South Padre Island is a HOLD today — bite score 55/100. It is fishable but marginal — pick your window. Best day this week: Sun, 16 Aug at 55/100.
Daily bite score (0–100) and GO / HOLD / WAIT verdict for South Padre Island, built from wind, swell, water temperature and rain. Higher is better. Swell shown for this open-coast location.
| Day | Verdict | Score | Wind | Swell | Rain | Temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, 16 Aug today | HOLD | 55/100 | 5 m/s SE | 0.6 m | 4% | 32°C |
| Mon, 17 Aug | HOLD | 55/100 | 6 m/s SE | 0.5 m | 7% | 31°C |
| Tue, 18 Aug | HOLD | 50/100 | 8 m/s SSE | 0.4 m | 3% | 30°C |
| Wed, 19 Aug | HOLD | 55/100 | 7 m/s SSE | 0.6 m | 0% | 30°C |
| Thu, 20 Aug | WAIT | 40/100 | 9 m/s SSE | 0.6 m | 0% | 30°C |
| Fri, 21 Aug | WAIT | 40/100 | 9 m/s SE | 0.5 m | 1% | 30°C |
| Sat, 22 Aug | HOLD | 50/100 | 7 m/s SSE | 0.5 m | 1% | 29°C |
Today is the pick of the week for South Padre Island — wind around 5 m/s, 0.6 m swell, 4% rain. If you can only get out once, this is the day to aim for.
Current fishing conditions for South Padre Island (Sunday, August 16, 2026). These inputs drive the bite score above — wind, swell, water temperature, rain probability and solunar timing all feed the forecast model.
Species typically active around South Padre Island, Texas in August. Always check current Texas regulations and bag and size limits before you keep anything.
The fish South Padre Island anglers chase year-round, inshore and off:
South Padre Island sits at the southern tip of Texas, where the Lower Laguna Madre — a shallow, hyper-saline, grass-rich lagoon — offers some of the best sight-casting for redfish and trophy speckled trout in the state, often in skinny, clear water made for fly and lure anglers. Its subtropical location adds snook and summer tarpon that more northern Texas bays rarely see. The Brownsville Ship Channel jetties and the nearshore Gulf bring kingfish, ling and the occasional big snook.
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