Mangrove / gray snapper
Lutjanus griseus
Thermal window
86.4°
In peak season for this water. Water 86°F is the hot edge for this fish. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Texas: typically 12 in, 4/day under snapper rules — verify TPWD.
Texas · Lower Laguna Madre
The clear-water classroom. South Bay, spoil banks, Brazos Santiago. Sight-casting reds in inches. Often the warmest Texas winter water.
Today
high confidence
Wind
NOAA
From SSE · gust 12
Sky
0% rain
Clear
Clear · 0%
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
91% lit
Waxing gibbous
mid range · 91%
Water
NOAA 8779770
Water
86.4°
Today’s range 1.6 ft
incoming
0.73 ft MLLW
Wind vs table
Observed − predicted
-0.11 ft
Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.
Clock
NOAA 8779770
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Brazos Santiago Pass
pass jetty · public structure · deep
USGS GNIS 1372708. The south-end pass. Bulls and tarpon in season. Current over rock.
USGS GNIS 1372708
Mansfield Cut
pass jetty · public structure · deep
NOAA 8778490 in the basin. Cut current, jetty granite, Laguna skinny a mile inside.
LLM mecca. Fred Stone County Park = camping + kayak launch o
grass flat · saved map · mid
LLM mecca. Fred Stone County Park = camping + kayak launch on the edge of the most famous flats water in Texas. · 4 - FLATS ZONES - NO WADE REQUIRED (green) · Texas coast — corridors, jetties, flats
TX - South Padre north of Access 6
sand dropoff · saved map · mid
Cameron Co. permit, primitive sand camping. Clearest TX surf. · camp-surf · GULF ATLAS! - FISH
South Padre - north of Beach Access 6
sand dropoff · saved map · mid
Cameron Co. permit, primitive sand camping. Clearest surf water in TX; LLM flats behind the dunes. · 1 - BEACH CORRIDORS (yellow=2WD, orange=4WD, red=Big Shell) · Texas coast — corridors, jetties, flats
Texas Clipper wreck
wreck edge · saved map · deep
Former training ship sunk 2007. Premier lower-coast wreck/dive. EXACT COORDS: TPWD. · 5 - NEARSHORE STRUCTURE (orange) - GET EXACT COORDS FROM TPWD · Texas coast — corridors, jetties, flats
Incoming water
10.0Tue 1:00 AM → Tue 7:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
10.0Tue 8:00 AM → Tue 10:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
10.0Tue 10:00 PM → Wed 7:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
10.0Wed 9:00 AM → Wed 11:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
10.0Wed 11:00 PM → Thu 7:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Cited to TPWD, Texas GLO beach-access plans, and NPS. 2WD/4WD is the county plan, not a guess.
Isla Blanca Park
Cameron County / GLO beach access
South end of SPI. Ramps, jetties, Brazos Santiago. County beach plan governs 2WD/4WD.
Official sourceAndy Bowie Park
Cameron County / GLO beach access
North SPI. County beach plan. 2WD/4WD posted at the entrance.
Official sourceAdolph Thomae Jr. County Park
Cameron County / TPWD-listed launch
Arroyo Colorado into the Lower Laguna. Ramp and park. The LLM classroom starts here.
Official sourcePort Mansfield public ramps
Willacy County / TPWD-listed launch
Basin and cut. NOAA 8778490. Laguna skinny a mile inside.
Official sourceBoca Chica / Beach Access 6
Cameron County beach-access plan / Texas GLO
South of SPI. County plan is the 2WD/4WD law here. Closures shift with SpaceX and storms — confirm before you drop a tire.
Official sourceNo-take and closed water cited to the agency that owns it. Only the Keys box is FKNMS.
No FKNMS polygon in this box. Mainland Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Mexico, and the Bahamas are not Keys sanctuary closures.
Mangrove / gray snapper
Lutjanus griseus
Thermal window
86.4°
In peak season for this water. Water 86°F is the hot edge for this fish. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Texas: typically 12 in, 4/day under snapper rules — verify TPWD.
Snook
Centropomus undecimalis
Thermal window
86.4°
Present, not peak. Water 86°F is the hot edge for this fish. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Texas: 1/day, 24–28 in. Rare this far west — verify before you keep one.
Redfish
Sciaenops ocellatus
Thermal window
86.4°
Present, not peak. Water 86°F is the hot edge for this fish. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Texas (Sep 1 2025–Aug 31 2026): 3/day, 20–28 in slot. One over 28 in per license year with a Red Drum Tag.
Speckled trout
Cynoscion nebulosus
Thermal window
86.4°
Present, not peak. Water 86°F is the hot edge for this fish. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Texas: 3/day, 15–20 in slot. One over 28 in per license year with a Spotted Seatrout Tag (plus bonus). Soft mouth + slot = measure every fish.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
Thermal window
86.4°
Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Generally unregulated. Still, do not leave a pile.
Regs citedTPWD Outdoor Annual · Sep 1, 2025–Aug 31, 2026 · rolls in 8 days. Texas bag and season roll every September 1. The stamp is the book we cited, not a license.