Because of its small size, South Padre Island is often grouped with other towns along the Gulf Coast of Texas, such as Port Isabel and Brownsville, both of which make great daytrips. The town of ...

How far south does the Panhandle reach? Is Houston located in East Texas? Where does West Texas ... state’s seven barrier islands, the grand Padre Island among them. (Some might argue that ...

South Padre Island has the largest, most consistent, and best shaped waves on the coast of Texas thanks to its much shorter and deeper continental shelf. Picking almost all swell directions ...