@explainingourpast: Why does Galveston water sometimes turn clear? 🌊 Galveston’s water is usually cloudy because its shallow coastal waters make it easy for wind and waves to keep fine sediment stirred up. But when the wind calms down, that sediment finally gets a chance to settle—and changes in Gulf currents can also bring clearer water toward the island. That’s when Galveston can suddenly look completely different. Then the wind picks back up, the sediment gets mixed into the water again, and the clear-water days disappear. So that brown or green Galveston water you usually see? It isn’t simply “dirty water”—a lot of what you’re seeing is suspended sediment. Water color and swimming-water safety are separate issues. #Galveston #GalvestonTexas #TexasCoast #GulfOfMexico #OceanScience #Geology

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Nikki :

It’s the current and tides Aug-November are the best chances to see clear water

2026-09-17 02:06:25

Vicki Smith :

I never knew this.

2026-10-09 02:38:54

John Huskey :

A lot of the sediment comes from the Mississippi river. in the hot months there is a dead zone offshore in LA & TX. The wind velocity stirs up the sediment causing the muddy brown color.

2026-09-19 17:09:11

Explaining Our Past :

Have you ever caught Galveston on a clear-water day? 🌊

2026-09-16 19:52:40

D Toussaint :

Is it like that now

2026-09-18 03:08:31

Richard Solis :

I Call It Paradise

2026-10-11 00:42:43

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2026-09-17 08:40:17

B. Turner Trucking :

last week was nice until Saturday. now its brown again!

2026-09-29 01:33:02

ryan :

wow! good report!!

2026-09-19 13:21:08

deboraharmstrong1332 :

👍👍👍

2026-09-17 21:56:42

Lukonde Mambwe :

♥️

2026-09-17 22:49:06

feeldwalker73 :

🤩🤩🤩

2026-09-21 11:59:33

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