Lake Travis wind forecast

Lake Travis is forecast at 10 mph from the S, gusting to 18 mph this hour — light chop water.

Next 9 days

The rating for each day is its windiest hour, not its average — a day that averages 5 mph but blows 12 in the afternoon is not glassy all day. Where a calmer window exists, it is called out.

DayWindMax gustRoughestCalmest
Fri, Aug 1410–10 mph21 mphlight choplight chop
Sat, Aug 155–10 mph21 mphlight chopglassy
Sun, Aug 160–10 mph20 mphlight chopglassy
Mon, Aug 170–5 mph14 mphglassyglassy
Tue, Aug 180–5 mph14 mphglassyglassy
Wed, Aug 195–10 mph17 mphlight chopglassy
Thu, Aug 205–5 mph17 mphglassyglassy
Fri, Aug 212–6 mph17 mphglassyglassy
Sat, Aug 225–5 mph13 mphglassyglassy

Hour by hour

HourWindGustTempWater
10 AM10 mph S18 mph86°Flight chop
11 AM10 mph S18 mph89°Flight chop
12 PM10 mph S20 mph92°Flight chop
1 PM10 mph S20 mph93°Flight chop
2 PM10 mph S20 mph95°Flight chop
3 PM10 mph S20 mph95°Flight chop
4 PM10 mph SSE20 mph95°Flight chop
5 PM10 mph SSE21 mph96°Flight chop
6 PM10 mph SSE21 mph93°Flight chop
7 PM10 mph SSE20 mph92°Flight chop
8 PM10 mph SSE20 mph91°Flight chop
9 PM10 mph SSE21 mph87°Flight chop
10 PM10 mph SSE21 mph86°Flight chop
11 PM10 mph SSE20 mph85°Flight chop
12 AM5 mph SSE20 mph84°Fglassy
1 AM5 mph SSE18 mph82°Fglassy
2 AM5 mph SSE17 mph81°Fglassy
3 AM5 mph SSE17 mph80°Fglassy
4 AM5 mph SSE16 mph79°Fglassy
5 AM5 mph SSE15 mph79°Fglassy
6 AM5 mph S14 mph79°Fglassy
7 AM5 mph SSE13 mph77°Fglassy
8 AM5 mph S13 mph79°Fglassy
9 AM5 mph S15 mph81°Fglassy
10 AM5 mph S16 mph86°Fglassy
11 AM10 mph S17 mph89°Flight chop
12 PM10 mph S17 mph92°Flight chop
1 PM10 mph S18 mph95°Flight chop
2 PM10 mph S18 mph95°Flight chop
3 PM10 mph S20 mph97°Flight chop
4 PM10 mph SSE18 mph98°Flight chop
5 PM10 mph SSE18 mph98°Flight chop
6 PM10 mph SSE18 mph99°Flight chop
7 PM10 mph SSE17 mph97°Flight chop
8 PM5 mph SSE17 mph94°Fglassy
9 PM5 mph SSE18 mph92°Fglassy

Times are Central. A dash means the forecast grid carries no value for that hour — for gusts that usually means none worth reporting, not a measured zero.

Reading these numbers

This is a forecast, not a sensor. There is no anemometer on the water here. These come from the National Weather Service grid covering the lake, refreshed hourly.

Gusts matter more than the average for a small boat, so they are listed separately rather than folded into the sustained wind.

Lake Travis is long, narrow and canyon-walled. Wind funnels along the channel, so the open water off Mansfield Dam and Windy Point can be considerably rougher than a protected cove at the same hour.

Mornings are usually calmest. The daytime heating that drives the afternoon southerly has not built yet — which is why the ski forecast targets Friday at 7 a.m.

Lake Travis water level — common questions

How windy is it on Lake Travis right now?

The forecast for Lake Travis this hour is 10 mph from the S, gusting to 18 mph, which puts the water at light chop. This is a National Weather Service forecast for the lake, not a reading from a sensor on the water.

What wind speed makes Lake Travis choppy?

On Lake Travis, water is described here as glassy below 6 mph of wind, light chop from 6 to 12 mph, and choppy above 12 mph. Gusts matter as much as the sustained wind for small boats, so they are listed separately rather than averaged in.

When is the calmest water on Lake Travis this week?

Of the next 9 days, Lake Travis looks calmest on August 22, topping out around 5 mph with gusts to 13 mph. Mornings are usually the calmest part of any day on the lake.

Is today a good day to ski on Lake Travis?

Lake Travis is forecast to reach 10 mph today with gusts to 21 mph, so the roughest part of the day rates as light chop.

Looking for a specific morning? The Friday Morning Ski Forecast on the homepage grades itself against what actually happened. Source: NOAA/NWS gridpoint EWX/146,97 (Lake Travis) · updated Aug 14, 2026, 10:32 AM CT.