What are the current surf conditions at Galveston?

Galveston currently has varying wave conditions. Check the live forecast above for real-time wave heights, wind conditions, and tide information updated every 6 hours.

What's the best time to surf Galveston?

The best time to surf Galveston is typically when swell comes from the SE direction. Check the tide charts and wind forecasts above for optimal surfing conditions.

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🌬️ WIND

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🌊 SWELL

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0.8ft

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PERIOD

10s

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WIND GUSTS

18kt

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AIR TEMP

15°C

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Fair conditions - still worth a paddle. Tiny waves under 1ft with quality 10s ground swell but pretty windy at 13kt

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Sunday

May 10

FAIR6 good hours

🌊 0.4-0.9ft 💨 8-16kt 🌡️ 13-29°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
6:02 AM	FAIR	0.5ft	10s	SW	12kt	NW	—kt	23°C	20°C	0mm
7:02 AM	GOOD	0.4ft	10s	SW	8kt	NW	12kt	21°C	20°C	0mm
8:02 AM	GOOD	0.5ft	11s	SW	9kt	NW	13kt	19°C	20°C	0mm
9:02 AM	GOOD	0.6ft	12s	SW	12kt	WSW	16kt	17°C	21°C	0mm
10:02 AM	FAIR	0.7ft	12s	SW	13kt	W	18kt	15°C	21°C	0mm
11:02 AM	GOOD	0.7ft	9s	SW	10kt	WNW	15kt	14°C	19°C	0mm
12:02 PM	GOOD	0.7ft	8s	SW	11kt	NW	16kt	13°C	19°C	0mm
1:02 PM	FAIR	0.8ft	10s	SW	11kt	W	16kt	13°C	19°C	1mm
2:02 PM	GOOD	0.7ft	12s	SW	12kt	NW	16kt	13°C	21°C	0mm
3:02 PM	FAIR	0.7ft	11s	SW	14kt	WSW	20kt	14°C	18°C	0mm
4:02 PM	FAIR	0.8ft	10s	SW	13kt	WNW	18kt	15°C	18°C	0mm
5:02 PM	FAIR	0.8ft	10s	SW	13kt	WNW	18kt	17°C	18°C	0mm
6:02 PM	POOR	0.8ft	11s	SW	15kt	NW	21kt	19°C	18°C	0mm
7:02 PM	FAIR	0.8ft	11s	SW	15kt	SW	—kt	21°C	20°C	0mm
8:02 PM	FAIR	0.8ft	11s	SW	13kt	WNW	19kt	23°C	18°C	0mm
9:02 PM	FAIR	0.9ft	12s	SW	13kt	WSW	—kt	25°C	19°C	0mm
10:02 PM	FAIR	0.7ft	11s	SW	13kt	WSW	—kt	27°C	19°C	0mm
11:02 PM	POOR	0.9ft	9s	SW	16kt	WNW	—kt	28°C	20°C	0mm
12:02 AM	POOR	0.8ft	10s	SW	15kt	W	22kt	29°C	19°C	0mm
1:02 AM	POOR	0.9ft	10s	SW	14kt	NW	—kt	29°C	20°C	1mm
2:02 AM	FAIR	0.8ft	11s	SW	14kt	W	—kt	29°C	19°C	1mm
3:02 AM	FAIR	0.7ft	10s	SW	14kt	WSW	—kt	28°C	20°C	0mm
4:02 AM	FAIR	0.8ft	12s	SW	15kt	WSW	—kt	27°C	19°C	1mm
5:02 AM	POOR	0.8ft	11s	SW	15kt	WNW	—kt	25°C	20°C	1mm

