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Southeast Texas Marine Information

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Statements/Warnings:

Special Marine Warning	Coastal Flood Watch/Warning
Marine Wx Statement	All TX Special Marine Warning

Marine Forecasts:

Upper Texas Coast	Middle Texas Coast
Lower Texas Coast	Upper Texas/Western LA Coast
Other nearshore areas (clickable maps)	Other offshore areas (clickable maps)
Tide Forecast	Offshore Forecast

Other Forecasts:

Wave Forecasts	Texas A&M Galveston Marine Model Data
Buoy 42035 Forecast	Other nearshore location forecasts (clickable map)
North Atlantic WW3 Analysis	North Atlantic WWW3 Analysis (NOGAPS)

Current Observations:

GLS Bay PORTS Text	GLS Bay PORTS Graphs	PORTS Realtime Text Summary
Tide Levels	Storm Surge	TCOON (Tide data)

Buoy Reports:

Buoy 42035 (20 miles E of Galveston)	Buoy 42019 (60 miles S of Freeport)	Buoy 42020 (50 miles E of Pt Mansfield)
TX Automated Buoy System		Other Buoy Data (Big Map)
Western Gulf Buoy Data	Eastern Gulf Buoy Data	Caribbean Buoy Data

Data Maps:

Sea Surface Temps (Gulf of Mexico)

More Sea Surface Temps

2011 Tide Tables/Misc:

Galveston Bay Tides	Galveston Bay Entrance (South Jetty) Tides	Port Bolivar Tides
Texas City Tides	Point Barrow (Trinity Bay) Tides	Gilchrist (East Bay) Tides
Christmas Point (Christmas Bay) Tides	Galveston Pleasure Pier Tides	San Luis Pass Tides
Jamaica Beach (West Bay) Tides	Alligator Point (West Bay) Tides	Freeport Harbor Tides
-	Port O'Connor Tides	-
Tide Differences	Tidal Station Locations and Ranges	Beaufort Scale

Tide Observations:

Galveston Pleasure Pier	Galveston Pier 21	Galveston Bay North Jetty
Eagle Point	Rollover Pass	Morgans Point
Battleship Texas State Park	Manchester	Clear Lake
Freeport	Port O'Connor	Port Lavaca
Texas	Louisiana	USA/World
	USA - Interactive

General Information

Marine Spotter Information
Along with the Galveston Bay and Upper Texas Coast Nearshore forecasts, the Houston/Galveston National Weather Office is also responsible for the issuance of advisories and warnings for the thousands of marniners in this vicinity. By last count, there are over 100,000 registered boats/ships/etc that cruise the waterways of the upper Texas coastline. Here is some more information on becoming a Marine Spotters.

Buoy Data

Of the many important pieces of weather information, mariners probably rely on buoy data the most. Below is a list of some web sites that offer this information. The Marine Products list on the far left window/screen uses some of these sites as well.

[Upper Ocean Thermal Center]

: The National Data Buoy Center has a site which contains a plethora of info on new and old buoy data.; The Texas Automated Buoy System (TABS) is sponsored in part by the Texas General Land Office, Geochemical and Environmental Research Group and Texas A&M University. The TABS site does provide real time oceanographic data in support of oil spill prevention and response.

Port Meteorological Office

Another important part of the NWS Marine Program is the Port Meteorological Office (PMO). The PMO here at this office coordinates the Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) Program for the Upper Texas Coast. The ports served by the PMO Houston run from Freeport to Beaumont (including the very busy Houston Ship Channel). The primary purpose of the VOS program is to get the large ships at sea to take voluntary weather observations which are very important to forecasters.

PMO and PMO-related Links: Houston PMO Page; NWS PMO and VOS Homepage; U.S. Radiofacsimile Broadcasts; Ocean Prediction Center; VOS Ship Observations; UOTC