Today — right on the edge.
Sources & confidence
Compiled by the spearo sea-state engine · How it works →
The verdict comes from seven water factors and hard safety gates — not ten tabs. Go or stay.
Our own model
Our own forecast engine — not a third-party widget. It weighs these water factors into one go-or-stay verdict for this coast; the 0–10 dial is that verdict, read out as a number.
Safety gates
It all folds into a single 0–10 score and one verdict: go or stay.
A forecast, not a guarantee — the sea has the last word.
Where to get in, where to hunt
Wind, wave and the swell windows — when to go and the best hours.
The day is picked above, in the hero. Here are that day's windows, the hour-by-hour map and the trends. Tap a window to break down the conditions.
Leave your email — and the moment a window opens at South Padre Island, we'll send the go / no-go verdict. Email is all we need.
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Visibility and what drives it — post-storm clearing, river plume, temperature and the thermocline.
spearo.app folds wind, wave, swell period, visibility, tides, water temperature and risk into a single verdict — go to the spot or not. It computes 7 days ahead from open marine models (Open-Meteo, IPMA), with no sign-up and no accounts. Built for solo spearfishing off the rocks, where any mistake costs dearly.
Now live: 3016 spots across 406 stretches of coast — mainland Portugal, Madeira and the Azores.
See all spotsRelief and bottom type, tides, and the depths of each spot.
The models set the window. Whether you go in is read only at the water: count the sets, watch the surge on the entry. If in doubt, you don't get in.
Scouted entries, coloured by today. The colour is the sea state at the spot, not a guarantee: the wash and a slippery entry you judge on site.
Open the seafloor mapBougainvillaea Circle - Beach Access14: you go in from the shore, some 1.6 km from South Padre Island. The pin sits at 26.115 N / 97.164 W on the chart. The pin is about 50 m from the shoreline. The deepest water here is close to 2.0 m.
Google MapsBrazos Santiago Pass jetties in 8 m — the cleanest water on the whole Texas coast, far from the big river outflows. Sheepshead, flounder and snapper.
Google MapsGay Dawn Circle - Beach Access 20: you go in from the shore, some 2.6 km from South Padre Island. Access type in the Texas GLO data: beach. Coordinates of the entry: 26.125 N, 97.166 W. The marked spot lies about 60 m from the waterline. Expect no more than about 2.0 m of water.
Google MapsShore access point Gulf Circle - Beach Access 3, roughly 0.9 km from South Padre Island. Access type in the Texas GLO data: beach. Marker position: 26.098° N, 97.161° W. The deepest water here is close to 2.0 m. Open water shows only over a narrow sector, to the east.
Google MapsShore access point Starlight Circle - Beach Access 17, roughly 2.1 km from South Padre Island. Mapped by Texas GLO as a beach. Coordinates of the entry: 26.120 N, 97.165 W. Expect no more than about 3 m of water.
Google MapsThe full spot briefing is part of the subscription: entry, bottom, hazards, tide window.
Open in the appThe full spot briefing is part of the subscription: entry, bottom, hazards, tide window.
Open in the appThe 144 m training ship Texas Clipper, reefed in 28 m — the most emblematic wreck in Texas. Red snapper and amberjack over the hull; a scuba dive, and a full day out of the pass.
Google MapsThe full spot briefing is part of the subscription: entry, bottom, hazards, tide window.
Open in the appSOLO is the biggest risk: underwater you can black out from lack of oxygen silently and fatally, with no one around. Solo is never truly «safe». Below are the best weather windows; carry a buoy, tell someone your plan and exit time, and any doubt — don't go.
Cameras, map and reference — to hand as you come up.
Check the cam BEFORE you leave. Foam, brown/green murk, or waves washing the entry rocks = No-go. At night/in fog the cam is useless — treat it as «unknown», NOT «green».
US spearfishing law is state-by-state. License, spearable species, powerhead rules and distances vary; federal sanctuaries (Gray's Reef, the Keys, Flower Garden Banks) ban spearfishing. Always confirm with the state agency and local ordinances.
South Padre Island has rock entry points such as Brazos Santiago Pass Jetties, PS-1122 Texas Clipper Reef and PS-1105 RGV Reef. Brazos Santiago Pass jetties give the clearest water on the Texas coast, with the Texas Clipper wreck offshore. Below you'll find each spot (access, shelter and hazards) and today's forecast.
Apr–Oct; NONGAME fish only by spear (gamefish pole-and-line only), rigs-to-reef.
Murky nearshore, 22–29 °C; clear water on the offshore reefs/rigs.
Advanced/offshore: nongame only; clear water on the rigs-to-reef offshore.
Yes — in South Padre Island almost certainly, but the licence is the STATE's, not a federal one: nearly every coastal state requires its own saltwater fishing licence, and several add a free registration or an extra endorsement on top (Florida's free State Reef Fish Survey for reef fish, Texas's saltwater endorsement, California's Ocean Enhancement Validation). Hawaii asks nothing of residents and charges visitors the NRMFL. What may be speared, and with what gear, is state law too — the price and the details depend on the state, so read the «Law» block below.
