Well known as the best surf in Texas, South Padre Island has the biggest, most powerful, most consistent and best shaped waves by far than anywhere else on the Texas Gulf Coast. Fun surf year-round, with clear water and lots of empty waves make South Padre the #1 surfing destination for Texas surfers. If you want to catch the best surf in Texas here at South Padre Island, Spadre.com live surf cams and updated surf report gives you the up-to-the-minute report on conditions, and surf outlook for 3-5 days out

The waters surrounding our barrier Island provide for many unique opportunities. Swimming, fishing, dolphin watching, sailing, snorkeling, jet skiing, wind surfing, and kite boarding are just a few of the activities taking place daily in the Laguna Madre here at South Padre Island. The Island boasts some of the best fishing in the country. Whether you are going fishing off of the jetty, wade fishing along the beach or in the Laguna Madre, going on a bay fishing or offshore fishing charter, you are likely to hook into some red snapper, grouper, redfish, snook, flounder, trout, tuna, marlin and more. The Laguna Madre is a very popular spot for wind surfing and kite boarding, and is known as one of the best places in the United States to catch some good clean wind and ride in the beautiful shallow waters of the bay.

The only web cam that sees it all! The newest most powerful streaming pan/tilt/zoom camera ever built, Canon's VB-C60. With user controls to view the beach, surfing area, South Padre Island jetties, Boca Chica, Dolphin Cove, Queen Isabella Causeway, Laguna Madre, sunrise and sunsets over the Bay and Gulf, even 24hr night views of the Island and surf.