South Padre Island Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – Texas)

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Break at the end of Hwy 100, South Padre Island photo

Photo credit: Chris Landry
Surf Break: South Padre Island

South Padre Island Spot ID:

Type: beach/Jetty

Reliability: inconsistent

Best: Swell ESE | Wind W

Sea Temperature Today is: 23.5 °C

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Saturday, 18 May 2013, 17:52 Local time

m, °C	Fri	Saturday 18
ft, °F	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Wave (m)	SE	SE	SE	SE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on

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South Padre Island in Texas is an exposed beach/Jetty break that does not work very often. The best conditions for surfing are during the hurricane season. Offshore winds blow from the west. Most of the surf comes fis in the form of windswells and the ideal wave direction is from the east southeast. The beach break provides left and right handers. Good surf at all stages of the tide. Sometimes crowded. Hazards include rips, obstacles, sharks and jellyfish.

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Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs

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For Coast Guard Station, South Padre Island, Texas, 66 miles from South Padre Island.

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	REMAINING
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South Padre Island Tide Times and Tide Chart

Live Weather:

At BUOY-RSJT2, 24 km from South Padre Island.

fresh winds from the SE

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Current weather near South Padre Island

Buoy Data:

At Corpus Christi Buoy, 42 miles from South Padre Island.

	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM
Data Age	4 hr	3 hr	2 hr	1 hr
Wave height (m)
Dominant period (s)	6	7	7	7

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Overall South Padre Island Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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Visitor Reviews of South Padre Island

mark nortness from UNITED STATES writes:

I lived on south padre island 20 years. when conditions are right i have seen world class surf,on average the surf is 2-3 stars. If this break had more consistent off shore winds it would be a solid 3 star break. an easy break for groms,and on those days a real challeng. water quality is good.accessability is very good for a small fee. Crowds, well it is the BEST surf spot in Texas and at times you can have it to yourself but they are comming!

2012-03-18

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to South Padre Island: (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Port Mansfield Jetty	6 mi
Second closest break	Port Isabel	38 mi
Third closest break	Cove	40 mi
Fourth closest break	South Padre Island	40 mi
Fifth closest break	Boca Chica	42 mi
Wave buoys nearest to South Padre Island:
Closest wave buoy	Corpus Christi Buoy	42 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Freeport Buoy	147 mi
Third closest wave buoy	West Gulf Buoy	233 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Galveston Buoy	249 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Bay of Campeche Buoy	380 mi
Tide stations nearest to South Padre Island:
Closest tide station	Queen Isabella Causeway (east end)	41 mi
Second closest tide station	Coast Guard Station, South Padre Island	42 mi
Third closest tide station	Queen Isabella Causeway (west end)	42 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Padre Island (South)	42 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Port Isabel	42 mi
Ski Resorts closest to South Padre Island:
Closest ski area	Ski Apache (United States)	676 mi
Second closest ski area	Sandia Peak (United States)	800 mi
Third closest ski area	Ski Santa Fe (United States)	804 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Sipapu Ski and Summer Resort (United States)	817 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Angel Fire Resort (United States)	819 mi
Town and city forecasts close to South Padre Island:
Closest city location	Harlingen (United States)	41 mi
Second closest city location	Brownsville (United States)	53 mi
Third closest city location	Matamoros (Mexico)	56 mi
Fourth closest city location	Weslaco (United States)	56 mi
Fifth closest city location	Edinburg (United States)	60 mi

The closest passenger airport to South Padre Island is Valley International (Harlingen) Airport (HRL) in USA, 61 km (38 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to South Padre Island is Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport (BRO), also in USA, 86 km (53 miles) away.
Third is General Servando Canales International (Matamoros) Airport (MAM) in Mexico, 102 km (63 miles) away.
Kingsville Nas Airport (NQI) in USA is 107 km (66 miles) away.
Mc Allen Miller International (Mcallen) Airport (MFE), also in USA is the fifth nearest airport to South Padre Island and is 109 km (68 miles) away.

South Padre Island break location map and break info

This is the Surf-Forecast page for South Padre Island, Texas. Use the tab navigation above to view South Padre Island sea temperature, South Padre Island photographs, South Padre Island detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, South Padre Island webcams, current wind from Texas live weather stations and South Padre Island tide predictions. The United States swell maps link will open up the big picture showing United States and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from United States wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around South Padre Island.

South Padre Island Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(United-States – Texas)

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Overall South Padre Island Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in May

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