Bob Hall Pier. I really don't...
Bob Hall Pier. I really don't like this pier because it is privately owned and you have to pay a dollar to walk on it. If you plan on fishing, you'll have to pay an extra dollar for your fishing pole.
2838 South Padre Island, Corpus Christi, Texas, 78415, United States
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How is the beach on north Padre? Seewead? Jelly fish? Oil?
Thanks so much
Rick
North Padre beaches are nice. Wide sandy beaches with dunes, but they can get a little crowded at times. Very little seawead, but jelly fish can at times be a problem, but not enough to worry much about.
If you drive onto the beach you will need to get a Nueces County beach access pass for your vehicle. They can be obtained at local area convenience stores. If you drive on the beach without one, you will get a ticket, and the Sherriff's dept. does patrol the beach.
Happy trails,
Marc
Although not the Mexican Riviera, Texas does boast some excellent beach areas. Those found in the north part of Padre Island are usually less visited then say Galveston further north or even South Padre Island. Driving in the beach seems to be a big pastime as you can drive about 100 miles I think. Swiming is great too, specially on nearby Mustang Island. You won't encounter too much sea weed, but as the other poster said watch out for jelly fish. Don't worry though, it's not Australia... the jelly fish won't kill you :).
saludos,
Fernando
PS: Camping and fishing are great activities to do in this area, make sure you have the required permits/licenses though.
Beaches are good. Not comprable to florida or cali, this is the gulf.
Seaweed, yes, Jellies, yes, oil, yes. the oil comes in as little tar balls thought.
Bob Hall Pier. I really don't like this pier because it is privately owned and you have to pay a dollar to walk on it. If you plan on fishing, you'll have to pay an extra dollar for your fishing pole.
In 1880, Richard Kemp of Key West sent a specimen to Samuel Garman at Harvard. The new species was named for Kemp. No one seems to know why the name 'ridely' is used.
Because of the population crash, the Kemp’s ridely is recognized by the world’s sea turtle scientists to be the most critically endangered sea turtle in the world.
310 Kemp’s ridelys, including 58 adults, have washed up dead on or near Padre Island in the past two years, more than any other place in the United States. The ratio of standings to nests is as much as 600 times higher along Padre Island than at Kemp’s primary nesting beach in Mexico.
A 1998 federal government report noted that female Kemp’s ridelys seeking to nest at Padre Island 'may have been reduced by half as a result of adult mortality at the beginning of the nesting season.'
The number of dead adult Kemp’s ridelys found in 1998 in Texas far exceeded the number found during each year since 1980.
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