Florida/Matagorda Peninsula

Matagorda Peninsula

Matagorda Peninsula, TX Β· 28.61Β°N 95.98Β°W
TODAY'S FISHING
B
Good conditions
β–²Next High
9:51 am 5.4 ft
β–ΌNext Low
4:13 am 0.7 ft
🌑Water Temp
76Β°F
↕Tidal Range
4.9 ft
🐟Solunar
Major 5:40 am
Live Conditions
11:55:43 PM
Tide Now
↑1.2 ft
Rising Β· 0.6 ft/hr
Tide speedModerate
Next Event
β–Ό Low Tide
5h 0m
0.6 ft at 4:56 am
🎣 Creek mouth action peaks near low
πŸ”₯ Best Window
5:40 am–7:40 AM
in 0 min
Major solunar Β· Incoming tide
Tide actively moving βœ“
Conditions
🌑️
76Β°FWater temp
πŸ“Š
1016 mb↗ Rising — fish active
πŸ’¨
8 ktLight β€” good visibility
πŸŒ™
Major 5:40 am2-hr window
0 ft (MLLW)Current: 1.16 ft6 ft (approx. MHHW)
Today's Tide Chart
Monday, May 18, 2026 Β· Predicted tides
Low: 4:13 am 0.7 ft
High: 9:51 am 5.4 ft
Low: 3:48 pm 0.5 ft
High: 10:16 pm 5.1 ft
Weather Forecast
Live data Β· Matagorda Peninsula, TX
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Fishing Score
Composite of 6 factors
B
Good
Major period in 0 min β€” prepare
Tide phase48
Slow tide β€” moderate activity
Solunar strength85
Major period in 0 min β€” prepare
Pressure trend74
Stable β€” no rapid changes detected
Wind & chop90
Wind data loading…
Water temp70
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Moon phase77
πŸŒ‘ 10% illuminated
Current Conditions
Updated 10:20 AM
temp
74Β°F
feels Like
76Β°F
humidity
72%
wind Speed
8 kt
wind Dir
SE
visibility
10 mi
cloud Cover
15%
uv Index
6
water Temp
76Β°F
dew Point
63Β°F
pressure
1016 mb
Solunar Activity
Best feeding windows based on lunar & solar transit
β˜… Major2h window
5:40 am
Peak feeding period β€” fish most active
Passed
β—† Minor1h window
11:02 am
Secondary feeding period
Passed
β˜… Major2h window
5:15 pm
Peak feeding period β€” fish most active
Passed
β—† Minor1h window
11:27 pm
Secondary feeding period
🟒 Active now
Local Species
Matagorda Peninsula area Β· FL regulations
🐟
Speckled Trout
Slot 15–25β€³ Β· 5/day
Early morning grass flats β€” incoming tide
Bait: Mirrolure, live shrimp, gulp
🎣
Redfish
Slot 20–28β€³ Β· 3/day
Outgoing tide on seagrass flats
Bait: Shrimp, crab, gold spoon, topwater
🐑
Flounder
14β€³ min Β· 10/day
Incoming tide near passes & channels
Bait: Gulp! shrimp, finger mullet
🐟
Black Drum
Slot 14–30β€³ Β· 5/day
Incoming tide β€” channels & oyster reefs
Bait: Crab, shrimp, sand worm
🐑
Cobia
33β€³ min Β· 1/day
Spring nearshore migration β€” major solunar
Bait: Live eel, crab, bucktail jig
7-Day Forecast
Fishing conditions Β· best day highlighted
TODAY
Mon
May 18
β˜€οΈ
A
70Β° / 59Β°
SE 8
CF 97
Tue
May 19
β›…
B+
71Β° / 59Β°
SE 10
CF 86
Wed
May 20
β˜€οΈ
B
72Β° / 58Β°
E 7
CF 72
Thu
May 21
🌧️
B
73Β° / 58Β°
NE 18
CF 58
Fri
May 22
β›…
C
74Β° / 58Β°
N 12
CF 47
Sat
May 23
β˜€οΈ
C
75Β° / 58Β°
NE 9
CF 41
Sun
May 24
β˜€οΈ
C
76Β° / 58Β°
SE 7
CF 41
30-Day Tide Calendar
May 2026 Β· Matagorda Peninsula
May 2026
Day
Sunrise / Sunset
1st Tide
