On This Water

Texas · Sabine Lake

Redfish should be the day — sit the river-marsh drains — this water dumps after a blow.

Brackish border estuary. Sabine and Neches river water, pass current at Texas Point, marsh drains after a blow.

  • This brief is for 2026-02-18, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
  • Tide · NOAA 8770822
  • NDBC 42035 quiet
  • No salinity probe on this desk
  • River · USGS 08030500
  • Red-tide check failed — not all-clear
  • Sargassum check failed — not all-clear
  • Water temp quiet
8.6OF 10

Forecast

medium confidence

Forecast brief for Wednesday, February 18. Back to this morning

Morning line

Sabine 8.6 on Wednesday, February 18. 11 mph S. Clear. YOLO day is Wednesday, August 26. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

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outgoing · -0.14 ft · drag or hover for the clockNOAA tide gauge 8770822 · Texas Point, Sabine Pass · ft MLLW · not a weather buoy

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESW11MPH

From S · gust 14

Buoy

NDBC 42035

Quiet

Galveston did not report. Witness only — not the tide clock.

Sky

OPEN-METEO

Clear

Clear

A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.

Moon

2% lit

Waxing crescent

spring range · 2%

Water

No gauge

Water

48°92°

Today’s range 1.8 ft

outgoing

-0.14 ft MLLW

Coast

No live coast layer

Red-tide check failed. That is not all-clear — open the agency page before you wade.

Sargassum check failed. Not a GPS pin. Not all-clear.

Salinity / color
No USGS 00480 well on this desk. Do not borrow another bay’s river.

River

USGS 08030500

722 cfs

Sabine Rv nr Ruliff, TX

Discharge into this bay. High water stains the flat.

Wind vs table

Observed − predicted

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Clock

NOAA 8770822

  • LowWed 9:33 AM · -0.39
  • HighWed 4:28 PM · 1.34
  • LowWed 10:00 PM · 0.42
  • HighThu 3:38 AM · 1.32
  • LowThu 10:08 AM · -0.12

Monthly YOLO day

Wednesday, August 26

Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast — and it is a copper day. waxing gibbous · spring · tide range ~1.1 ft · wind to 10 mph · 6% chance of rain

Next two weeks

Pulling the 14-day strip…

Where

This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.

  • Sabine Bank

    pass jetty · saved map · skinny

    9.0

    Shallow natural bank off Sabine Pass. APPROX - chart it. · 5 - NEARSHORE STRUCTURE (orange) - GET EXACT COORDS FROM TPWD · Texas coast — corridors, jetties, flats

    • pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
    • In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout, Black drum.
    skiffkayakwadeflyspin
  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass

    pass jetty · public structure · deep

    8.4

    NOAA 8770822 sits here. Current, granite, shrimp. Fall flounder water before the closure.

    • pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
    • In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
    structurespinfly
  • Keith Lake Cut

    marsh drain · public structure · mid

    8.4

    Drain after a north wind. Redfish and trout stage where the marsh empties.

    • marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
    • In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
    skiffkayakspinfly

When

When is moving water in a good hour — not the day. First light and last light are named when the clock is the story. Today’s ring mixes the best mark, the lead fish, and the best window, then taxes the sky. A strong incoming can sit under a weak day if the wind or the fish is off. Calendar cells are a third recipe: range, moon, and the day’s forecast.

  • Outgoing water

    10.0

    Wed 8:00 AMWed 11:00 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    9.7

    Wed 11:00 AMWed 6:00 PM

    Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.

  • Last light · outgoing

    9.7

    Wed 6:00 PMThu 12:00 AM

    Last light on outgoing water.

  • Last light · incoming

    8.7

    Wed 11:00 PMThu 5:00 AM

    Last light on incoming water.

  • First light · outgoing

    10.0

    Thu 5:00 AMThu 12:00 PM

    First light on outgoing water.

Launch and beach access

Cited to TPWD, Texas GLO beach-access plans, and NPS. 2WD/4WD is the county plan, not a guess.

  • Sabine Pass Battleground State Historic Site

    TPWD / THC historic site — public ramp

    Texas Point / Sabine Pass. Ramp and jetty water. NOAA 8770822 is the clock.

    Official source
  • Walter Umphrey State Park / Pleasure Island

    TPWD-listed launch · Port Arthur

    Sabine Lake side. Marsh drains and lake edges from here.

    Official source
  • Cameron / Calcasieu Point

    Cameron Parish / LDWF

    SW Louisiana beach. Parish rules shift. Calcasieu Pass is the next throat east.

    Official source

Legal water

No-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.

Why — and who

  • Tide is outgoing from NOAA 8770822 Texas Point, Sabine Pass.
  • Clear. Sky is workable.
  • Wind 11 mph S. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
  • Waxing crescent moon — spring tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.
  • No USGS 00480 well on this desk. Do not read another bay’s river as this water.

Black drum

Pogonias cromis

8.4

Thermal window

46°88°

In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.

Texas: 5/day, 14–30 in. One over 52 in allowed as part of the bag.

Redfish

Sciaenops ocellatus

6.6

Thermal window

48°92°

Present, not peak. This tide stage (outgoing) 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

6.6

Thermal window

44°90°

Present, not peak. This tide stage (outgoing) 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.

Southern flounder

Paralichthys lethostigma

4.8

Thermal window

46°88°

Off-season here. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.

Texas: 5/day, 15 in minimum (verify Outdoor Annual). Closed Nov 1–Dec 14.

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

4.8

Thermal window

64°94°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Off-season here. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.

Generally unregulated. Still, do not leave a pile.

Regs citedTPWD Outdoor Annual · Sep 1, 2025–Aug 31, 2026 · rolls in 7 days. Texas bag and season roll every September 1. The stamp is the book we cited, not a license.