Galveston surf break

Galveston surfForecast / Texas / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 23 Aug 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
31.7° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Galveston today?

The current surf forecast for Galveston at 6PM is: 0.3m 3s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Aug)--
Afternoon (23 Aug)1ft (0.3m)3s
Evening (23 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)3s

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

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Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
NNE
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.2
SSE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.3
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)233333----55255549958776
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)011211000011111114364556
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
E
15
ESE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
E
15
SE
20
SSE
25
S
20
S
5
WSW
10
N
15
NE
10
ESE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
crossonononcross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:10PM
0.44
6:30AM
0.41
5:16PM
0.42
6:41AM
0.40
6:24PM
0.41
6:49AM
0.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:11AM
0.33
11:25PM
0.03
11:41AM
0.27
11:58PM
0.11
12:14PM
0.22
12:29AM
0.19
Saturday
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
Sunrise-------6:52-------6:52-------6:52
Sunset---7:51-------7:50-------7:49----
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
551-----1--------1------
Temp. °C272728282828282728293030292929282829303029292929
Feels °C (?)292830292929313031313130283033313132313130303032
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Texas

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Galveston (light winds from the NNE at BUOY-GTOT2 2 km from Galveston). 0.2m 3s local chop from the E to make surfable waves.

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8 km/h
NNE
Clean
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