Galveston-61st Street Pier surf break

Galveston-61st Street Pier surfForecast / Texas / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 CDT
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Galveston-61st Street Pier surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Galveston-61st Street Pier sea temperature is
24.0° C
(Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Galveston-61st Street Pier today?

The current surf forecast for Galveston-61st Street Pier at 10AM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)3ft (0.9m)5s
Afternoon (16 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)6s

Table - waves today at Galveston-61st Street Pier. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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 (?)
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SE
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)555666664555556666666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)444042434343363625404461646662777160517747473729
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
20
S
25
S
15
S
35
N
40
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
ononononononononononononononononononcross-
on
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:31AM
0.47
3:24PM
0.37
5:37AM
0.51
3:28PM
0.39
6:45AM
0.53
3:28PM
0.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:18AM
0.25
10:01PM
0.01
11:10AM
0.32
10:44PM
-0.07
12:04PM
0.38
11:31PM
-0.12
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise-6:52-------6:50-------6:50------
Sunset-----7:45-------7:45-------7:46--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------------21-
Temp. °C232323232423232323232323232323232323232424241917
Feels °C (?)222223232322222121222120202120212123242524251511
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