12/17/2025
❗ Be prepared for swells up to 6.0 ft before heading out on the water
❗ Surf today: around 2 to 3 foot with Winds ESE at 10 to 15 mph.
❗ Low risk for rip currents today and tonight will be a low risk
🌡️ Sea Temperature: 65°F — Which is 5.4°F colder than average for this time of year
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🎥 Featured Videos:
• Bob Hall Pier Update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8D-G1z49z8&t=30s
• Redfish Run to the Gulf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSQanFY1Rws&t=871s
• How to Catch Pompano surf fishing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdGXKtndBnc&t=943s
🎣 Beach Bum Surf Fishing Rating (Today): 6/10
🏖️ Beach Bum Beach Rating (Today): 5/10
🎅 December 17, 2025 🎅
•Port Aransas & Padre Island Conditions•
Calm seas with light winds. Winds ESE at 10 to 15 mph. Surf around 2 to 3 ft with a dominant wave period of 5.0 seconds. Tonight’s surf around 2 to 3 ft. Offshore seas around 3 to 5 ft with occasional swells up to 6.0 ft. Wave direction from the southeast. Water clarity is a 6 out of 10 today.
• High: 69°F
• Low: 63°F
• Rip Current Risk: Low (day) Night time ( Low )
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🚩Red Flag Today
Indicates dangerous seas and strong currents - stay within waist deep water.
⛅ Weather
• Today: Mixed clouds and sun with scattered thunderstorms. High 69F.Chance of rain 50%.
• Tonight: Considerable cloudiness. Slight chance of a rain shower. Low 63F.
• Cloud cover: 91% day / 92% night
• Rain chances: 50% today / 25% tonight
• Humidity 94%
• Thunderstorm probability: 53%
🌬️ Current Winds
• Coast: Southeast @ 9 mph
• Open Water: Southeast @ 13 mph
• Gusts: Up to 22 mph
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🌞 Sun & Moon
• Sunrise: 7:13 AM
• Sunset: 5:36 PM
• Moonrise: 5:14 AM
• Moonset: 3:40 PM
• Phase: Waning Crescent
🌊 Slack Tide: 5:00 AM to 7:00 AM
☀️ Daylight: 10 hrs. 23 min
🌖 Moon Visibility: 10 and 27 minutes.
🦈 Shark Sightings: None reported
🔴 Watches/Warnings:
NONE
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🟢 Winds
• Today: Winds ESE at 10 to 15 mph.
• Tonight: Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.
🟢 Tides
• Low Tide: 6:38 AM
• High Tide: 4:18 PM
🟢 Tidal Coefficient: 63 (currents will be high)
• Noon: 65
• Evening: 67
🟣 Sea Temperature: 65°F
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🐟 Best Fishing Time Today:
from 9:26 am to 11:26 am (moon down)
🟣 Sea Conditions
• Average wave height: ~3.0 ft
• Sets: 6-8 sets at ~3.0 ft
• Wave period: 5.0 seconds
• Direction: SE ( Southeast )
• Tonight: ~2 to ~3 ft
🌱 Seaweed: None reported
🛢️ Tar: None reported
🔍 Water Clarity:
• Port Aransas → Bob Hall: 6/10
• PINS (markers 20–40): 7/10
🌊 Currents: high, drifting S → N
🚙 Beach Driving Conditions:
• Packery → Port A: 6/10 (soft/wet in narrow sections)
• PINS first 5 miles: 4/10
• 5 marker to Port Mansfield jetties: 2/10 (soft/wet in narrow sections especially the high banks)
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🟣 Rip Currents:
Risk is low during the day, low risk tonight — strongest around jetties, piers, and groins.
🟣 Max UV Index: 3 of 11
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💡 How to Avoid Stingrays in the Surf
Shuffle your feet slowly instead of stomping — the movement alerts stingrays and reduces the chance of a sting.
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❓ What Are Rip Currents?
Powerful channels of water moving away from shore, often extending past the breaking waves.
💡 How to Survive a Rip Current
★ Stay calm
★ Signal for help
★ Swim parallel to shore until free of the current
★ Then swim back toward shore
★ If unable to swim out, float or tread water
★ Stay 100 ft away from piers & jetties — strong permanent rips form there
Stay safe and enjoy the Texas coastline responsibly.
