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Galveston-61st Street Pier surf break

Galveston-61st Street Pier surfForecast / Texas / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 18 Mar 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
20.7° C
 (Which is 1.6°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 9AM is: 0.6m 3s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)2ft (0.6m)3s
Afternoon (18 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Evening (18 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)3s

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

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16 DaysHourly
Print Table
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)334444344433333444344444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3589558775223589744414111111
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:02AM
0.37
5:01PM
0.32
5:08AM
0.39
5:09PM
0.32
6:17AM
0.41
5:13PM
0.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:35AM
0.05
10:32PM
0.10
11:15AM
0.11
11:10PM
0.03
11:57AM
0.19
11:52PM
-0.04
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise--7:24-------7:24-------7:22-----
Sunset-----7:29-------7:29-------7:30--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141415161616161617171718181818181818181920201919
Feels °C (?)8810121212111213141516151415151616161717181717
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