Kayak camping, tides & launches: Texas Coast: Galveston to South Padre Island

Texas Coast: Galveston to South Padre Island: Coastal paddling with 146 campsites, 232 boat launches and 69 tide stations, plus slack-water times for 29 tidal current stations. See them on the map, check today's tides and wind, or, with a Coast Map Pass, download the whole region (65 MB) to your phone for trips without signal.

Open Texas Coast on the mapTides at Matagorda Bay Entrance Channel
146campsites
232boat launches
69tide stations
29current stations
65 MBoffline download

Campsites

From OpenStreetMap, coloured on the map by what you need before staying. 6 mention boat, canoe or kayak access (馃浂). Always confirm fees, permits and closures with the operator.

Fee or reservation (4)

Free or backcountry (3)

Fees not recorded (check locally) (38)

Tide stations

Highs and lows for the next year, the 24-hour tide curve, wind and the marine forecast.

Tidal currents and slack water

Boat launches

Plus 182 unnamed launches on the map.

Marine forecast areas

Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM 路 Coastal waters from Cameron LA to High Island TX out 20 NM 路 Coastal waters from Freeport to Matagorda Ship Channel TX out 20 NM 路 Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM 路 Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out 20 NM 路 Coastal waters from Port Mansfield TX to the Rio Grande River out 20 NM 路 Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays 路 Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays 路 Galveston Bay 路 Laguna Madre From The Arroyo Colorado To 5 NM North Of Port Mansfield TX 路 Laguna Madre From the Port Of Brownsville to the Arroyo Colorado 路 Matagorda Bay 路 San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays

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146 campsites and 223 boat launches as GPX (GPS units, Gaia GPS, OsmAnd) or KML (Google Earth, Google My Maps).

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