Texas BiteCast: Texas Fishing Forecast, Tides & Reports

Bay

Follows the map as you pan. Range and bearing from Galveston.

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Zoom in closer (or tap a spot → “Pinpoint”) to see the exact best positions: which part of the jetty, which reef edge, potholes and drop-offs.

How the picks are made

Each spot is scored for each species by multiplying Texas guide and TPWD rules of thumb: time of year (lower coast a few weeks ahead in spring), the spot's structure for the season (reefs, grass, drains, deep holes, jetties), water temperature at that depth, salinity, tide movement and direction, wind on the shoreline, cold fronts and pressure, light and solunar periods, the months the spot was featured as a hotspot, and guide reports from the last two weeks.

Live data: NOAA water temperature, tides and water level; Open-Meteo weather; TWDB salinity; site reports. Conditions refresh about every 30 minutes. Future hours use the forecast; water temperature is projected from the air.

It's a starting point, not a guarantee. Scores compare spots; they don't predict a catch.

Bottom & imagery

Depth shading and shaded relief from the source you pick below. Zoom in for detail.

Source

NOAA NCEI DEM Global Mosaic: one seamless model of NOAA's best data, to ~3 m near the coast, coarser offshore.

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Fish & structure

Best spots now · Species most likely at each spot, from live conditions

Depth contours & soundings · Contour lines and depth numbers in feet, from the Hi-res bottom source · zoom 9+

Fishing spots · Hotspots with GPS from the Fishing Map

Oyster reefs · TPWD survey maps, every bay

Restored public reefs · TPWD/GBF/TAMU/TNC restorations

Oyster harvest closures · TPWD temporary closures

Seagrass · TPWD merged surveys (2021)

Artificial reefs · TPWD reef sites and structures

Wrecks & obstructions · NOAA charted

Water & weather

Currents · NOAA bay model (NGOFS2), Sabine–Corpus

Salinity · NOAA model + live TWDB sensors

Wind arrows · Forecast speed & direction, next 72 hours

Wind speed colors · Smooth color map of the forecast wind

Weather stations · Live wind, temp, pressure

Radar loop · NEXRAD, last 50 minutes

Ships (live AIS) · Barges, tugs, ships in the channels

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Point at or tap the map for position, depth, current, salinity and wind.

Bottom · NOAA best-available

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Feet below the survey datum (about mean low water)

SeagrassOyster reefRestored public reefOyster harvest closure