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The Corpus Christi Estuary

The bays and TCOON monitoring stations (flag notation) within the Corpus Christi Estuary.

The Corpus Christi estuary as defined for DNR forecasting purposes, is composed of Corpus Christi Bay, Nueces Bay, and Oso Bay. This system communicates with the Gulf of Mexico near Aransas Pass through the Corpus Christi Ship Channel, with the Upper Laguna Madre at the south end of Corpus Christi Bay and with Redfish Bay at the north end of the bay. Freshwater inputs to Corpus Christi Bay include the Nueces River and the Cayo del Oso. The Corpus Christi Ship Channel runs through Corpus Christi Bay from the Port of Corpus Christi to the Gulf of Mexico at Port Aransas. The ship channel is 36 miles (58 km) long, 400 feet (122 m) wide, and 45 feet (14 m) deep. Corpus Christi Bay is also traversed by the Gulf Intra Coastal Waterway (GIWW), a 12 feet (3.7 m) deep and 125 feet (38.1 m) wide channel, that is used by barges to transport goods along the Gulf coast from South Texas to Florida. The average depth of the rest of Corpus Christi Bay is relatively shallow at about 10 feet (3.0 m).

For More Information on Corpus Christi Bay

Oceana (Provides general overview of key environmental and economic parameters) http://www.americanoceans.org/issues/pdf/corpus.pdf

Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program Publications http://www.cbbep.org/checkusout/library.html

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