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Matagorda City, TX Daily Water Report — October 6, 2026

Matagorda’s water gets a confident green light today for boating and diving, with kayaking and sailing also well worth the launch—provided you treat the gusts with the respect they are asking for. The 8.6/10 boating score leads the board, while diving sits at 8.2/10 on warm 28.7 C marine water, modest 0.4–0.5 m seas, and no rain indicated. That is a notably friendly sea state for early October, even if it is not an excuse to ignore changing conditions offshore. The best all-around daytime window runs from midmorning into early afternoon. High tide arrives at 11:54 AM, neatly overlapping the 9:09–11:09 AM solunar major period. Fishing rates a steady 6.6/10, unchanged from the past two days, supported by stable pressure near 1013 hPa, light-to-moderate NNE wind, and the tide’s rise toward late morning. The afternoon minor period, 3:39–4:39 PM, offers a second, shorter option before the tide continues its long slide toward the 9:22 PM low. Wind is the day’s chief tradeoff. The representative breeze is 8 knots from the NNE, but gusts reached 20.8 knots around 5:00 AM and may keep exposed water less tidy than the wave height alone suggests. Waves are short-period—0.48 m at 3.9 seconds—with a 0.38 m easterly swell and 0.28 m wind waves. Manageable, certainly, but short chop can make a small craft work harder than the headline number implies. Kayaking earns 7.2/10 and sailing 7.4/10: good prospects, not a free pass. Compared with the recent run, boating improves sharply from yesterday’s 7.3/10, while kayaking rebounds from 6.3/10. Diving remains consistently strong, just shy of the 8.0–8.1 range recorded October 3–5. The 14.5 km atmospheric visibility is encouraging for travel, but it is not a measure of underwater visibility. Looking ahead, Wednesday stays relatively gentle at 0.3–0.5 m, while Thursday and Friday build to as much as 0.7 m with stronger winds. The quietest marine outlook arrives Sunday and Monday, when waves are forecast near 0.3 m. Best bet: launch midmorning, use the late-morning high-tide window, and be back with plenty of daylight before the NNE breeze decides it wants more of the conversation.