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Warmest beach in Texas

84 coastal locations in Texas ranked by year-round average sea temperature. The state-wide average is 23.8°C. The peak month is August at 30.1°C. Click any beach for its 30-day chart and 10-year history.

Warmest year-round

Brownsville

24.6°C annual mean

State-wide average

23.8°C

across 84 Texas coastal locations

Warmest month

August

30.1°C state-wide average

What the water feels like at peak in August

Water at this temperature is very warm and you should look to bathe only. Avoid any kind of strenuous swimming as there is a real risk of heat stroke at this temperature.

Texas monthly average 16.0°C to 30.1°C
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  • Warmest month August 30.1°C
  • Coldest month February 16.0°C
  • Annual mean 23.8°C
  • Months above 20°C 8 of 12

Month by month around the Texas coast

Texas sea temperatures swing from 16.0°C in February to 30.1°C in August on average across the coast. That's a spread of 14°C. Pick a single month for a focused ranking:

Texas sea temperature map

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Top 50 warmest beaches in Texas

Sorted by year-round average. Click any beach for its 30-day chart, monthly profile, and 10-year history.

# Location Annual mean
1 Brownsville Texas 24.6°C
2 Realitos Peninsula Texas 24.6°C
3 Padre Island, Brazos Santiago Pass Texas 24.6°C
4 Arroyo City Texas 24.4°C
5 Port Isabel Texas 24.4°C
6 South Padre Island Texas 24.4°C
7 Laguna Vista Texas 24.4°C
8 Mustang Island Texas 24.3°C
9 Aransas Wildlife Refuge (TCOON) Texas 24.2°C
10 Copano Bay State Fishing Pier Texas 24.2°C
11 Rockport Texas 24.2°C
12 Matagorda Texas 24.2°C
13 Laguna Madre Texas 24.1°C
14 Port Mansfield Texas 24.1°C
15 North Padre Island Texas 24.1°C
16 Padre Island Texas 24.1°C
17 Aransas, Aransas Pass Texas 24.1°C
18 Corpus Christi, Gulf Of Mexico Texas 24.1°C
19 Corpus Christi Naval Air Station Texas 24.1°C
20 Nueces Bay (TCOON) Texas 24.1°C
21 Packery Channel Texas 24.1°C
22 Port Aransas (H. Caldwell Pier) Texas 24.1°C
23 Port Ingleside, Corpus Christi Bay Texas 24.1°C
24 Texas State Aquarium, Corpus Christi Texas 24.1°C
25 White Point Bay Texas 24.1°C
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26 Aransas Pass Texas 24.1°C
27 Corpus Christi Texas 24.1°C
28 Port Aransas Texas 24.1°C
29 Freeport Texas 24.1°C
30 Surfside Beach Texas 24.1°C
31 Palacios Texas 24.0°C
32 Sargent (TCOON) Texas 23.9°C
33 Matagorda City (TCOON) Texas 23.8°C
34 Matagorda Bay Entrance Channel Texas 23.8°C
35 Sabine Bank Lighthouse, Texas Texas 23.8°C
36 Sabine (offshore) Texas 23.8°C
37 Freeport, DOW Barge Canal Texas 23.7°C
38 Freeport SPIP, Freeport Harbor Texas 23.7°C
39 Port Lavaca, Lavaca Causeway, Matagorda Bay Texas 23.7°C
40 Seadrift, San Antonio Bay Texas 23.7°C
41 USCG Freeport Texas 23.7°C
42 Port Lavaca Texas 23.7°C
43 Crystal Beach Texas 23.7°C
44 Galveston Pier 21, Galveston Channel Texas 23.6°C
45 Galveston Pleasure Pier, Gulf Of Mexico Texas 23.6°C
46 Galveston Railroad Bridge Texas 23.6°C
47 Galveston Texas 23.6°C
48 Jamaica Beach, West Bay, Galveston Bay, Texas Texas 23.6°C
49 Port Bolivar, Galveston Bay Texas 23.6°C
50 San Leon Texas 23.6°C

Coldest 10 in Texas

Same data, sorted the other way.

# Location Annual mean
1 Mesquite Point, Sabine Pass Texas 23.4°C
2 Rainbow Bridge, Neches River Texas 23.4°C
3 Sabine Pass (jetty), Texas Texas 23.4°C
4 Sabine Pass (north) Texas 23.4°C
5 Texas Point, Sabine Pass Texas 23.4°C
6 Port Arthur Texas 23.4°C
7 Anahuac Texas 23.4°C
8 Trinity Bay Texas 23.4°C
9 Barbours Cut, Morgans Point, Galveston Bay Texas 23.4°C
10 Galveston Bay Entrance, North Jetty Texas 23.4°C

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