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Texas Point, Sabine Pass, TX Daily Water Report — August 28, 2026

This is a boat day. The numbers are unambiguous: a 9.2 out of 10 for boating, the best score on the board and a full point and a half above anything else you could do with a motor or a paddle. The early window is your friend. Through mid-morning, winds hold under 5 knots out of the ENE, the pressure is stable at 1018 hPa, and wave heights hover around 0.2 meters. That’s a lake, not a Gulf pass. You’ll have a slight push from a 0.3 m/s current trending southwest, but it’s negligible. Kayaking earns an 8.6, so if you’re paddling, the same logic applies—get out early. The afternoon is where the tradeoff lives. By 19:00, the forecast cranks a gust to 32.5 knots, a jarring spike in an otherwise docile day. That’s enough to turn a flat calm into a washing machine in minutes. A 0.2-meter wave with a 3.25-second period is a short, sloppy chop when the wind pipes up, so be off the water before the dinner hour. The rain window is narrow and late, 19:00 to 20:00, but the real hazard is the wind shift. Fishing scores a 6.4—usable, not stellar—with a full moon overhead and chlorophyll reading very high at 5.67 mg/m³. That bloom signals active water, but the solunar major periods (12:19–14:19 and the overnight window) don’t align perfectly with the tide exchange. The low at 10:15 and the high at 15:36 are both weak, less than a half-meter swing, so don’t expect a strong feed. Compared to yesterday, when boating was an 8.7 under 6.9-knot winds, today’s calmer start is a clear upgrade. You lose the afternoon though; yesterday’s gusts were lighter. The diving score sits at 6.8, identical to the last four days, and that stagnation makes sense—0.2-meter waves and a 31.7°C seabed aren’t bad, but there’s no clarity data to suggest a real improvement. Surfing remains a 4.5, a non-starter with barely a ripple and no swell of consequence. The coming days flatten further. Friday through Sunday show waves under 0.2 meters, with a slight uptick Monday to 0.3 meters. Winds stay below 10 knots through the weekend. The setup is a repeat: glassy mornings, possible afternoon gusts, and a building chance of rain by Sunday. If you’re chasing glass, Saturday looks even quieter than today. For now, point your bow east before the sun climbs, and you’ll own the water until the breeze finds its voice.