Restaurants feature fresh seafood harvested daily from the Gulf. Other island activities include bicycling, tennis, shelling, and horseback riding on the beach . The South Padre Island Visitor Center provides detailed information about accommodations, activities, and events related to boating, sailing, fishing, and seashore recreation. Fishing - Available from the beach, piers and jetties where catches may include r edfish, speckled and sand trout, sheepshead, flounder, croakers, skipjack, and drum . Offshore species may include tarpon, sailfish, marlin, kingfish, mackerel, ling, pompano, bonita, red snapper, warsaw, and wahoo.
Marinas provide fuel, bait, tackle, launching ramps, and boat rentals.
Small boats with guides available for bay fishing. Island Equestrian - Take a romantic horseback ride along secluded beaches while savoring the beauty of miles of sand dunes encrusted with sea oats and beach morning glory along the Gulf of Mexico and Laguna Madre. Horses usually available from sunrise to sunset. Just north of town on Padre Blvd. 100 Padre Blvd.