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Tidal Differences for Locations Around the Upper Texas Coast and Galveston Bay

Note: All calculations to be based on the Galveston Channel Tide heights.

                                        POSITION          TIME DIFFERENCE

      Upper Texas Coast
                                                             high   low
 Sabine Bank Lighthouse              29* 28' 93* 43'       - 1:46  -1:31
 Sabine Pass Jetty                   29* 39' 93* 50'       - 1:26  -1:31  
 Sabine Pass                         29* 42' 93* 51'       - 1:00  -1:15  
 Mesquite Point, Sabine Pass         29* 46' 93* 54'       - 0:04  -0:25  
 Galveston Bay Entrance, South Jetty 29* 20' 94* 42'       - 0:39  -1:05  
 Port Bolivar                        29* 22' 94* 47'       + 0:14  -0:06  



                                        POSITION          TIME DIFFERENCE

      Galveston Bay

 Texas City, Turning Basin           29* 23' 94* 53'      + 0:33   +0:41  
 Eagle Point                         29* 30' 94* 55'      + 3:54   +4:15  
 Clear Lake                          29* 34' 95* 04'      + 6:05   +6:40  
 Morgans Point                       29* 41' 94* 59'      +10:21   +5:19  
 Round Point, Trinity Bay            29* 44' 94* 42'      +10:39   +5:15   
 Point Barrow, Trinity Bay           29* 44' 94* 50'      + 5:48   +4:43  
 Gilchrist, East Bay                 29* 31' 94* 29'      + 3:16   +4:18  
 Jamaica Beach, West Bay             29* 12' 94* 59'      + 2:38   +3:31  
 Alligator Point, West Bay           29* 1O' 95* 08'      + 2:39   +2:33  
 Christmas Point, Christmas Bay      29* 05' 95* 10'      + 2:32   +2:31 
 
 Galveston Pleasure Pier.            29* 17' 94* 47'      - 1:06   -1:06  
 San Luis Pass                       29* 05' 95* 07'      - 0:09   -0:09  
 Freeport Habor                      28* 57' 95* 19'      - 0:44   -1:02 
 Pass Cavallo                        28* 22' 96* 24'        0:00   -1:20  
 Port O'Connor, Matagorda Bay        28* 27' 96* 24'         ---     ---  
 Port Lavaca, Matagorda Bay          28* 37' 96* 37'         ---     ---  
 Aransas Pass Channel                27* 50' 97* 03'         ---     ---  
 Riviera Beach, Baffin Bay           27* 17' 97* 40'         ---     ---  
 Padre Island (south end)            26* 04' 97* 09'      - 0:24   -1:45   
 Port Isabel                         26* 04' 97* 13'      + 1:02   -0:42  


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