Isla Blanca ParkTCEQ-323
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.8 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Boca Chica Beach, Texas
Beach in Cameron County, Texas77°
79°/61°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 77°·Moderate breeze 16 mph N
Now. Boca Chica Beach is 77° and partly cloudy at 2 PM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. Moderate breeze from the north at 16 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 69° by 4 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Friday, near 87°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 83°. Rain is likely Wednesday (60%). Rain is possible tomorrow (46%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:58 PM. The Moon is a first quarter, 52% lit, and sets at 1:20 AM after midnight. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The bright Moon hides all but the brightest of them. The day is 11 hours 30 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
7UV High
32Air quality
51%Humidity
42%Cloud
Now
2:00 PM
77feels77
16mph
UV 7
Today
Oct 18
7961
36%
17mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8368
46%
14mph
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
8673
25%
17mph
UV 8
Wed
Oct 21
8673
60%
12mph
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
8673
overcast
Fri
Oct 23
8771
overcast
Sat
Oct 24
8773
13mph
77°
79°61°
83°68°
86°73°
86°73°
86°73°
87°71°
87°73°
As of 2:00 PM in Boca Chica Beach, Texas.
Air quality
The air at Boca Chica Beach
Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Brownsville-McAllen (TX), 37 miles off.
32Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good-
- Ozone30Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)13Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 32, good.
GoodModerate
- 32YesterdayOct 17
- GoodTodayOct 18
- ModerateMonOct 19
- ModerateTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Tue 7 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Boca Chica Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.05 in over the last 3 days, to Sun 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.05in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Boca Chica Beach, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Tue 7 AM, lowest 5 miles Mon 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing E 91°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: moderate
The flag in the picture is the colour of the forecast's risk (green low, yellow moderate, red high), not a flag raised on the beach.
A rip current is a narrow stream of water running out from the shore through the surf, often where fewer waves break. Caught in one, swim across it, along the shore, then back in.
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island.
- In force Coastal flood advisory in effect until 7 AM CDT this morning
- In force High surf advisory in effect until 7 AM CDT this morning
- In force High rip current risk in effect until 7 AM CDT this morning
- In force There is a moderate risk of rip currents today
Today
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- 4 to 6 feet
- Water temperature
- 76 °F
- UV index
- Moderate
Surf zone forecast
Kenedy Island-Willacy Island-Cameron Island, including South Padre Island and Boca Chica. Issued 2:12 AM CDT Sun Oct 18.
| Forecast | Today | Tonight | Monday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate |
| Surf height | 4 to 6 feet | 3 to 5 feet | 3 to 5 feet |
| Surf temperature | 76 °F | - | - |
| UV index | Moderate | - | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None | None |
| Weather | Partly sunny. A chance of showers | Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers | Mostly cloudy until 5 PM, then mostly sunny. A chance of showers |
| High temperature | In the mid 70s | - | In the lower 80s |
| Low temperature | - | In the lower 70s | - |
| Winds | North winds 15 to 20 mph | Northeast winds around 10 mph | North winds 10 to 15 mph |
| Tides | South Padre IslandLow, 3:01 PM | South Padre IslandHigh, 2:01 AM | South Padre IslandLow, 4:06 PM |
- Monday night
- Surf height 3 to 5 feet. Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the mid 70s. East winds around 10 mph
- Tuesday
- Surf height 3 to 5 feet. Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers. Highs in the lower 80s. Northeast winds around 15 mph
- Tuesday night
- Surf height 3 to 5 feet. Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 70s. Northeast winds around 10 mph
- Wednesday
- Surf height 3 to 5 feet. Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds around 10 mph
- Wednesday night
- Surf height 2 to 4 feet. Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. East winds around 10 mph
- Thursday
- Surf height around 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northeast winds around 10 mph
Beach
- County
- Cameron County
- State
- Texas
- Latitude
- 25.9580° N
- Longitude
- 97.1475° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Boca Chica Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station DW1996DW1996
In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.2 mi away/11 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/17.4 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Brownsville 12.6 ETX-CMR-94
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.4 mi away/6 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Port IsabelPIST2
At a cooperative observer's station/8.7 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Texas
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Boca Chica Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Port Isabelcity, 9 mi
- South Padre Islandtown, 11 mi
- Laguna Heightscommunity, 11 mi
- Laguna Vistatown, 14 mi
- South Pointcommunity, 16 mi
- Reid Hope Kingcommunity, 17 mi
- Villa Panchocommunity, 18 mi
- Del Mar Heightscommunity, 19 mi
- Bayviewtown, 20 mi
- Chula Vistacommunity, 20 mi
- Orasoncommunity, 20 mi
- Cameron Parkcommunity, 21 mi
Beaches near Boca Chica Beach
- Boca Chica Beach2 mi
- Del Mar Beach5 mi
- Isla Blanca Beach8 mi
- Aurora 19 Public Beach Access11 mi
- South Padre Island Nude Beach17 mi
- Thrive Beach20 mi
- UFO Beach23 mi
- Little Shell91 mi