South Padre Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 26.09° N 97.16° W

South Padre Island, United States Weather Observations

Issued: 12 am 07 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's South Padre Island sea temperature is
28.5° C
0.2° 

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

Current weather conditions and live observations for South Padre Island based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in South Padre Island right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near South Padre Island

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

BUOY-BZST2

2 km S3 m above sea level

1 hour ago
15
light winds from the SE
(17 km/h at 140°)
26.9 °C-
-


BUOY-PCGT2

3 km S3 m above sea level

1 hour ago
15
light winds from the SE
(15 km/h at 130°)
26.9 °C-
-


BUOY-PTIT2

7 km SW3 m above sea level

1 hour ago
15
light winds from the SE
(15 km/h at 140°)
27.8 °C-
-


Laguna Vista

12 km WSW2 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
5
calm
(3 km/h at 152°)
15
28 °C-
-
-
-
0

Port Isabel Airport

19 km W218 m above sea level

2 hours ago
clearClear
15
light winds from the SSE
(15 km/h at 150°)
28.3 °C16
16


BUOY-RLIT2

23 km WNW3 m above sea level

1 hour ago
25
moderate winds from the SSE
(26 km/h at 160°)
29.0 °C-
-


Los Fresnos wx

32 km WSW7 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
5
light winds from the SE
(6 km/h at 137°)
15
27 °C-
-
-
-
0

Los Fresnos

33 km WSW6 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
5
calm
(3 km/h at 123°)
5
27 °C-
-
-
-
0

Brownsville Airport

34 km SSW219 m above sea level

2 hours ago
clearClear
10
light winds from the SSE
(11 km/h at 150°)
28.3 °C16
16


Harlingen Airport

51 km W216 m above sea level

2 hours ago
clearClear
15
light winds from the SE
(17 km/h at 140°)
27.2 °C16
16


* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to South Padre Island and within an acceptable time window.

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