Monday

May 11

POORCheck individual hours

🌊 0.2-0.7ft 💨 13-18kt 🌡️ 13-29°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
6:02 AM	POOR	0.7ft	10s	SW	15kt	NW	—kt	23°C	21°C	0mm
7:02 AM	POOR	0.6ft	8s	SW	17kt	NW	—kt	21°C	20°C	0mm
8:02 AM	POOR	0.7ft	11s	SW	15kt	NW	—kt	19°C	19°C	0mm
9:02 AM	POOR	0.6ft	9s	SW	16kt	W	22kt	17°C	20°C	0mm
10:02 AM	POOR	0.6ft	10s	SW	17kt	WSW	23kt	15°C	18°C	0mm
11:02 AM	POOR	0.5ft	9s	SW	16kt	WNW	—kt	14°C	18°C	0mm
12:02 PM	POOR	0.5ft	10s	SW	16kt	WNW	23kt	13°C	18°C	0mm
1:02 PM	POOR	0.5ft	10s	SW	17kt	WNW	—kt	13°C	19°C	0mm
2:02 PM	POOR	0.5ft	11s	SW	18kt	WSW	25kt	13°C	19°C	0mm
3:02 PM	POOR	0.4ft	10s	SW	17kt	WNW	—kt	14°C	19°C	0mm
4:02 PM	POOR	0.4ft	9s	SW	15kt	WSW	21kt	15°C	21°C	0mm
5:02 PM	POOR	0.4ft	10s	SW	18kt	WSW	—kt	17°C	20°C	0mm
6:02 PM	POOR	0.3ft	9s	SW	15kt	NW	21kt	19°C	19°C	0mm
7:02 PM	POOR	0.3ft	11s	SW	16kt	NW	23kt	21°C	19°C	0mm
8:02 PM	POOR	0.3ft	8s	SW	15kt	W	—kt	23°C	20°C	0mm
9:02 PM	POOR	0.3ft	9s	SW	14kt	SW	—kt	25°C	20°C	0mm
10:02 PM	POOR	0.3ft	9s	SW	16kt	WSW	22kt	27°C	19°C	0mm
11:02 PM	POOR	0.3ft	8s	SW	15kt	W	—kt	28°C	19°C	1mm
12:02 AM	POOR	0.3ft	10s	SW	15kt	WNW	—kt	29°C	19°C	0mm
1:02 AM	POOR	0.3ft	12s	SW	17kt	SW	—kt	29°C	20°C	0mm
2:02 AM	POOR	0.2ft	11s	SW	14kt	WSW	—kt	29°C	21°C	1mm
3:02 AM	POOR	0.2ft	12s	SW	15kt	WSW	20kt	28°C	21°C	0mm
4:02 AM	POOR	0.3ft	10s	SW	13kt	W	—kt	27°C	19°C	0mm
5:02 AM	POOR	0.2ft	11s	SW	15kt	WSW	21kt	25°C	20°C	0mm

Tuesday

May 12

POOR2 excellent hours

🌊 0.2-0.8ft 💨 6-14kt 🌡️ 13-29°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
6:02 AM	POOR	0.2ft	9s	SW	12kt	WSW	—kt	23°C	19°C	0mm
7:02 AM	POOR	0.2ft	11s	SW	14kt	W	—kt	21°C	20°C	0mm
8:02 AM	POOR	0.2ft	8s	SW	14kt	NW	—kt	19°C	19°C	0mm
9:02 AM	POOR	0.3ft	9s	SW	14kt	WNW	—kt	17°C	21°C	0mm
10:02 AM	POOR	0.2ft	9s	SW	13kt	WNW	—kt	15°C	19°C	0mm
11:02 AM	POOR	0.2ft	11s	SW	12kt	WSW	—kt	14°C	18°C	0mm
12:02 PM	POOR	0.2ft	9s	SW	11kt	W	16kt	13°C	20°C	0mm
1:02 PM	POOR	0.3ft	8s	SW	12kt	NW	17kt	13°C	20°C	1mm
2:02 PM	POOR	0.4ft	10s	SW	12kt	WSW	17kt	13°C	19°C	0mm
3:02 PM	FAIR	0.3ft	8s	SW	10kt	WNW	—kt	14°C	19°C	2mm
4:02 PM	FAIR	0.4ft	10s	SW	10kt	WNW	15kt	15°C	19°C	0mm
5:02 PM	POOR	0.3ft	9s	SW	11kt	W	—kt	17°C	20°C	0mm
6:02 PM	FAIR	0.4ft	11s	SW	12kt	WNW	17kt	19°C	19°C	0mm
7:02 PM	POOR	0.5ft	8s	SW	12kt	SW	17kt	21°C	19°C	0mm
8:02 PM	GOOD	0.4ft	11s	SW	9kt	W	13kt	23°C	20°C	0mm
9:02 PM	GOOD	0.5ft	11s	SW	10kt	SW	13kt	25°C	18°C	2mm
10:02 PM	GOOD	0.6ft	10s	SW	11kt	WSW	—kt	27°C	20°C	0mm
11:02 PM	GOOD	0.6ft	9s	SW	9kt	WNW	—kt	28°C	19°C	2mm
12:02 AM	GOOD	0.5ft	11s	SW	9kt	WNW	—kt	29°C	19°C	0mm
1:02 AM	FAIR	0.5ft	10s	SW	10kt	SW	—kt	29°C	20°C	3mm
2:02 AM	GOOD	0.7ft	10s	SW	10kt	WNW	14kt	29°C	19°C	2mm
3:02 AM	GOOD	0.7ft	11s	SW	8kt	WSW	11kt	28°C	18°C	0mm
4:02 AM	EXCELLENT	0.8ft	8s	SW	6kt	WSW	—kt	27°C	20°C	0mm
5:02 AM	EXCELLENT	0.7ft	10s	SW	6kt	W	9kt	25°C	20°C	0mm

