Sea level variations resulting from wind forcing along the Louisiana-Texas shelf are examined on 5-month winter records. Local weather patterns during the winter are dominated by cold-front passages. The associated surface wind field is well organized, predominantly in the cross-shelf direction. Regional sea level response, however, shows considerable variability: it is mainly a response to alongshore wind at Galveston, but cross-shelf wind at Eugene Island. This spatially nonuniform response appears to be due to the different water depth over the inner shelf, which is shallower off Eugene Island and favors direct cross-shelf wind setup. A friction model is applied to each region, and the results compare well with observations.