:29AM0.44m | 10:10PM-0.17m | 10:49AM0.38m | 10:58PM-0.11m | 11:25AM0.31m | 11:43PM-0.03m | 12:08PM0.24m | 00:25AM0.06m | 12:54PM0.17m | 1:04AM0.16m | 1:42PM0.11m | 1:39AM0.26m | 2:32PM0.07m | 2:04AM0.34m | |||||||
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 | 6:43 | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | 6:47 | — | — | 6:47 | — | — | 6:48 | — | — |
 | — | 8:02 | — | — | 8:01 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 7:59 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:57 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 |
Feels °C | 32 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 32 | 30 | 29 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 10 | S 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | — | — | — | — | — | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | SE 6 | S 11 | SE 5 |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 4 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | SE 9 | SE 10 | SE 8 | — | — | — | — | — | SW 5 | SSW 5 | — | — | — | — | — | SE 11 | SE 10 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 4 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | S 11 | — | — | — | SE 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSE 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | S 4 | S 4 | S 4 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | — | — | SSE 3 | — | — | — | — | SE 5 | SSE 3 |
| kJ | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 30 | 32 | 41 | 34 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 4 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1337 | 1436 | 1332 | 1337 | 1436 | 1332 | 1337 | 1437 | 1332 | 1337 | 1437 | 1332 | 1337 | 1303 | 1332 | 1337 | 1294 | 1294 | 1337 | 1306 | 1294 |
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