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Port Lavaca, TX Daily Water Report — August 24, 2026

Boating and kayaking are the clear call around Port Lavaca today, both at 8.9 out of 10 on light wind, tiny waves, slack current, and a dry forecast. That is a fit score, not a safety stamp. A representative west-southwest breeze near 4 knots, gusting to about 9 for much of the day, sits over marine waves of only 0.1 to 0.3 meters, calmest near 03:00 at 0.08 meters, with ocean current effectively still. The tax is heat and a nearly featureless sea. Air is a representative 27 C that already feels like 33.5 C in 94 percent humidity, with the forecast range climbing to 35.2 C under about two-thirds cloud. UV stays a mild 2.1. Atmospheric visibility is about 12 kilometers, which is not a read on what you will see underwater. Marine sea-surface temperature was unavailable; the anomaly is 0.6 C cooler than average. Surfing stalls at 4.5 because height and period barely register—an 0.08-meter swell at 2.2 seconds from 154 degrees—and sailing only reaches 5.3 on the same light breeze. A 16.5-knot gust is forecast around 22:00, so evening is the one stretch that may finally give a sail something to hold, at the cost of a bumpier ride. Fishing is a 6, from solunar timing, tide state, rising pressure near 1017 hPa, wind, and available clarity. The morning major from 09:24 to 11:24 lines up with the high of 0.33 meters at 11:19; a night major runs 21:24 to 23:24 as that breeze fills. The tidal range is small, down to 0.01 meters at 00:40. Wildlife is also a 6. Diving holds at 7.7 on the quiet surface. Yesterday boating was a touch higher at 9 and kayaking a bit lower at 8.2, in similar heat and only slightly more wind. The day before, an 11-knot breeze lifted sailing to 9.2 and wildlife to 7.9 while kayaking sagged. Through the 30th the marine forecast stays flat—waves 0.1 to 0.3 meters, then even smaller—while the air remains hot and rain chances only creep up late in the week. Best bet: take the quiet morning hull or paddle before the heat peaks and the late gusts arrive.