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Matagorda City, TX Daily Water Report — October 4, 2026

A solid all-round water day, with the clearest edge going to diving, boating, sailing, and shoreline wildlife watching—but the morning gusts deserve respect before anyone calls it easy. North wind is running around 9 knots, with a 5.9–13.1-knot daily range and a strongest gust near 23 knots around 7 AM. That makes the first light period a little more fidgety than the representative wind suggests, especially for kayaks and smaller open boats. Conditions should become more manageable after the early gust peak, while seas remain modest at roughly 0.4–0.6 m. The calmest wave height is forecast near 9 PM at 0.44 m, though daylight is gone by then; dusk lasts to 7:32 PM. Diving earns the day’s strongest activity score at 8.1/10, supported by warm 29.2 C marine surface water and relatively low seas. That score is not a visibility guarantee, however: the 15.6 km figure is atmospheric visibility, not underwater clarity. Boating and sailing both rate 7.6/10, with enough breeze to keep sailors interested but enough gust spread to make early handling less relaxed. Kayaking is workable at 6.7/10, best reserved for more protected water and a later start once the sharpest gusts have passed. Fishing rates 6.6/10. The most useful timing overlaps the morning major solunar period from 7:19 to 9:19 AM, just after the 6:25 AM high tide, and the evening major period from 7:19 to 9:19 PM, which begins shortly after sunset and runs through the low tide at 7:27 PM. Pressure is rising through the day, from a low near 1011.7 hPa toward 1016.6 hPa, while cloud cover remains complete and rain is possible through 2 PM despite no representative rainfall amount. Compared with yesterday, boating slips from 8.1 to 7.6 and kayaking from 7.8 to 6.7 as the wind becomes less forgiving; fishing improves from 6.1 to 6.6, while diving holds steady at 8.1. The next three days stay comparatively gentle, with 0.3–0.6 m seas through Wednesday. Conditions look less settled Thursday and Friday as waves build to 0.5–0.8 m, then about 0.7 m Friday. Best bet: launch after the early gusts, work the 7:19–9:19 AM solunar window, and let the north wind do the grumbling instead of you.