Port Update
Corpus Christi, TX
December 19, 2025
Notices
🌅SUNRISE: 0715 hrs.
🌄SUNSET: 1730 hrs.
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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 IS OPEN
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Please find attached 8.0 NEW WORKBOOK.
Kindly note, starting December 9, 2025 U.S. Coast Guard will require a new workbook (version 8.0) for all email submissions, NOAD web service submissions, and eNOAD imports.
After this date no previous versions will be accepted, even for updates and departures if you used older versions for the arrival. The new workbook version 8.0 is attached and will be accepted starting December 9, 2025.
Please save the workbook and start using it on that date. DO NOT USE BEFORE DECEMBER 9th, 2025.
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MSIB 110-25 update 1 as The Captain of the Port is establishing a safety zone in the La Quinta Channel. Callan Marine has informed the U.S. coast Guard that they will be performing pipeline removal operations near the entrance 20 DECEMBER 0900 to 1500.
Please see attached for more information.
Weather / Marine Zone Forecast
Coastal Waters Forecast for Texas National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1130 AM CST Fri Dec 19 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 highs 1/3 of the waves
...along with occasional height of the average highest 10 percent of the waves.
GMZ200-200600-
1130 AM CST Fri Dec 19 2025
.SYNOPSIS FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS...
Light to moderate (BF 2-4) onshore flow will continue into the upcoming week.
The only significant rain chances for the forecast period will be low to medium chance (20-50%) of showers and thunderstorms across the offshore waters Sunday through Monday.
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GMZ236-237-200600- Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays- San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays-
1130 AM CST Fri Dec 19 2025
.REST OF TODAY...Northeast winds around 10 knots, becoming east late. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming south after midnight. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.SATURDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. Patchy fog.
.SUNDAY...South winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters smooth. Patchy fog in the morning.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.
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GMZ231-232-200600- Baffin Bay and Upper Laguna Madre-Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays-
1130 AM CST Fri Dec 19 2025
.REST OF TODAY...Northeast winds around 10 knots, becoming east late. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming south after midnight. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.SATURDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. Patchy fog in the morning.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy. Patchy fog after midnight.
.SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters smooth. Patchy fog in the morning.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.
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GMZ255-200600- Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out 20 NM-
1130 AM CST Fri Dec 19 2025
.REST OF TODAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 7 seconds.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots, becoming south after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds.
.SATURDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave
Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 6 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight.
.SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning.
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.
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GMZ250-200600- Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM-
1130 AM CST Fri Dec 19 2025
.REST OF TODAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, becoming east late. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 5 feet at 6 seconds.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots, becoming south after midnight. Seas around 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 6 seconds.
.SATURDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 6 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight.
.SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
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GMZ270-275-200600- 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-
1130 AM CST Fri Dec 19 2025
.REST OF TODAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 5 feet at 7 seconds.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming south with gusts up to 20 knots after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 6 seconds.
.SATURDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Wave
Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds and south 2 feet at 4 seconds.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 6 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight.
.SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 6 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. A slight chance of thunderstorms.
A slight chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 5 seconds. A chance of showers.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet.
Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.
