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Matagorda City, TX Daily Water Report — August 24, 2026

Boating owns Matagorda City today, with sailing and diving a half-step behind, while surfing stays a nonstarter and fishing lands only in the middle of the board. Open-Meteo’s current conditions and forecast put a representative south-southwest breeze near 8 knots, mostly 4 to 11, over a 0.2-to-0.4-meter sea. No rain is indicated, pressure is rising through 1016 hPa, and cloud cover holds around a quarter of the sky. That mix is exactly what the boating and sailing scores reward: usable wind, small waves, a dry deck, and, for boats, a modest 0.4 m/s current. Diving’s 8.1 rides the same quiet surface and a marine SST of 31.2 C, a few tenths cooler than average. None of those numbers is a safety stamp. The cleanest overlap for anyone watching the fishing methodology is late morning. High tide arrives at 10:08 at only 0.16 meters and sits inside the 09:21–11:21 solunar major, with pressure still building and the breeze still honest. The evening major, 21:21–23:21, falls near the 22:39 low, but the day’s strongest gust, 16 knots, is timed for 23:00, so that window trades timing for a choppier ride. Kayaking is a cooler 6.7 on the same wind, wave, current, and dry-sky recipe without the cloud bonus boating gets. Wildlife sits at 6: the late low is real, the tidal range is tiny, and there is not much wind drama to lean on. Atmospheric visibility is a long 23 km; that is air, not what you will see underwater. Heat is the tax. Air runs 26.4–33.7 C and already feels like 34.5. Swell is a short 2.55 seconds from the south, wind waves barely 0.08 meters, so the surf score stays a 4.5. Yesterday’s reconstructed scores were nearly identical except fishing, which has eased from 6.5 to 6.1; two days ago fishing and wildlife ran clearly stronger. The outlook stays hot and mostly dry, with peak winds creeping toward 14 knots by Friday and a 33 percent rain chance that afternoon; seas remain small all week. Best bet: take a boat or a sail through the morning high and leave the boards in the rack.