Port Update
Corpus Christi, TX
December 22, 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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Please find attached MSIB 112-25 as the National Weather Service has forecasted heavy fog throughout the remainder of the week in the South Texas area expected to reduce visibility to 1 NM or less.
The coast Guard urges mariners to practice extreme caution when transiting under these conditions, use proper fog signals and remember to use radar and compass.
Please see attached for more information.
Weather / Marine Zone Forecast
Coastal Waters Forecast for Texas National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1202 AM CST Mon Dec 22 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.
GMZ200-221915-
1202 AM CST Mon Dec 22 2025
.SYNOPSIS FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS...
Expect light to gentle southeasterly winds through Friday. 2-3 ft seas increase to 3-4 ft Wednesday morning.
On Saturday, winds increase to gentle to moderate strength (BF 3-4) ahead of the next frontal passage on Sunday.
Rain chances will be greatest today and tonight (10-20% chances).
Daily chances in reductions in visibility associated with sea fog will persist through the week with brief improvements in visibility in the afternoons.
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GMZ236-237-221915- Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays- San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays-
1202 AM CST Mon Dec 22 2025
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING...
.TODAY...Southeast winds around 5 knots, increasing to 5 to 10 knots late. Bay and inland waters smooth. Areas of dense fog early this morning, then patchy dense fog late this morning. Patchy fog late.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. Patchy fog.
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. Patchy fog in the morning.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.THURSDAY...Southeast winds around 5 knots, increasing to 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming south after midnight. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.FRIDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.
$$
GMZ231-232-221915- Baffin Bay and Upper Laguna Madre-Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays-
1202 AM CST Mon Dec 22 2025
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING...
.TODAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. Areas of dense fog early this morning, then patchy dense fog late this morning.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. Patchy fog after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. Patchy fog in the morning. A slight chance of showers in the afternoon.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.THURSDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.FRIDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters slightly choppy to occasionally choppy.
$$
GMZ255-221915- Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out 20 NM-
1202 AM CST Mon Dec 22, 2025
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING...
.TODAY...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Seas around 2 feet this morning, then around 2 feet or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 5 seconds. Areas of dense fog early this morning, then patchy fog late this morning. Patchy fog late.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 5 seconds. Areas of dense fog in the evening, then patchy dense fog after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. Patchy dense fog in the morning.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds.
.WEDNESDAY...East winds around 5 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds.
.THURSDAY...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
.FRIDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
$$
GMZ250-221915- Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM-
1202 AM CST Mon Dec 22, 2025
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING...
.TODAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 5 seconds. Patchy dense fog this morning.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 5 seconds. Patchy dense fog.
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 6 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. A slight chance of showers.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds.
.WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds.
.THURSDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet.
.FRIDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet.
$$
GMZ270-275-221915- 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-
1202 AM CST Mon Dec 22 2025
.TODAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 5 seconds. A slight chance of showers early this morning. Patchy fog early this morning.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 4 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight.
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 6 seconds. A slight chance of showers in the morning. Patchy fog in the morning.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds.
.WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 7 seconds.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 8 seconds.
.THURSDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet.
.FRIDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet.
