2,052 Altitude- 5 South Padre Island's beaches offer a variety of activities for visitors to the popular sight. General - Incorporated in 1973, This cute small resort town is located on the southern tip of Padre Island just across Laguna Madre. This bay separates South Padre Island from the mainland. Access is available via the free causeway on Park Road 100. Visitors find a wide range of accommodations from campgrounds and family motels to high-rise luxury hotels and condo rentals, marinas, and seaside cottages.
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.