About Padre Island National Sheashore

The Padre Island National Seashore is located on North Padre Island, Texas and encompasses 80 miles of undeveloped beach between Corpus Christi and the Port Mansfield jetties. 56 miles of this beach area is isolated and designated "4 wheel drive vehicles only." It affords visitors the rare opportunity to truly "get away from it all." Whether the visitor is interested in surf fishing, shelling, bird watching or just enjoying a day sight seeing; a safari down the Padre Island National Seashore is an experience to remember.

The Coastal Bend of Texas is world renowned as a Mecca for both birds and bird watchers and the beach of the Padre Island National Seashore is certainly no exception. Spring migration is particularly spectacular. Among the species seen here are Pomarine and Parasitic Jaegers, Masked and Brown Boobies, Northern Gannets, Sooty and Audubon Shearwaters, Lesser Black Backed, Greater Black Backed, Sabine's and Glaucous Gulls, Black Legged Kittawake, Sooty Terns and half of the state's total of 6 sightings of Brown Noddy. A variety of shore, wading and diving birds are present year round.

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