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Copano Bay, TX Daily Water Report — October 6, 2026

Copano Bay gets a clear green light for boats and sails today, with a qualified nod for paddlers, divers, and anglers who choose their timing rather than trying to out-argue the morning gusts. Boating leads the board at 8.3/10 and sailing follows at 8.2/10: the bay is carrying only 0.3 to 0.4 meters of wave height, with the day’s calmest representative point near 1 PM. That is a friendly surface by bay standards, though a northerly wind around 9 knots, gusting near 19 knots, has a sharper edge early; the strongest gust forecast is 21 knots around 9 AM. The most comfortable all-around window should be late morning through midafternoon, once the early gustiness has had time to settle and before evening’s low tide. High water arrives at 1:24 PM at 0.12 meters, giving boaters and shoreline users the day’s fullest tide. Kayaking rates 6.7/10, so it is workable rather than carefree: short 0.22-meter wind waves and a 0.25 m/s current toward 217 degrees can make exposed crossings more work than the modest wave height suggests. Keep your route conservative and your return leg honest. Anglers have a 6.5/10 day, with the stronger solunar major period from 9:14 to 11:14 AM and another from 9:14 to 11:14 PM. The afternoon high tide overlaps neither perfectly, but it does offer a useful water-level change after the morning major period. Pressure is falling from around 1014 hPa, while no rain is indicated and skies are nearly clear. That 14.1 km atmospheric visibility is good for seeing where you are going, not a promise about underwater clarity. Diving earns 7.8/10 under warm 28.9 C marine surface water and low waves, but conditions remain a forecast-based suitability estimate, not a visibility report. The water is about 2 C above average. Compared with recent CatchWindow scores, boating improves from yesterday’s 7.2 and sailing from 7.7, while kayaking also ticks up from 6.2; fishing holds steady at 6.5. The next few days stay relatively small-water, with 0.2 to 0.4 meter waves through Sunday, though winds build most notably Friday and rain chances rise then. Best bet: launch after the morning gust peak, use the 1:24 PM high tide, and be back ahead of the late-night low.