Wednesday

May 13

EXCELLENT16 excellent hours

🌊 0.5-0.8ft 💨 2-8kt 🌡️ 13-29°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
6:02 AM	EXCELLENT	0.7ft	8s	SW	8kt	WSW	—kt	23°C	20°C	0mm
7:02 AM	EXCELLENT	0.7ft	11s	SW	8kt	WSW	—kt	21°C	19°C	0mm
8:02 AM	GOOD	0.8ft	9s	SW	5kt	WSW	7kt	19°C	20°C	0mm
9:02 AM	EXCELLENT	0.8ft	11s	SW	8kt	SW	—kt	17°C	19°C	0mm
10:02 AM	EXCELLENT	0.8ft	12s	SW	6kt	SW	—kt	15°C	19°C	0mm
11:02 AM	EXCELLENT	0.8ft	8s	SW	7kt	WSW	—kt	14°C	20°C	0mm
12:02 PM	EXCELLENT	0.7ft	10s	SW	6kt	NW	—kt	13°C	21°C	1mm
1:02 PM	GOOD	0.8ft	12s	SW	7kt	WNW	10kt	13°C	20°C	0mm
2:02 PM	EXCELLENT	0.7ft	9s	SW	4kt	WSW	—kt	13°C	20°C	0mm
3:02 PM	EXCELLENT	0.8ft	8s	SW	5kt	WSW	—kt	14°C	18°C	0mm
4:02 PM	EXCELLENT	0.7ft	10s	SW	6kt	WNW	—kt	15°C	19°C	0mm
5:02 PM	EXCELLENT	0.8ft	11s	SW	3kt	SW	5kt	17°C	20°C	0mm
6:02 PM	EXCELLENT	0.8ft	8s	SW	5kt	WSW	7kt	19°C	18°C	0mm
7:02 PM	EXCELLENT	0.7ft	9s	SW	4kt	WSW	—kt	21°C	19°C	0mm
8:02 PM	EXCELLENT	0.7ft	11s	SW	4kt	WNW	6kt	23°C	20°C	0mm
9:02 PM	EXCELLENT	0.6ft	12s	SW	4kt	NW	6kt	25°C	21°C	0mm
10:02 PM	EXCELLENT	0.7ft	12s	SW	3kt	WNW	5kt	27°C	19°C	0mm
11:02 PM	GOOD	0.6ft	9s	SW	5kt	WSW	—kt	28°C	20°C	0mm
12:02 AM	GOOD	0.6ft	11s	SW	3kt	WSW	4kt	29°C	19°C	0mm
1:02 AM	GOOD	0.6ft	10s	SW	2kt	WSW	3kt	29°C	19°C	0mm
2:02 AM	EXCELLENT	0.7ft	8s	SW	4kt	WSW	6kt	29°C	21°C	0mm
3:02 AM	GOOD	0.5ft	11s	SW	3kt	WNW	4kt	28°C	20°C	0mm
4:02 AM	GOOD	0.5ft	9s	SW	5kt	WNW	7kt	27°C	19°C	2mm
5:02 AM	GOOD	0.5ft	9s	SW	5kt	WSW	—kt	25°C	20°C	0mm