2nd Tide
3rd Tide
4th Tide
Coefficient
Solunar
1Fri
πŸŒ•
↑ 5:03 am↓ 6:09 pm
3:43 amβ–Ό 1.7 ft
9:21 amβ–² 4.3 ft
3:18 pmβ–Ό 1.5 ft
9:46 pmβ–² 4.2 ft
99very high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
2Sat
πŸŒ•
↑ 5:02 am↓ 6:10 pm
4:26 amβ–Ό 1.7 ft
10:04 amβ–² 4.3 ft
4:01 pmβ–Ό 1.5 ft
10:29 pmβ–² 4.4 ft
98very high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
3Sun
πŸŒ•
↑ 5:01 am↓ 6:11 pm
5:09 amβ–Ό 1.6 ft
10:47 amβ–² 4.3 ft
4:44 pmβ–Ό 1.5 ft
11:12 pmβ–² 4.4 ft
93very high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
4Mon
πŸŒ–
↑ 5:01 am↓ 6:11 pm
5:52 amβ–Ό 1.4 ft
11:30 amβ–² 4.3 ft
5:27 pmβ–Ό 1.4 ft
11:55 pmβ–² 4.3 ft
85high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
5Tue
πŸŒ–
↑ 5:00 am↓ 6:12 pm
12:38 amβ–² 4.1 ft
6:35 amβ–Ό 1.4 ft
12:13 pmβ–² 4.4 ft
6:10 pmβ–Ό 1.4 ft
75high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
6Wed
πŸŒ–
↑ 4:59 am↓ 6:13 pm
1:21 amβ–² 4.1 ft
7:18 amβ–Ό 1.4 ft
12:56 pmβ–² 4.5 ft
6:53 pmβ–Ό 1.3 ft
64average
🐟🐟🐟🐟
7Thu
πŸŒ–
↑ 4:59 am↓ 6:14 pm
2:05 amβ–² 4.2 ft
8:02 amβ–Ό 1.4 ft
1:39 pmβ–² 4.6 ft
7:36 pmβ–Ό 1.2 ft
55average
🐟🐟🐟🐟
8Fri
πŸŒ—
↑ 4:58 am↓ 6:14 pm
2:48 amβ–² 4.6 ft
8:45 amβ–Ό 1.3 ft
2:22 pmβ–² 4.7 ft
8:19 pmβ–Ό 1.1 ft
47low
🐟🐟🐟🐟
9Sat
πŸŒ—
↑ 4:57 am↓ 6:15 pm
3:31 amβ–² 4.9 ft
9:28 amβ–Ό 1.1 ft
3:05 pmβ–² 4.8 ft
9:02 pmβ–Ό 1.0 ft
42low
🐟🐟🐟🐟
10Sun
πŸŒ—
↑ 4:57 am↓ 6:16 pm
4:14 amβ–² 5.1 ft
10:11 amβ–Ό 0.9 ft
3:48 pmβ–² 5.0 ft
9:45 pmβ–Ό 0.9 ft
42low
🐟🐟🐟🐟
11Mon
πŸŒ—
↑ 4:56 am↓ 6:16 pm
4:57 amβ–² 5.1 ft
10:54 amβ–Ό 0.9 ft
4:31 pmβ–² 5.1 ft
10:29 pmβ–Ό 0.8 ft
47low
🐟🐟🐟🐟
12Tue
🌘
↑ 4:55 am↓ 6:17 pm
5:40 amβ–² 4.9 ft
11:37 amβ–Ό 0.9 ft
5:15 pmβ–² 5.2 ft
11:12 pmβ–Ό 0.7 ft
56average
🐟🐟🐟🐟
13Wed
🌘
↑ 4:55 am↓ 6:17 pm
6:23 amβ–² 4.9 ft
12:20 pmβ–Ό 0.8 ft
5:58 pmβ–² 5.3 ft
11:55 pmβ–Ό 0.6 ft
69average
🐟🐟🐟🐟
14Thu
🌘
↑ 4:54 am↓ 6:18 pm
12:38 amβ–Ό 0.5 ft
7:06 amβ–² 5.0 ft
1:03 pmβ–Ό 0.6 ft
6:41 pmβ–² 5.4 ft
82high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
15Fri
πŸŒ‘
↑ 4:53 am↓ 6:19 pm
1:21 amβ–Ό 0.5 ft
6:58 amβ–² 5.4 ft
12:56 pmβ–Ό 0.5 ft
7:24 pmβ–² 5.3 ft
94very high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
16Sat
πŸŒ‘
↑ 4:53 am↓ 6:19 pm
2:04 amβ–Ό 0.5 ft
7:42 amβ–² 5.4 ft
1:39 pmβ–Ό 0.5 ft
8:07 pmβ–² 5.5 ft
102very high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
17Sun
πŸŒ‘
↑ 4:52 am↓ 6:20 pm
2:47 amβ–Ό 0.6 ft
8:25 amβ–² 5.4 ft
2:22 pmβ–Ό 0.5 ft
8:50 pmβ–² 5.5 ft
102very high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
18Mon
πŸŒ‘
↑ 4:52 am↓ 6:20 pm
3:30 amβ–Ό 0.7 ft
9:08 amβ–² 5.4 ft
3:05 pmβ–Ό 0.5 ft
9:33 pmβ–² 5.4 ft
97very high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
19Tue
πŸŒ’
↑ 4:51 am↓ 6:21 pm
4:13 amβ–Ό 0.7 ft
9:51 amβ–² 5.4 ft
3:48 pmβ–Ό 0.5 ft
10:16 pmβ–² 5.1 ft
86high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
20Wed
πŸŒ’
↑ 4:51 am↓ 6:22 pm
4:56 amβ–Ό 0.7 ft
10:34 amβ–² 5.3 ft
4:31 pmβ–Ό 0.6 ft
10:59 pmβ–² 4.9 ft
