Time Series

Water Level

• Galveston Pleasure Pier, TX
• North Jetty, TX
• Galveston Pier 21, TX
• Eagle Point, TX
• Morgan Point, TX

Currents

• Bolivar Roads, TX
• Morgans Point, TX

Salinity and Temperature

• Galveston Pleasure Pier, TX
• North Jetty, TX
• Eagle Point, TX
• Morgans Point, TX

Map Animations

Water Level

• Nowcast
• Forecast Guidance

Wind

• Nowcast
• Forecast Guidance

Current

• Stations Nowcast
• Stations Forecast Guidance
• Bay Field Nowcast
• Bay Field Forecast Guidance
• Channel Field Nowcast
• Channel Field Forecast Guidance

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Houston/Galveston Bay PORTS^®

Galveston Bay Operational Forecast System (GBOFS)

(Please click on the map pins below to access the time series plots)

Water Level	Wind	Currents
(Please click on the categories below to access animated map plots)
Nowcast	Nowcast	Stations Nowcast
Forecast Guidance	Forecast Guidance	Stations Forecast Guidance
		Bay Field Nowcast
		Bay Field Forecast Guidance
		Channel Field Nowcast
		Channel Field Forecast Guidance

On June 30, 2004, ship traffic in Galveston Bay, Texas, gained a new tool to assist in safe navigation. The Galveston Bay Operational Forecast System (GBOFS), created by NOAA's National Ocean Service, provides mariners, port managers and emergency response teams with present and future conditions of water levels, currents, temperature and salinity.

GBOFS "nowcast" (for present conditions) and "forecast" (for future conditions) products are generated by a three-dimensional hydrodynamic model that uses real-time and forecast data to predict this information at thousands of locations throughout Galveston Bay. The information GBOFS provides assists port managers and shippers in making decisions regarding maximum tonnage and passage times without compromising safety. For more information, click here.