Thursday

May 14

GOOD16 good hours

🌊 0.1-0.5ft 💨 2-10kt 🌡️ 13-29°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
6:02 AM	GOOD	0.5ft	12s	SW	4kt	W	—kt	23°C	21°C	2mm
7:02 AM	GOOD	0.4ft	9s	SW	2kt	WNW	3kt	21°C	19°C	0mm
8:02 AM	GOOD	0.4ft	8s	SW	5kt	WNW	—kt	19°C	20°C	0mm
9:02 AM	GOOD	0.4ft	9s	SW	3kt	NW	4kt	17°C	21°C	0mm
10:02 AM	GOOD	0.4ft	9s	SW	3kt	WSW	—kt	15°C	18°C	0mm
11:02 AM	GOOD	0.2ft	11s	SW	4kt	WNW	6kt	14°C	19°C	0mm
12:02 PM	GOOD	0.3ft	10s	SW	4kt	W	—kt	13°C	19°C	0mm
1:02 PM	GOOD	0.3ft	11s	SW	5kt	SW	7kt	13°C	19°C	0mm
2:02 PM	GOOD	0.3ft	11s	SW	6kt	WNW	9kt	13°C	21°C	0mm
3:02 PM	GOOD	0.1ft	9s	SW	5kt	WSW	—kt	14°C	19°C	0mm
4:02 PM	FAIR	0.2ft	11s	SW	3kt	SW	—kt	15°C	20°C	0mm
5:02 PM	GOOD	0.2ft	10s	SW	6kt	W	9kt	17°C	18°C	0mm
6:02 PM	FAIR	0.3ft	9s	SW	4kt	WSW	5kt	19°C	19°C	0mm
7:02 PM	GOOD	0.3ft	8s	SW	6kt	WNW	9kt	21°C	20°C	0mm
8:02 PM	FAIR	0.2ft	12s	SW	6kt	W	—kt	23°C	20°C	1mm
9:02 PM	GOOD	0.2ft	11s	SW	4kt	SW	6kt	25°C	20°C	1mm
10:02 PM	GOOD	0.3ft	9s	SW	5kt	WNW	7kt	27°C	20°C	0mm
11:02 PM	FAIR	0.3ft	12s	SW	8kt	NW	12kt	28°C	21°C	0mm
12:02 AM	FAIR	0.2ft	11s	SW	7kt	WNW	9kt	29°C	20°C	3mm
1:02 AM	GOOD	0.3ft	10s	SW	9kt	W	12kt	29°C	21°C	0mm
2:02 AM	GOOD	0.3ft	12s	SW	7kt	SW	10kt	29°C	18°C	2mm
3:02 AM	FAIR	0.2ft	10s	SW	7kt	W	—kt	28°C	18°C	0mm
4:02 AM	FAIR	0.3ft	10s	SW	10kt	W	13kt	27°C	19°C	0mm
5:02 AM	FAIR	0.3ft	10s	SW	9kt	NW	12kt	25°C	20°C	3mm

Friday

May 15

FAIR6 good hours

🌊 0.3-0.9ft 💨 8-16kt 🌡️ 13-29°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
6:02 AM	GOOD	0.3ft	8s	SW	9kt	WSW	—kt	23°C	20°C	0mm
7:02 AM	FAIR	0.3ft	9s	SW	9kt	SW	12kt	21°C	20°C	0mm
8:02 AM	GOOD	0.5ft	9s	SW	9kt	WSW	13kt	19°C	19°C	0mm
9:02 AM	GOOD	0.4ft	8s	SW	8kt	W	11kt	17°C	20°C	0mm
10:02 AM	FAIR	0.5ft	11s	SW	8kt	SW	—kt	15°C	21°C	0mm
11:02 AM	GOOD	0.5ft	8s	SW	8kt	W	12kt	14°C	20°C	1mm
12:02 PM	FAIR	0.6ft	12s	SW	10kt	WNW	14kt	13°C	18°C	0mm
1:02 PM	POOR	0.5ft	12s	SW	12kt	WNW	17kt	13°C	20°C	0mm
2:02 PM	POOR	0.5ft	10s	SW	12kt	WNW	17kt	13°C	20°C	0mm
3:02 PM	GOOD	0.7ft	8s	SW	12kt	WNW	16kt	14°C	19°C	0mm
4:02 PM	POOR	0.6ft	10s	SW	13kt	WSW	—kt	15°C	18°C	0mm
5:02 PM	FAIR	0.7ft	8s	SW	13kt	WNW	18kt	17°C	19°C	0mm
6:02 PM	FAIR	0.7ft	9s	SW	13kt	WSW	18kt	19°C	20°C	0mm
7:02 PM	FAIR	0.7ft	10s	SW	11kt	W	—kt	21°C	20°C	0mm
8:02 PM	FAIR	0.7ft	11s	SW	12kt	WNW	17kt	23°C	21°C	0mm
9:02 PM	FAIR	0.8ft	10s	SW	11kt	W	16kt	25°C	21°C	1mm
10:02 PM	GOOD	0.7ft	11s	SW	12kt	NW	—kt	27°C	20°C	0mm
11:02 PM	FAIR	0.7ft	8s	SW	12kt	WSW	—kt	28°C	19°C	0mm
12:02 AM	FAIR	0.8ft	11s	SW	12kt	W	—kt	29°C	19°C	0mm
1:02 AM	FAIR	0.8ft	9s	SW	13kt	WSW	—kt	29°C	18°C	2mm
2:02 AM	FAIR	0.9ft	11s	SW	15kt	WSW	21kt	29°C	19°C	0mm
3:02 AM	FAIR	0.9ft	11s	SW	13kt	WNW	—kt	28°C	19°C	0mm
4:02 AM	POOR	0.8ft	10s	SW	15kt	NW	21kt	27°C	21°C	0mm
5:02 AM	POOR	0.8ft	9s	SW	16kt	WSW	—kt	25°C	18°C	0mm

