Port Update

Corpus Christi, TX

July 09, 2025

Notices

🌅SUNRISE: 0645 hrs.
🌄SUNSET:  2030 hrs.
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Central Daylight Time
GMT-5
MARSEC LEVEL 1
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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 OPEN
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Please see attached MSIB 90-24 The Coast Guard is advising all mariners to exercise caution and remain within the skin of the ship while transiting under the Corpus Christi New Harbor Bridge due to fall hazards created during construction.
It is recommended practice until further notice to ensure safety of vessel and crew during transit.
Please see attached for more information.
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Please find attached MSIB 17-25 regarding Vessel Surge Events – Safety Recommendations from the U.S. Coast Guard.
Please read attached Vessel Surge Recommendations.
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Please find attached MSIB 111-23 for GANGWAY SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
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Please find attached MSIB 36-25 as the 2025 Hurricane Season commences 1st JUNE and continues thru 30 NOVEMBER.
Please see attached for more information.
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Please find attached update 1 MSIB 59-25 The Captain of the Port is establishing a worksite in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Inner Harbor. Callan Marine has informed the U.S. Coast Guard that they will be installing submerged pieline in the Inner Harbor on 10 July 2025 from 1000 to 1400.
Please see attached for more information.

Weather / Marine Zone Forecast

Coastal Waters Forecast for Texas National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
 
1232 PM CDT Wed Jul 9 2025
 
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.
 
 
GMZ200-100630-
 
1232 PM CDT Wed Jul 9 2025
 
.SYNOPSIS FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS...
 
A gentle to moderate onshore breeze (BF 3-4) will increase to a more moderate (BF 4) breeze across most of the waters by Thursday with periods of Fresh (BF 5) over bays and nearshore waters latter portions of the week.
 
Low to moderate chances (25-50%) for showers/thunderstorms through the remainder of the day, with lower chances (<30%) through Friday before increasing again this weekend.
 
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GMZ236-237-100630- Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays- San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays-
 
1232 PM CDT Wed Jul 9 2025
 
.TONIGHT...South winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy. Hazy.
.THURSDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. Hazy.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. Hazy.
.FRIDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy.
.MONDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.
 
Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.
 
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GMZ231-232-100630- Baffin Bay and Upper Laguna Madre-Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays-
 
1232 PM CDT Wed Jul 9 2025
 
.TONIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. Hazy.
.THURSDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. Hazy.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. Hazy.
.FRIDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming southeast 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters choppy.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters choppy.
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.
 
Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.
 
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GMZ255-100630- Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out 20 NM-
 
1232 PM CDT Wed Jul 9 2025
 
.TONIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 2 feet at 5 seconds. Hazy.
.THURSDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 2 feet at 6 seconds. Hazy.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at 5 seconds. Hazy.
.FRIDAY...South winds around 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at 5 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 6 seconds.
A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 6 seconds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet.
 
Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.
 
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GMZ250-100630- Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM-
 
1232 PM CDT Wed Jul 9 2025
 
.TONIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 5 seconds. Hazy.
.THURSDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at 5 seconds. Hazy.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 5 seconds. Hazy.
.FRIDAY...Southeast winds around 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 5 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 5 seconds.
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds around 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 5 seconds. A chance of showers.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet.
 
Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.
 
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GMZ270-275-100630- 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-
 
1232 PM CDT Wed Jul 9 2025
 
.TONIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: South 2 feet at 5 seconds. Hazy.
.THURSDAY...South winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: South 2 feet at 5 seconds. A slight chance of showers in the morning. Hazy.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at 5 seconds. Hazy.
.FRIDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at 5 seconds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the morning.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 6 seconds.
A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 6 seconds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet.
 
Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

Attachments

  • MSIB 111-23, Gangway Safety Requirements.pdf(130 KB )
  • MSIB 59-25, Update 1, Worksite, Callan Marine, Inner Harbor, 10JUL.pdf(274 KB )
  • MSIB 17-25_Vessel Surge Recommendations.pdf(1.87 MB )
  • MSIB 90-24 Harbor Bridge Construction.pdf(940 KB )
  • MSIB 36-25 Hurricane Preparedness final.pdf(4.69 MB )

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