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Freeport Harbor, TX Daily Water Report — October 7, 2026

Freeport Harbor gets a clear green light for boating today, with a qualified yes for sailing and kayaking. The water is relatively manageable rather than glassy: waves hold near 0.6–0.7 m, led by a short 3.6-second swell from the east-southeast, while NNE winds range from light early to around 12 knots at times. That earns boating the day’s best activity score at 8.7/10, an improvement from yesterday’s 7.8. It is a good day to get out, not a day to forget that short-period chop can still make an exposed ride busy. The smoothest wave conditions arrive near 4 AM, but daylight users should find the early morning useful as well, before daytime warmth builds toward 30 C. Winds are not expected to be extreme, though gusts reached 15 knots overnight and can make open-water paddling more work than the representative 6-knot wind suggests. Kayaking rates 7.7/10, well above yesterday’s 6.2, but the low tide at 8:49 AM and the much lower 8:12 PM low deserve attention around shallow water and launch or landing areas. The afternoon high tide is modest, 0.55 m at 1:05 PM. Sailing scores 7.2/10: enough breeze for a worthwhile outing, but less of the punch that produced yesterday’s 8.6. Fishing is middling at 5.7/10, essentially unchanged from yesterday. The stronger timing is the late-morning solunar major period from 9:56 to 11:56 AM, with another major period late tonight from 9:56 to 11:56 PM. Rising pressure, from roughly 1011 to 1014 hPa, is a supporting detail rather than a guarantee. Wildlife timing is also fair rather than exceptional, with a 6.1 score and a late-afternoon minor period from 4:26 to 5:26 PM. Conditions are dry with clear skies forecast and atmospheric visibility around 14 km; that is useful for navigation, but it says nothing about underwater visibility. Diving has no usable score today. Looking ahead, seas build to 1.0–1.3 m Friday and could reach 1.5 m Saturday before easing sharply Sunday; Monday and Tuesday currently look calmer again, around 0.5–0.6 m. Best bet: launch after sunrise, use the late-morning solunar window, and be back across the shallows before the evening low turns the harbor skinny.