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Padre Island Beach Park, Texas

Beach in Nueces County, Texas

Air quality

The air at Padre Island Beach Park

Index 41, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Corpus Christi (TX), 18 miles off.

41Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
  • Ozone41Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)15Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 1 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Padre Island Beach Park

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 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 Padre Island Beach Park, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 1 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 10 AM.

FriSat
Padre Island Beach Park from its sand, nowLooking ESE from the sand at 9:41 PM, night, mostly clear, waves about 3.0 ft every 6 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.100110120130Facing ESE 113°Moon 119° rightWind 8 mphfrom ESE, onshore
Looking ESE from the sand at 9:41 PM, night, mostly clear, waves about 3.0 ft every 6 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing ESE 113°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Rip current risk today: low

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 Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands, and the waves at buoy PHCT2, 18.5 mi away.

Today

Rip current risk
Low
Surf height
2 to 4 feet
Water temperature
In the mid 80s
UV index
Very High

Waves at buoy PHCT2, Port Aransas

Wave height
2.3 ft
Period
6 s
From
-
Water
-
Read
Thu 7:00 PM
Distance
18.5 mi

Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.

Wave height at buoy PHCT2, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.3 ft to 4.3 ft; 2.3 ft at Thu 7:00 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon2.3 ftWave height at buoy PHCT2, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.3 ft to 4.3 ft; 2.3 ft at Thu 7:00 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoonThuNoon2.3 ft
Significant wave height from 2.3 ft to 4.3 ft; 2.3 ft at Thu 7:00 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 7:00 PM2.3 ft6 s-
Thu 6:00 PM2.3 ft6 s-
Thu 5:00 PM2.3 ft6 s-
Thu 4:00 PM2.6 ft6 s-
Thu 2:00 PM2.6 ft6 s-
Thu 1:00 PM3.0 ft6 s-
Thu 12:00 PM3.3 ft6 s-
Thu 11:00 AM3.3 ft6 s-
Thu 10:00 AM3.3 ft6 s-
Thu 9:00 AM3.6 ft6 s-
Thu 8:00 AM3.6 ft6 s-
Thu 7:00 AM3.9 ft6 s-
Thu 6:00 AM3.9 ft6 s-
Thu 5:00 AM3.9 ft6 s-
Thu 4:00 AM3.9 ft6 s-
Thu 3:00 AM4.3 ft6 s-
Thu 1:00 AM4.3 ft6 s-
Thu 12:00 AM4.3 ft6 s-
Wed 11:00 PM4.3 ft6 s-
Wed 10:00 PM4.3 ft6 s-
Wed 9:00 PM4.3 ft6 s-
Wed 8:00 PM4.3 ft6 s-
Wed 7:00 PM4.3 ft6 s-
Wed 6:00 PM3.9 ft6 s-

Surf zone forecast

Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands, including Padre Island National Seashore, Corpus Christi, and Mustang Island. Issued 1:25 AM CDT Thu Oct 15.

ForecastTodayTonightFriday
Rip current riskLowLowModerate
Surf height2 to 4 feet2 to 3 feet4 to 7 feet
Water temperatureIn the mid 80s--
UV indexVery High--
Thunderstorm potentialNoneNoneNone
WeatherSunnyMostly clearMostly sunny. A chance of showers
High temperatureIn the mid 80s-In the lower 80s
Low temperature-In the mid 70s-
WindsSoutheast winds 10 to 15 mphEast winds 5 to 10 mphWindy. North winds around 20 mph, increasing to around 30 mph in the afternoon
Sunrise7:29 AM-7:29 AM
Sunset7:01 PM-7:00 PM
TidesBob Hall PierLow, 12:08 PMPort AransasLow, 12:09 PMBob Hall PierHigh, 10:52 PMPort AransasHigh, 10:40 PMBob Hall PierLow, 1:02 PMPort AransasLow, 1:03 PM
Friday night
Surf height 5 to 8 feet. Partly cloudy. Cooler. Lows in the lower 60s. Windy. North winds around 30 mph
Saturday
Surf height 5 to 8 feet. Mostly sunny. Cooler. Highs in the lower 70s. Breezy. North winds around 25 mph
Saturday night
Surf height 2 to 5 feet. Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. North winds around 15 mph
Sunday
Surf height 2 to 4 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds around 15 mph
Sunday night
Surf height around 3 feet. Partly cloudy. Lows around 70. Northeast winds around 5 mph
Monday
Surf height 2 to 4 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northeast winds around 15 mph

Beach

County
Nueces County
State
Texas
Latitude
27.5996° N
Longitude
97.2127° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Padre Island Beach Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Citizen station GW3037GW3037

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Enbridge, InglesideNDBC-MHBT2

At a river or reservoir gauge/15.8 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Corpus Christi 8.7 SSETX-NU-95

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Port AransasPTTT2

At a cooperative observer's station/9.1 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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