Saturday

May 16

POORCheck individual hours

🌊 0.2-0.8ft 💨 13-18kt 🌡️ 13-29°C

Time	Quality	Swell Height	Period	Swell Dir	Wind Speed	Wind Dir	Gusts	Air Temp	Water Temp	Rain
6:02 AM	POOR	0.8ft	12s	SW	16kt	WNW	—kt	23°C	20°C	0mm
7:02 AM	FAIR	0.7ft	11s	SW	13kt	SW	19kt	21°C	19°C	0mm
8:02 AM	FAIR	0.8ft	9s	SW	15kt	WSW	20kt	19°C	21°C	0mm
9:02 AM	POOR	0.7ft	11s	SW	17kt	WNW	—kt	17°C	21°C	0mm
10:02 AM	FAIR	0.6ft	9s	SW	15kt	WSW	21kt	15°C	20°C	0mm
11:02 AM	POOR	0.8ft	9s	SW	17kt	WNW	—kt	14°C	21°C	0mm
12:02 PM	POOR	0.8ft	11s	SW	18kt	NW	—kt	13°C	19°C	0mm
1:02 PM	POOR	0.6ft	10s	SW	18kt	NW	—kt	13°C	20°C	2mm
2:02 PM	POOR	0.7ft	12s	SW	16kt	WNW	—kt	13°C	20°C	0mm
3:02 PM	POOR	0.6ft	11s	SW	14kt	WNW	—kt	14°C	19°C	0mm
4:02 PM	POOR	0.5ft	11s	SW	17kt	W	—kt	15°C	18°C	0mm
5:02 PM	POOR	0.6ft	9s	SW	15kt	WSW	—kt	17°C	20°C	0mm
6:02 PM	POOR	0.5ft	11s	SW	15kt	WSW	20kt	19°C	18°C	2mm
7:02 PM	POOR	0.5ft	9s	SW	16kt	WSW	23kt	21°C	20°C	3mm
8:02 PM	POOR	0.6ft	10s	SW	15kt	WNW	—kt	23°C	21°C	0mm
9:02 PM	POOR	0.4ft	11s	SW	18kt	WSW	25kt	25°C	18°C	0mm
10:02 PM	POOR	0.4ft	12s	SW	14kt	WNW	—kt	27°C	19°C	0mm
11:02 PM	POOR	0.4ft	9s	SW	17kt	W	24kt	28°C	18°C	3mm
12:02 AM	POOR	0.3ft	11s	SW	16kt	WSW	—kt	29°C	20°C	0mm
1:02 AM	POOR	0.3ft	10s	SW	15kt	NW	21kt	29°C	19°C	0mm
2:02 AM	POOR	0.3ft	12s	SW	15kt	NW	—kt	29°C	20°C	0mm
3:02 AM	POOR	0.3ft	9s	SW	17kt	WNW	—kt	28°C	20°C	0mm
4:02 AM	POOR	0.2ft	10s	SW	14kt	W	20kt	27°C	20°C	0mm
5:02 AM	POOR	0.2ft	11s	SW	17kt	WSW	24kt	25°C	19°C	0mm

Forecast Summary

Best Day:Check forecast for optimal conditions

Average Swell:0.6ft @ 10s

Wind Conditions:8-18kt NW

Water Temperature:18-21°C

Local Knowledge & Surf Guide

Local Knowledge

Galveston in Texas is an exposed beach break with inconsistent surf that improves during the hurricane season. It performs best when a southeast swell combines with offshore winds from the north-northwest. The surf is typically driven by local windswells rather than distant groundswells. The beach offers both lefts and rights and works well across all tide stages. It can become quite crowded when the surf is good. Surfers should be cautious of rips, obstacles, sharks, and jellyfish. The best time for consistent, clean waves is during Winter, with February being the most reliable month.

Best Swell Direction: SE

Bottom Type: Sand

Ideal Conditions

This spot performs best under these specific conditions. Forecasts take these into account when rating surf quality.

Ideal Swell DirectionSE

Ideal Wind DirectionNNW

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