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Galveston Bay Guide Service is a fishing guide service based in Hitchcock, Texas. It operates on Galveston Bay. They offer half-day and full-day guided bay fishing trips targeting Speckled Trout, Redfish, and Flounder. The service operates year-round and can accommodate groups of one to six anglers on custom bay boats.

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Fishing Types: Inshore Fishing

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Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US

Typical water level by month

1997 to 2026

The water at Galveston Bay Guide Service typically sits highest in October, at a median 1.45 ft, and lowest in January, at 0.58 ft. The highest water level on record for any single day is 23.59 ft, in 2017.

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Typical water level by month at Clear Ck nr Friendswood, TX, in ft
Month	Typical (ft)	Usual range (ft)
January	0.58	0.15 to 1.08
February	0.69	0.30 to 1.06
March	0.90	0.48 to 1.23
April	1.19	0.73 to 1.62
May	1.27	0.93 to 1.79
June	1.15	0.79 to 1.54
July	0.76	0.52 to 1.18
August	0.90	0.62 to 1.11
September	1.45	1.14 to 1.84
October	1.45	1.02 to 1.94
November	1.15	0.78 to 1.58
December	0.77	0.35 to 1.18

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 28 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Clear Ck nr Friendswood, TX (site 08077600). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

Today · Fri

79Go/ 100

Partly cloudyWaves 0.7 ft82°FRain 0%Wind 7 kt, gusts 10

Waves

0.6 ft @ 2s

Wind

4 kt

Gusts 10 kt

Water

77°F

Air

73°F

Water level

2.00 ft

Much above normal (91st)

Air quality

44 Good

Galveston Airport C1034 monitor, 11 km

National Weather ServiceBelow flood stage

Flood stage 12 ft. NWS reads 1.99 ft here.

NWS issues forecasts here only during high water.

Tides

Rising

High 1.4 ft at Sat 2:09 AM

Predicted at GALVESTON RAILROAD BRIDGE, 7 km away.

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Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF). Flood stages and forecasts: NOAA National Weather Service. Air quality: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality via EPA AirNow. Preliminary data, not verified. Tide predictions: NOAA CO-OPS, feet above mean lower low water. See full conditions →