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Manchester, TX Daily Water Report — August 23, 2026

Boating and kayaking own August 23 on the Manchester coast, scoring 9.6 and 9.5 on a day of almost no wind, no rain, and a marine forecast that stays flat at 0 meters. Those marks are not a safety stamp; they simply say the scored ingredients—light air, empty wave field, slack current, dry skies, and, for boats, a cloudless ceiling—line up as cleanly as they did yesterday, when boating sat at 9.5 and kayaking at 9.2. The water will not fight you. Representative wind is only 2 knots from the south-southwest, gusting to 4, inside a day range of 0.9 to 9.9 knots. The air is the real opponent. A representative 37.3 C already feels like 44.4 C, the thermometer runs 26.7 to 38.9 C, the sky is 0 percent cloudy, and the UV index is 8.15. Yesterday’s representative 39.2 C was even hotter, so this is a continuation, not a break. Dawn at 06:29 and the 26.7 C end of the range are the humane hours; by afternoon the heat is the tradeoff that matters more than any ripple you will not find. High tide is 0.58 m at 09:53 after an overnight low of 0.04 m at 00:16. Fishing is a middling 6.3—down a tick from yesterday’s 6.5—on solunar timing, that tide state, stable pressure near 1014 hPa, and the light wind. The morning major, 08:28 to 10:28, sits on the rising water and is the day’s best angling window. The evening major, 20:28 to 22:28, coincides with the strongest gust of the day, 17.5 knots at 22:00, so that later period comes with a breeze breakfast never showed. Wildlife is 6.7, cooler than yesterday’s 8.1, on solunar timing, low-tide proximity, and wind; the overnight low was the better wildlife setup. Surfing stays 4.5 with no height or period to work. Sailing is 5.6 in air that barely fills cloth until late. Diving is not scored. The forecast keeps the oven on: mid-20s to high-30s Celsius through the 29th, peak winds building into the 11-to-14-knot range, and only a late-week hint of rain. Waves and swell stay 0.0 meters all week. Best bet: launch at first light, work the morning high and the 08:28 solunar window, and be off before the heat makes the score irrelevant.