South Padre Island surf break

South Padre Island surfForecast / Texas / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 08 Sep 2025 CDT
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South Padre Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's South Padre Island sea temperature is
31.0° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at South Padre Island today?

The current surf forecast for South Padre Island at 10PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)--
Afternoon (08 Sep)3ft (0.9m)5s
Evening (08 Sep)3ft (0.9m)5s

Table - waves today at South Padre Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)555555555555555555445555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)443841434133343331344134343426192017182219222221
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
15
E
10
ESE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
onononononononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:08PM
0.55
4:53AM
0.47
5:30PM
0.56
4:46AM
0.46
7:01PM
0.57
4:28AM
0.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:54PM
0.26
10:42AM
0.27
11:47PM
0.35
11:25AM
0.20
12:45AM
0.44
12:16PM
0.14
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Sunrise------7:11-------7:11-------7:11-
Sunset-7:40-------7:39-------7:38------
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
211---11----1111--------
Temp. °C282728282828282828282828282828282929282828282929
Feels °C (?)282728292929292929282929303030293030293031313131
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Texas

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at South Padre Island (light winds from the ENE at BUOY-RSJT2 23 km from South Padre Island). 0.9m 5s windswell from the ENE to make surfable waves.

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23 km away, 1 h 24 min ago

17 km/h
ENE
0.0
31.0
Air / Water (°C)
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