Bayou Vista, Texas Weather
Bayou Vista, Texas — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Bayou Vista, Galveston County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Bayou Vista. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Bayou Vista is published on the Scholes International At Galveston Airport (KGLS) page, 10 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Bayou Vista have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Bayou Vista: Pearland Regional Airport (KLVJ) 36 km · Ellington Airport (KEFD) 38 km · La Porte Municipal Airport (KT41) 40 km · William P. Hobby Airport (KHOU) 48 km · RWJ Airpark (K54T) 49 km
Conditions reported at KGLS describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bayou Vista specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Bayou Vista, Texas
Bayou Vista breathes a humid, salty air, a place where the land surrenders to the water in a gentle, watery embrace. It lies 4.5 miles south-south-west of Texas City, TX (from Texas City, TX: bearing 209°T), and is situated 8.7 miles west-north-west of Galveston. Low-lying and verdant, it’s a mosaic of canals and cul-de-sacs, where houses rise on stilts, their decks often serving as front yards. The sky here feels immense, a vast canvas that can turn from an insistent, bright blue to a bruised, dramatic grey with startling speed, reflecting in the placid surfaces of the bayous. Palm trees, their fronds rustling like secrets in the breeze, punctuate the landscape, and the constant hum of cicadas forms a subtle soundtrack to the slow unfolding of days. The very character of Bayou Vista is defined by this constant, fluid interaction between solid ground and the ever-present, encroaching waterways, an existence lived on the edge of both. The history of Bayou Vista is intrinsically tied to the ebb and flow of the Gulf Coast's development, a story of resilience and adaptation. This land, once part of a broader coastal plain, saw its character reshaped by human hands seeking to harness its watery bounty. The local economy has long been influenced by its proximity to the sea and its intricate network of channels, with fishing and marine-related activities forming a quiet backbone. While not a hub of grand historical monuments, Bayou Vista carries the subtle imprint of generations who learned to live with the tides, their lives a testament to the enduring appeal of coastal living. The distinctive rhythm of life here is one of quiet contentment, punctuated by the distant calls of seabirds and the gentle lapping of water against pilings.
Live animated radar for Bayou Vista and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Bayou Vista, Galveston County, Texas |
| Coordinates | 29.326347°N, 94.938534°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 77563 |
| Area Code | 281 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bayou Vista, Texas Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bayou Vista, Texas, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Bayou Vista includes coordinates 29.326347°N, 94.938534°W, situated in Galveston County. ZIP code 77563. Telephone area code: 281. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
