Texas / Gulf Intracoastal Waterway /
Siever's Cut Bait Camp
Boat ramp · on Gulf Intracoastal Waterway · near Galveston · Texas
Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.
At the launch
- Type
- Boat ramp
- Fee
- $3.00
- Restrooms
- No
- Tidal
- Yes
- Coordinates
- 29.43050, -94.70970
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys (Galveston District; the one nearest this launch is of October 6, 2026). Not for navigation.
Conditions
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Tide predictions at Sievers Cove, Goat Island · NOAA, 0.1 mi away
Marine advisories
Advisories in effect load here; without them, see the NWS zone forecast below.
National Weather Service marine zone GMZ335, Galveston Bay. Zone forecast: winds, seas, warnings.
Tides
Predicted highs and lows at NOAA's Sievers Cove, Goat Island station, 0.1 mi from this launch, in local time above MLLW. Predictions, not observations: wind and weather move the real tide. Full predictions at NOAA.
| Mon Oct 19 | High 5:35 am 1.6 ft · Low 8:01 pm 0.6 ft |
|---|---|
| Tue Oct 20 | High 5:54 am 1.5 ft · Low 8:54 pm 0.7 ft |
| Wed Oct 21 | High 5:35 am 1.4 ft · Low 10:17 am 1.3 ft · High 1:11 pm 1.3 ft · Low 9:45 pm 0.8 ft |
| Thu Oct 22 | High 4:50 am 1.3 ft · Low 10:29 am 1.1 ft · High 3:22 pm 1.3 ft · Low 10:34 pm 0.9 ft |
| Fri Oct 23 | High 4:12 am 1.3 ft · Low 10:50 am 0.9 ft · High 5:18 pm 1.4 ft · Low 11:23 pm 1.1 ft |
| Sat Oct 24 | High 3:35 am 1.3 ft · Low 11:15 am 0.7 ft · High 7:08 pm 1.4 ft |
| Sun Oct 25 | Low 12:16 am 1.3 ft · High 3:15 am 1.4 ft · Low 11:47 am 0.5 ft · High 8:52 pm 1.6 ft |
On the river
River mile 342.9 on Gulf Intracoastal Waterway · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Mile Markers, placed between its mile markers
Sources: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Mile Markers.
Channel survey
The Army Corps surveys the channels it maintains and posts every survey.
- Gulf Intracoastal Waterway · 0.1 mi from this launch
Hydrographic survey of October 6, 2026 by the Galveston District. Least depth in the channel (002 High Island to Port Bolivar): 11 ft; project depth 13 ft. Survey sheet (PDF)
US Army Corps of Engineers hydrographic surveys, from eHydro. A survey shows the bottom on the day it was made; channels shoal after high water and change with dredging. Not for navigation.
On Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Canal in Texas. All launches on Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.
Community
Where people who use Gulf Intracoastal Waterway talk about it.
Nearby launches
- 17th Street, Bolivar Peninsula · 4.8 mi
- Erman Pilsner Public Boat Ramp · 4.8 mi
- Stingaree Marina · 7.3 mi · Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
- Sansom-Yarbrough Boat Ramp · 7.8 mi · Galveston Bay
- Noah J. Welch Boat Ramp · 8.6 mi · Galveston Bay
- J.H. Robbins Memorial Park · 9.3 mi · Trinity River
Sources
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Public Boat Ramps record 1571 · Public data (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department GIS), TPWD disclaimer; no use limitations stated
- Texas General Land Office Beach and Bay Access (Texas Coastal Access Program) record GAL018 · Public data (Texas General Land Office, Texas Coastal Access Program); GLO disclaimer, no use limitations stated
Why it is listed as public: listed by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Public Boat Ramps and Texas General Land Office Beach and Bay Access (Texas Coastal Access Program) (Texas General Land Office Beach and Bay Access (Texas Coastal Access Program) says commercial; the state agency's listing decides). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.