Galveston surf break

Galveston surfForecast / Texas / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 30 Mar 2026 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
22.4° C
(Which is 2.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Galveston today?

The current surf forecast for Galveston at 9PM is: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)4s
Afternoon (30 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)4s
Evening (30 Mar)2ft (0.6m)4s

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


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Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
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 (?)
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.4
SE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1.2
SE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1
SSE
Period(s) (?)444347447775544555555666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)666711121091818181923252637506466587611910780
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
35
SSE
35
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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High Tide
/ height (m)
4:09PM
0.35
3:43AM
0.39
4:18PM
0.33
4:47AM
0.41
4:27PM
0.33
5:47AM
0.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:36AM
0.03
9:46PM
0.18
10:22AM
0.10
10:12PM
0.11
11:04AM
0.17
10:41PM
0.05
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise--------7:09-------7:09-------
Sunset---7:36-------7:36-------7:37----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----------------122----5
Temp. °C212121222221212122222222222121222323222222222223
Feels °C (?)202121222221212122212222222020212121202119192221
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