Galveston Surf Forecast

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Galveston surfForecast / Texas / USA

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 CDT

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

Today's Galveston sea temperature is 29.6° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Galveston today?

The current surf forecast for Galveston at 9AM is: 0.4m 5s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	5s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	5s
Evening (18 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	5s

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

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	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
	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	1 AM
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 See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	10	10	9	9	8	8	10	9	9	6	4	6	9	10	8	8	7	7	8	9	8	9	12	14
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ENE	E	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	ESE	ENE	E	ESE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		4:32AM 0.53			1:13PM 0.48					4:41AM 0.49			2:33PM 0.48					4:49AM 0.47			3:41PM 0.48
Low Tide / height (m)			9:55AM 0.44				9:08PM 0.04				9:58AM 0.39				9:52PM 0.10					10:14AM 0.33				10:30PM 0.16

	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
Sunrise	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Feels °C (?)	30	30	29	30	29	28	28	28	29	30	29	28	27	27	27	28	29	30	30	28	27	28	27	28

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Texas

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Galveston (light winds from the NE at BUOY-GTOT2 2 km from Galveston). 0.4m 5s windswell from the SE to make surfable waves.
1 hour 17 minutes ago Galveston

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1 h 17 min ago

8 km/h

Clean

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