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Sargent, TX Daily Water Report — August 28, 2026

Diving is the standout play this morning. The water is flat calm, visibility is decent at 8.5 km despite the overcast, and the sea surface temperature sits at a balmy 30.1°C—essentially bathwater with a zero-degree anomaly against the long-term average. That combination yields an 8.1 suitability score, the best available today and consistent with the 8.1 you’d have seen yesterday and the 8.2 on Wednesday. For anyone with a mask and fins, the window between late morning and early afternoon, when the tide barely moves through its 0.19-meter low, offers the most stable water column. Anglers, you’re looking at a 6.6—a moderate step down from yesterday’s 7.3 and Wednesday’s 7.4. The culprit is a sluggish tidal exchange: a mere four centimeters separates the morning high from the low at 11:30, and the afternoon high at 15:51 barely budges. That full moon overhead, 100% illuminated and rising at 19:34, does align solunar major periods from 12:26 to 14:26 and a minor from 18:56 to 19:56, so a late-day push isn’t out of the question. Just don’t expect the current to do much of the work for you. Paddlers and boaters get solid 7.4 and 6.8 scores, respectively, though you’ll want to pick your hours. The wind starts light, around 1 knot near dawn, then builds to a representative 8 knots out of the west by midday, gusting to 10. The calmest water settles around 21:00, when wave heights dip to 0.18 meters. That midday band from 13:00 to 15:00 carries a 0.9-millimeter rain threat, but it’s brief and scattered—more a nuisance than a hazard. Compare that to two days ago, when kayaking scored an 8.0 under 3-knot winds; today’s breeze adds just enough chop to keep the score a notch below. Surfers, the 4.5 says it all. A 0.26-meter wave at 3.25 seconds, with a swell from 189 degrees at 2.65 seconds, is barely a ripple. You’d need to go back to August 25th for a 5.5, and even that was marginal. Leave the board on the roof. For the next three days, winds hold steady under 10 knots, waves stay under half a meter, and rain chances remain below 5% until Sunday, when a slight uptick to 17% appears. The best bet between now and the weekend: slip into the water this afternoon, when the surface is glassy and the sun is high, because conditions this calm in late August are a quiet gift.