Texas /
Galveston Bay
Bay in Texas · 127,894 acres · near Bacliff, Baytown, Galveston, Kemah
Galveston Bay has 13 boat ramps listed as public.
Channel depths in feet from the Army Corps' surveys of March 19, 2026 to September 18, 2026. Not for navigation.
Channel surveys
- Texas City
Condition survey of September 18, 2026 by the Galveston District. Least depth in the channel (001 Bolivar Roads to Turning Basin): 41 ft; project depth 46 ft. Survey sheet (PDF) - Cedar Bayou
Hydrographic survey of September 3, 2026 by the Galveston District. Least depth in the channel (001 Houston Ship Channel to U.S. Steel Dock): 6 ft; project depth 11 ft. Survey sheet (PDF) - Clear Lake
Condition survey of March 19, 2026 by the Galveston District. Least depth in the channel (Entrance Channel): 7 ft; project depth 10 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.
Launches
- Bacliff Boat Ramp · Boat ramp · near Bacliff · free
- Bayshore Park · Boat ramp · near Bacliff · free
- Ben Blackledge Boat Ramp · Boat ramp · near Kemah · free
- Eagle Point Fishing Camp · Boat ramp · near San Leon
- Galveston Bay Boat Launch near Baytown · Boat ramp · near Baytown
- Galveston Bay Boat Launch near Surf Oaks · Boat ramp · near Surf Oaks
- Haney Park · Boat ramp · near Texas City · free
- Louis O. Schaper Boat Ramp · Boat ramp · near Texas City · free
- Noah J. Welch Boat Ramp · Boat ramp · near Galveston · free
- Sansom-Yarbrough Boat Ramp · Boat ramp · near Galveston · free
- Texas City Dike Boat Ramp · Boat ramp · near Texas City · free
- Thompson Fish Camp · Boat ramp · near Baytown
- Topwater Grill · Boat ramp · near San Leon
Community
Where people who fish, boat and paddle Galveston Bay talk about it. Lake associations, clubs and local groups will be added as we find them.