Welcome to South Padre, the
Tropical Tip of Texas! Enjoy Real live web cam views of our
beautiful beaches with the South Padre Live Beach Cam™, the surf
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Get wet at
one of the top water parks in the country. Schlitterbahn Beach
has water slides and rides for visitors of all ages and also
features restaurants and evening entertainment.
Breakaway
Cruises of South Padre Island offers dolphin watches, sunset
cruises, fireworks cruises, snorkel trips, and more to make your
South Padre Island vacation complete.
With miles
of shallow, calm water in the Lower Laguna Madre and strong
winds coming off the Gulf of Mexico, South Padre Island is a
windsurfer's dream.
South Padre
Island's Sea Turtle, Inc. is dedicated to rescuing and
rehabilitating sea turtles, particularly the endangered Kemp's
Ridley. Sea Turtle, Inc. also offers education tours, giving
visitors an up-close look at these magnificent creatures.
South Padre
Island's Island Equestrian Center offers kids and adults alike
an opportunity to ride a horse on the beach on the desolate
stretches beach on the north side of South Padre Island.
Located in
Port Isabel, one of the oldest towns in Texas, the Point Isabel
Lighthouse served mariners along the Lower Texas Coast
throughout the Civil War and into the 1900s.
South Padre Island, a barrier
island on the Texas Gulf Coast, offers a plethora of activities. Whether
you are a tourist or local, South Padre Island offers something fun for
everyone and lots of attractions for people of all ages. For those who
love the beach, there are banana-boat rides, parasailing, surfing, kite
surfing, snorkeling, surf fishing, offshore fishing, scuba diving,
sailing, speedboats, leisure boats and many other types of beach-related
activities. On the shore there is horseback riding, bicycling, volleyball,
football, Frisbee, all kinds of photography and painting opportunities due
to the spectacular beauty of the scenery. You can even go shell-collecting
and make unique jewelry or shell art from your finds. Using
metal-detectors is also a popular hobby that produces rare treasures. Our
Beachcomber Museum offers real maps to real treasures that were lost among
sea-faring ships on their journeys. South Padre Island is rich in history
and offers historical sites and statues that tell exciting stories of
treasure, some found already and some waiting to be discovered yet.