Table 6 (Concluded) 



i Station Name 



NOS Station 

 No. 877- 



Comments 



NOS Chart Numbers 11313, 11314 

 San Antonio Bay, Aransas Bay 



San Antonio Bay - Short- 

 term or long-term station 





Establish station in San Antonio and determine whether it 

 should be long-term based on tidal characteristics and 

 dredging operation needs 



Copano Bay 



4513 





Rockport 



4770 1 



NOS long-term station 



NOS Chart Numbers 11308, 11309 

 Corpus Christi Bay, Corpus Christi Ship Channel 



Port Aransas 



5237 1 



Adjacent to Corpus Christi Ship Channel 



Port Ingleside 



5283 1 



Not strictly necessary, but has solid infrastructure; also, is 

 near intersection of GIWW and CC Ship Channel 



Texas State Aquarium 



5296 1 



Near the Corpus Christi harbor entrance 



CC Naval Air Station 



5421 1 



Test station for TCOON 



Packery Channel 



5792 1 





NOS Chart Number 11307 

 Corpus Christi Bay, Upper Laguna Madre, Baffin Bay 



Corpus Christi, Bob Hall 

 Pier 



58701 



NOS long-term open-Gulf station 



South Bird Island 



61391 



Marginally tidal 



Short-term stations 





Establish two or three short-term stations between South 

 Bird Island (marginally tidal) and Yarborough Pass (Baffin 

 Bay) (nontidal) to determine tidal characteristics along the 

 GIWW 



I NOS Chart Numbers 11304,11306,11308 

 j GIWW Land Cut, Port Mansfield 



I Yarborough Pass 



6687 1 



Nontidal 



EIToro 



7562 1 



Nontidal 



Rincon del San Jose 



7812 1 



Nontidal 



Short-term stations 





Establish one or two short-term stations between Rincon 

 and Port Mansfield stations to determine tidal 

 characteristics between the two locations 



Port Mansfield 



8490 1 



NOS long-term station; nontidal 



NOS Chart Number 11301 

 Arroyo Colorado, Lower Laguna Madre, Brownsville Ship Channel, Port Isabel 



Arroyo Colorado 



9038 



Nontidal i 



Short-term stations 





Establish two or three short-term stations between Arroyo 

 Colorado (nontidal) and the Port Isabel & SPI-CG (tidal) 

 stations to determine tidal characteristics along the 



GIWW 



Port Isabel 



97701 



Long-term NOS gauge 



South Padre Island, 

 Coast Guard Station 



9748 1 



Near Brazos Santiago Ship Channel and jetties 



Long-term open Gulf station 





If Cameron County rebuilds a fishing pier at South Padre 

 Island, re-establish a long-term Gulf station for dredging 

 operations at Brazos Santiago Entrance Channel 



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