Tides / Texas / Cameron County / South Bay entrance
South Bay entrance
Tide station
NOAA station South Bay entrance in Cameron County, Texas. Heights are feet above mean lower low water. Tide times on this page are local time at this station (CDT). If you are in another timezone, these clocks are not your phone's time. NOAA adjusts this prediction from PADRE ISLAND (south end).
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Tide station
Predicted rise and fall
This column is the NOAA prediction. It is the expected high and low from the moon and the sun, in feet above mean lower low water. It is not a flood warning, and it is not the depth under the boat.
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Five-day fishing snapshot
This is the next five days at South Bay entrance. It uses the tide prediction at this station, the sun and moon at this coordinate, and the National Weather Service forecast. A day is highlighted when a high or low falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset. Tide and sun times are local time at this station.
Friday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 29% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:28 AM and sunset is 7:00 PM. The tides are a low of 0.4 ft at 1:19 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 84°F, wind 6 to 31 mph N. That forecast is rough water.
Saturday
The moon is a waxing crescent, about 39% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:29 AM and sunset is 6:59 PM. The tides are a high of 1.9 ft at 12:35 AM and a low of 0.5 ft at 2:16 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Cloudy, 72°F, wind 24 to 30 mph NNW. That forecast is rough water.
Sunday
The moon is a first quarter, about 49% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:29 AM and sunset is 6:58 PM. The tides are a high of 2.0 ft at 1:21 AM and a low of 0.7 ft at 3:16 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Rain Showers, 76°F, wind 18 mph N.
Monday
The moon is a first quarter, about 60% lit, so the highs run smaller. Sunrise is 7:30 AM and sunset is 6:57 PM. The tides are a high of 2.0 ft at 1:45 AM and a low of 0.8 ft at 4:19 PM. No high or low this day falls within two hours of sunrise or sunset, so this day is not highlighted. The forecast is Partly Sunny, 79°F, wind 10 to 14 mph NNE.
Tuesday
The moon is a waxing gibbous, about 70% lit. The larger tides fall nearer the new moon and the full moon. Sunrise is 7:30 AM and sunset is 6:56 PM. The tides are a high of 2.0 ft at 1:53 AM and a low of 0.9 ft at 5:21 PM. The low at 5:21 PM is 95 minutes before sunset. The forecast is Chance Showers And Thunderstorms, 82°F, wind 7 to 14 mph ENE. That forecast is rough water.
Tuesday is the day in this snapshot where a turn meets sunrise or sunset.
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Sun and moon
- First light
- 6:11 AM
- Nautical twilight begins
- 6:38 AM
- Dawn
- 7:05 AM
- Blue hour, morning
- 7:05 AM to 7:14 AM
- Golden hour, morning
- 7:14 AM to 7:59 AM
- Sunrise
- 7:28 AM
- Solar noon
- 1:14 PM
- Golden hour, evening
- 6:29 PM to 7:14 PM
- Sunset
- 7:00 PM
- Blue hour, evening
- 7:14 PM to 7:23 PM
- Dusk
- 7:23 PM
- Nautical twilight ends
- 7:50 PM
- Last light
- 8:17 PM
- Day length
- 11 hours 32 minutes
- Moon
- First Quarter, about 32% lit
- Moonrise
- 12:59 PM
- Moonset
- 11:22 PM
The larger tides, called spring tides, fall near the new moon and the full moon. The smaller neap tides fall near the quarters. Light times are for this coordinate, in local time at this station.
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On the water nearby
The closest named places from OpenStreetMap. A place with no name on that map is left off. Private and customer-only launches are labeled.
Boat ramps
- Isla Blanca Public Boat Ramp1.7 mi
- KOA Public Boat Ramp2.0 mi
- Pompano Park Boat Ramp2.7 mi
- Palm Street Pier Boat Ramp3.2 mi
- Amberjack Boat Ramp3.6 mi
- Jim's Pier Boat Ramp3.7 mi
Marinas
- Sea Ranch Marina II2.0 mi
- Southpoint Marina2.0 mi
- Laguna Madre Yacht Club2.0 mi
- Cuevas Trawlers, Inc.2.2 mi
- Dolphin Docks2.3 mi
- Jimmy's Marina2.4 mi
Beaches
- Isla Blanca Beach2.1 mi
- Boca Chica Beach3.4 mi
- Aurora 19 Public Beach Access5.0 mi
Parks
- Port Isabel Veterans Park1.9 mi
- Isla Blanca Park2.0 mi
- Washington Park2.1 mi
- Port Isabel Lighthouse State Historic Site2.4 mi
- Queen Isabella Memorial Park2.5 mi
- Buelah Lee Park2.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge0.5 mi
- Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge1.4 mi
- Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge1.5 mi
- Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge2.0 mi
- Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge6.0 mi
- Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge6.4 mi
Nearby tide stations
- Queen Isabella Causeway (west end)1.5 mi · Cameron County
- South Padre Island C.G. Station1.7 mi · Cameron County
- PADRE ISLAND (south end)1.9 mi · Kenedy County
- Queen Isabella Causeway (east end)2.0 mi · Cameron County
- South Padre Island2.0 mi · Kenedy County
- Port Isabel2.2 mi · Cameron County
Flood gauge
Measured water, not the tide
This column is a different instrument. A flood gauge reports the water level that is there now and the stages where flooding starts. The orange square on the map is that gauge. It is often not on top of the tide station.
No coastal flood gauge is published within 15 miles of this station.