Isla Blanca ParkTCEQ-323
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Boca Chica Beach, Texas
Beach in Cameron County, TexasWind Advisory, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Cameron Island, Coastal Cameron, Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Willacy, Kenedy Island, and Willacy Island Counties. * WHEN...From 10 AM Friday to 1 PM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The strongest wind gusts are expected Friday night.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Secure outdoor objects.
79°
90°/76°
Clear·
Feels like 79°·Light air 3 mph ESE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Boca Chica Beach until 1 PM Saturday. 3 more alerts are in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Boca Chica Beach is 79° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the east-southeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 74° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 88°, and the coolest Saturday, near 74°. Rain is possible tomorrow (35%) and Tuesday (35%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 31 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 35 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
33Air quality
75%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
79feels79
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9076
14mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
8874
35%
31mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
7461
13%
27mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7861
17mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
8366
11%
Tue
Oct 20
8670
35%
Wed
Oct 21
8773
26%
12mph
79°
90°76°
88°74°
74°61°
78°61°
83°66°
86°70°
87°73°
As of 11:00 PM in Boca Chica Beach, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Boca Chica Beach
Index 33, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Brownsville-McAllen (TX), 36 miles off.
33Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)33Good-
- Ozone33Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)21Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 38, good.
GoodModerate
- 38YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- ModerateFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Boca Chica Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Boca Chica Beach, the next 45 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 3 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing E 83°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: moderate
The flag in the picture is the colour of the forecast's risk (green low, yellow moderate, red high), not a flag raised on the beach.
A rip current is a narrow stream of water running out from the shore through the surf, often where fewer waves break. Caught in one, swim across it, along the shore, then back in.
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island.
Today
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- 2 to 4 feet
- Water temperature
- 84 °F
- UV index
- High
Surf zone forecast
Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island, including South Padre Island and Boca Chica. Issued 2:22 AM CDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Today | Tonight | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | Low | High |
| Surf height | 2 to 4 feet | Around 3 feet | 2 to 3 feet, building to 6 to 9 feet in the afternoon |
| Surf temperature | 84 °F | - | - |
| UV index | High | - | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None | Low |
| Weather | Sunny | Mostly clear | Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms |
| High temperature | In the mid 80s | - | In the mid 80s |
| Low temperature | - | In the upper 70s | - |
| Winds | Southeast winds around 15 mph | East winds 5 to 10 mph | Windy. North winds around 10 mph, increasing to around 30 mph in the afternoon |
| Tides | South Padre IslandLow, 12:12 PM | South Padre IslandHigh, 11:40 PM | South Padre IslandLow, 1:03 PM |
- Friday night
- Surf height 10 to 14 feet. Mostly cloudy. Cooler. Lows in the upper 60s. Windy. North winds around 30 mph
- Saturday
- Surf height 10 to 14 feet. Partly sunny. Cooler. Highs in the lower 70s. Windy. North winds around 30 mph
- Saturday night
- Surf height 4 to 8 feet. Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. North winds around 20 mph
- Sunday
- Surf height 3 to 5 feet. Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. North winds around 20 mph
- Sunday night
- Surf height 2 to 5 feet. Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s. North winds around 10 mph
- Monday
- Surf height 3 to 4 feet. Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. North winds around 10 mph
Beach
- County
- Cameron County
- State
- Texas
- Latitude
- 25.9907° N
- Longitude
- 97.1500° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Boca Chica Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.6 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station DW1996DW1996
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.5 mi away/11 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Port Isabel-Cameron County AptPIL
At an airfield/16.5 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Port IsabelPIST2
At a cooperative observer's station/6.7 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Port Isabel 0.5 ETX-CMR-140
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.9 mi away/6 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Boca Chica Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Port Isabelcity, 7 mi
- South Padre Islandtown, 9 mi
- Laguna Heightscommunity, 9 mi
- Laguna Vistatown, 12 mi
- South Pointcommunity, 17 mi
- Reid Hope Kingcommunity, 17 mi
- Del Mar Heightscommunity, 18 mi
- Villa Panchocommunity, 18 mi
- Bayviewtown, 18 mi
- Chula Vistacommunity, 19 mi
- Orasoncommunity, 19 mi
- Cameron Parkcommunity, 20 mi
Beaches near Boca Chica Beach
- Boca Chica Beach2 mi
- Del Mar Beach3 mi
- Isla Blanca Beach5 mi
- Aurora 19 Public Beach Access9 mi
- South Padre Island Nude Beach15 mi
- Thrive Beach18 mi
- UFO Beach21 mi
- Little Shell88 mi