Matagorda Ship Channel is a ship canal through Matagorda Peninsula on the central Texas coast, leading from the Gulf of Mexico across Matagorda Bay to Port Lavaca and Point Comfort. The tide is predominantly diurnal and small, with a mean range of 1.10 ft (0.34 m) at the Matagorda Bay Entrance Channel station.
- Type
- Ship canal
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Setting
- Through Matagorda Peninsula on the central Texas coast, leading from the Gulf of Mexico across Matagorda Bay to Port Lavaca and Point Comfort
- Tidal range
- The tide is predominantly diurnal and small, with a mean range of 1.10 ft (0.34 m) at the Matagorda Bay Entrance Channel station.
- Notable
- The channel was completed in 1966 by US Army Corps of Engineers jetties cutting through Matagorda Peninsula, replacing the natural Pass Cavallo to the southwest as the principal entrance to Matagorda Bay (USACE).
