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Follets Island CMA (Christmas Bay / West Galveston Bay approaches)

Upper Texas Coast / Brazoria · Texas · the full record

Your trip

Kept on this device only. Nothing about your trip is sent anywhere.

Reading official sources…

Cannot tell

Cannot tell

Decided by: Closure check. Poor if any factor is poor. Otherwise cannot establish if access, launch or the closure check cannot be established, or if the trip needs a current reading that cannot be had. Otherwise conditional if any factor is conditional or unknown. Otherwise good.

  • Closure check

    Cannot tell

    The closure scan has not been read yet.

    Missing: The live read

  • Weather and water exposure

    Cannot tell

    The trip depends on weather or tide that cannot be read here.

    Missing: The live read

    How this works on the water

  • Regulations

    Fits with checks

    The rules have particular parts here; read them on the agency's page before you go.

    1 dated harvest closure on record

    Missing: Today's rules, read on the agency page

  • Logistics

    Fits with checks

    Permits, hours or parking limits are noted.

    permit

  • Checks on the day

    Fits with checks

    5 checks have to be done on the day.

    Review TPWD Coastal Management Areas page and Follets Island CMA map before travel. · Check current TPWD Outdoor Annual coastal regulations for target species. · Review NWS Houston/Galveston marine products and tide tables for Christmas Bay / Follets Island. · Confirm current Outdoor Annual dates. Federal reef-fish seasons if snapper/grouper targeted. · Same-day TPWD check required at https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/outdoor-annual/

  • Access certainty

    Fits

    3 named public sites on the official page.

    Follets Island CMA bay-side parking and foot access (three parking areas off Bluewater Highway / CR 257 toward the bay) · Bluewater Highway corridor published public beach access points on Follets Island (select named county beach access) · Other published public access to Christmas Bay approaches (select named public site only)

  • Access for a shore trip

    Fits

    Named shore or pier access is on the official page.

    Follets Island CMA bay-side parking and foot access (three parking areas off Bluewater Highway / CR 257 toward the bay) · Bluewater Highway corridor published public beach access points on Follets Island (select named county beach access)

  • Current official data

    Fits

    No official gauge is bound; flow and level are unknown here, not normal.

    Missing: A gauge on this water

  • Daylight and return

    Fits

    No times set; the sun times are printed.

    sunset 17:31 at the water · civil dusk 17:56 at the water

    How this works on the water

  • Documented hazards

    Fits

    No standing hazard is documented beyond wind and tide.

The check, in order

Record this check to see what changes next time.

  1. Closure languageCannot tell

    Not read yet.

    Official page
  2. WeatherCannot tell

    Not read yet.

  3. TideCannot tell

    No tide predictions are read for this water.

    NOAA tides
  4. RegulationsCheck

    Read today's rules on the agency page. 1 dated harvest closure on record.

    Regulations
  5. The site for this tripCheck

    Named shore or pier access is on the official page. Follets Island CMA bay-side parking and foot access (three parking areas off Bluewater Highway / CR 257 toward the bay); Bluewater Highway corridor published public beach access points on Follets Island (select named county beach access).

    Official page
  6. Official observationsCheck

    No official gauge is bound; flow and level are unknown here.

  7. On the dayCheck

    Review TPWD Coastal Management Areas page and Follets Island CMA map before travel.

    Official page
  8. On the dayCheck

    Check current TPWD Outdoor Annual coastal regulations for target species.

    Official page
  9. On the dayCheck

    Review NWS Houston/Galveston marine products and tide tables for Christmas Bay / Follets Island.

    Official page
  10. On the dayCheck

    Confirm current Outdoor Annual dates. Federal reef-fish seasons if snapper/grouper targeted.

    Official page
  11. On the dayCheck

    Same-day TPWD check required at https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/outdoor-annual/

    Official page
  12. Official accessEstablished

    3 named sites as of the page read on 2026-09-04. Confirm the one you use is open today.

    Official page
  13. Record freshnessEstablished

    The official page was last read automatically on 2026-09-04.

    Official page
  14. Daylight and returnEstablished

    No times set; the sun times are printed. sunset 17:31 at the water · civil dusk 17:56 at the water.

Hypothetical · you set this

What changes if…

These change a copy of the evidence, never a reading. Nothing here is a forecast.