72average
🐟🐟🐟🐟
21Thu
πŸŒ’
↑ 4:50 am↓ 6:22 pm
5:39 amβ–Ό 0.7 ft
11:17 amβ–² 5.2 ft
5:14 pmβ–Ό 0.7 ft
11:42 pmβ–² 4.8 ft
58average
🐟🐟🐟🐟
22Fri
πŸŒ’
↑ 4:50 am↓ 6:23 pm
12:25 amβ–² 5.0 ft
6:22 amβ–Ό 0.8 ft
12:00 pmβ–² 5.1 ft
5:57 pmβ–Ό 0.8 ft
47low
🐟🐟🐟🐟
23Sat
πŸŒ“
↑ 4:49 am↓ 6:23 pm
1:08 amβ–² 5.1 ft
7:05 amβ–Ό 1.0 ft
12:43 pmβ–² 5.0 ft
6:40 pmβ–Ό 0.9 ft
41low
🐟🐟🐟🐟
24Sun
πŸŒ“
↑ 4:49 am↓ 6:24 pm
1:51 amβ–² 4.9 ft
7:48 amβ–Ό 1.2 ft
1:26 pmβ–² 4.8 ft
7:23 pmβ–Ό 1.0 ft
41low
🐟🐟🐟🐟
25Mon
πŸŒ“
↑ 4:48 am↓ 6:24 pm
2:34 amβ–² 4.7 ft
8:31 amβ–Ό 1.3 ft
2:09 pmβ–² 4.7 ft
8:06 pmβ–Ό 1.1 ft
45low
🐟🐟🐟🐟
26Tue
πŸŒ”
↑ 4:48 am↓ 6:25 pm
3:17 amβ–² 4.3 ft
9:14 amβ–Ό 1.3 ft
2:52 pmβ–² 4.6 ft
8:49 pmβ–Ό 1.2 ft
54low
🐟🐟🐟🐟
27Wed
πŸŒ”
↑ 4:47 am↓ 6:25 pm
4:00 amβ–² 4.1 ft
9:57 amβ–Ό 1.3 ft
3:35 pmβ–² 4.5 ft
9:32 pmβ–Ό 1.3 ft
64average
🐟🐟🐟🐟
28Thu
πŸŒ”
↑ 4:47 am↓ 6:25 pm
4:43 amβ–² 4.0 ft
10:40 amβ–Ό 1.4 ft
4:18 pmβ–² 4.4 ft
10:15 pmβ–Ό 1.4 ft
75high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
29Fri
πŸŒ”
↑ 4:46 am↓ 6:26 pm
5:27 amβ–² 4.2 ft
11:24 amβ–Ό 1.5 ft
5:01 pmβ–² 4.3 ft
10:58 pmβ–Ό 1.4 ft
85high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
30Sat
πŸŒ•
↑ 4:46 am↓ 6:26 pm
6:10 amβ–² 4.4 ft
12:07 pmβ–Ό 1.7 ft
5:44 pmβ–² 4.3 ft
11:41 pmβ–Ό 1.5 ft
92very high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
31Sun
πŸŒ•
↑ 4:46 am↓ 6:27 pm
12:24 amβ–Ό 1.5 ft
6:53 amβ–² 4.4 ft
12:50 pmβ–Ό 1.6 ft
6:27 pmβ–² 4.3 ft
97very high
🐟🐟🐟🐟
CF:very highβ‰₯90high75–89average55–74low40–54very low<40🐟🐟🐟🐟 = peak solunar Β· β–² high Β· β–Ό low
Location & Map
Interactive β€” click markers for nearby stations
Latitude
28.61Β°N
Longitude
95.98Β°W
State
Florida
City
Matagorda Peninsula
Nearby Stations
About Tides at Matagorda Peninsula
Matagorda Bay inshore fishing guide

Matagorda Peninsula is a tidal station located in Matagorda Peninsula, TX. Tides here are diurnal - one high tide and one low tide each day, with a mean tidal range of approximately 1.1 feet. The tidal movement through this area creates productive inshore fishing conditions, particularly during moving tides when bait is pushed through channels, creek mouths, and flats.

Best Fishing Tides

The best fishing at Matagorda Peninsula is typically the 2 hours before and after each high or low tide, when currents are actively moving bait. Our fishing score combines tide phase, solunar periods, and weather to give you a daily fishing grade so you can plan the best time to be on the water.

Target Species

Common species near Matagorda Peninsula include Speckled Trout, Redfish, Flounder, Black Drum, and Cobia. Check the species cards above for current regulations, best baits, and tide timing for each fish.

Nearby Tide Stations
East MatagordaPALACIOSSargent, ICWWMatagorda Bay Entrance ChannelPORT O'CONNOR, MATAGORDA BAYBarroom BayNORTH MATAGORDAPort LavacaShoalwater Flats, Espiritu Santo BayOld Brazos River, Freeport