Daily Update

Corpus Christi, TX

June 04, 2024

Notices

🌅SUNRISE: 0630 hrs
🌄SUNSET:  2015 hrs 
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When Outbound Passages are restricted to pilot boarding no earlier than Sunrise and later than the time detailed below for the various locations:
FROM VIOLA BASIN: -5 1/2 HOURS BEFORE SUNSET
FROM TULE BASIN: - 5 HOURS BEFORE SUNSET
FROM CHEMICAL BASIN: 4 1/2 HOURS BEFORE SUNSET
FROM AVERY BASIN: 4 HOURS BEFORE SUNSET
FROM MAIN BASIN: 3 1/2 HOURS BEFORE SUNSET
FROM INGLESIDE: 2 1/2 HOURS BEFORE SUNSET
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PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI IS OPEN
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Please find attached MSIB 33-24 for HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS as Hurricane Season commences 1st June 2024 and continues through 30th November 2024.
Please see attached for more information.
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Please find attached MSIB 14-24, Update 3 for the updated schedule of Work to be conducted in Corpus Christi Ship Channel, between mile markers 55 and 56, from 1st June 2024 through 30th June 2024 between hours of 2000 and 0600.
Please see attached for more information.
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Please find attached MSIB 34-24 UPDATE 1 as the Captain of the Port has established a safety zone in the Gulf intracoastal Waterway near mile marker 546 and approximately 0.5 nautical miles south of Corpus Christi Bay Day Beacon 61.
Please see attached for more information.
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Please find attached MSIB 35-24 as SpaceX has informed the U.S. Coast Guard of scheduled testing at their facility located south of Brownsville, near Boca Chica on 5th June 2024 between hours of 0700 and 1100. 
Back up dates 6th June 2024 - 17 June 2024, each day
Please see attached for more information.
POR FAVOR VER ADJUNTO PARA ESPAÑOL
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Please fine attached MSIB 36-24 as COTP is establishing a safety zone in the near shore region of the Hazard Area in the Gulf of Mexico extending to the 12NM line and all navigable waters of South Bay on 5th June 2024 between hours of 0600 and 1200.
Back up dates 6th June - 17th June 2024, each day
Please see attached for more information.
POR FAVOR VER ADJUNTO PARA ESPAÑOL

Weather / Marine Zone Forecast

Coastal Waters Forecast for Texas


National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX

444 AM CDT Tue Jun 4 , 2024

Middle Texas coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Matagorda ship channel out to 60 nautical miles.
 
Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves

...along with occasional height of the average highest 10 percent of the waves.
 

GMZ200-042215-

444 AM CDT Tue Jun 4 , 2024

.SYNOPSIS FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS...

A moderate to occasionally strong southeasterly flow will persist through the middle of week. 

Winds will increase over the southern bays and waters this afternoon through this evening, 

leading to Small Craft Advisory conditions. 

This will diminish to a more moderate flow overnight going into Wednesday morning. 

Onshore flow gradually weakens through the day Wednesday, becoming weak to moderate Thursday through the weekend.

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GMZ236-237-042215- Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays- San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays-


444 AM CDT Tue Jun 4 , 2024



.TODAY...South winds around 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to choppy. Hazy early this morning.

.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.

.WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.

.THURSDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.

.FRIDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.

.SATURDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters are slightly choppy.


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GMZ231-232-042215- Baffin Bay and Upper Laguna Madre-Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays-


444 AM CDT Tue Jun 4 , 2024


...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...



.TODAY...Southeast winds around 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Bay and inland waters choppy. Hazy early this morning.

.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Bay and inland waters choppy.

.WEDNESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming southeast 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters choppy.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Gusts up to 25 knots in the evening. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.

.THURSDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.

.FRIDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.

.SATURDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.


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GMZ255-042215- Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out 20 NM-


444 AM CDT Tue Jun 4 , 2024


...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION...



.TODAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 6 feet at 7 seconds.

.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 6 feet at 7 seconds.

.WEDNESDAY...South winds around 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 5 feet at 7 seconds.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 7 seconds.

.THURSDAY...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 7 seconds.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds.

.FRIDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.

.SATURDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.


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GMZ250-042215- Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM-


444 AM CDT Tue Jun 4 , 2024


...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...



.TODAY...Southeast winds around 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 6 feet at 7 seconds. Hazy early this morning.

.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 6 feet at 7 seconds.

.WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 5 feet at 7 seconds.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 5 feet at 7 seconds.

.THURSDAY...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 7 seconds.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds.

.FRIDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet.

.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.


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GMZ270-275-042215- Waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas from 20 to 60 NM- Waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel from 20 to 60 NM-


444 AM CDT Tue Jun 4 , 2024


...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION...



.TODAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas around 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 6 feet at 7 seconds. Hazy early this morning.

.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 6 feet at 7 seconds.

.WEDNESDAY...South winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 5 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 6 feet at 7 seconds.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 5 feet at 7 seconds.

.THURSDAY...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 7 seconds.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 7 seconds.

.FRIDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.

.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.

Attachments

  • MSIB 36-24, Update 1, Zona de seguridad, Operaciones de Space X (spanish) (1).pdf(233 KB )
  • MSIB 35-24, Update 1, Zona de Peligro, Golfo de México y South Bay, TX (spanish) (1).pdf(346 KB )
  • MSIB 36-24, Update 1, Safety Zone, Space operations (1).pdf(238 KB )
  • MSIB 35-24, Update 1 Hazard Area, Gulf of Mexico and South Bay, TX (1).pdf(435 KB )
  • MSIB 14-24, update 3, Worksite trident pipeline removal (1).pdf(73 KB )
  • MSIB 33-24, Hurricane Preparedness (2).pdf(789 KB )
  • MSIB 34-24, Update 1 Safety Zone, GIWW (2).pdf(343 KB )

Disclaimer: For quality assurance purposes please note well that while the information contained in this website is regularly vetted for accuracy it is not intended to replace the local knowledge or expertise pertaining to port conditions of our marine operations personnel.

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