North Padre Island Vacation Rentals

07/31/2024

Love Padre Island Madre morning views 🌊

07/11/2024

Yay 🐢

A Kemp’s ridley sea turtle hatchling release is scheduled for Sunday, July 14, 2024, at 6:45am on Malaquite Beach. Here are a few things to consider!

⚠️ IF THERE IS NO UPDATE TO THIS POST, THAT MEANS THAT THE HATCHLING RELEASE IS HAPPENING AS PLANNED. ⚠️

📞 Call the Hatchling Hotline at (361) 949-7163 before you drive out to the seashore to make sure the release is happening. The hotline is a recorded message you can call anytime day or night.

🌩️ Hatchling releases may be cancelled if the turtles have not hatched on the expected date, due to bad weather (ex. pouring rain, lightning on the beach, high winds), extreme high tides, or flooding over roadways, etc.

💲 Park entrance fees are required to enter the park year-round. To save time, purchase your entrance pass online BEFORE coming to the park.

🎟️ The $10 per vehicle one-day pass expires at midnight on the date of purchase. Do not purchase this pass the night before the hatchling release as it will be expired in the morning. Purchase your $10 per vehicle one-day pass the morning of the hatchling release only AFTER calling the calling the Hatchling Hotline to verify the release is happening.

🪪 Annual and lifetime pass holders do not need to pay the park entrance fee but must present their pass and ID at the entrance station.

🚗 Expect delays of up to 30-minutes entering the park. Hatchling releases take place on Malaquite Beach in front of the Malaquite Visitor Center. The visitor center is located 15-minutes south of the park entrance station. Once you arrive at the release site, you must park in a parking lot, walk across the visitor center deck (where the restrooms are located), down the ramp and out to the beach. Driving on Malaquite Beach to the hatchling release site is not permitted. If you have not been to the park before, take some time to look at a map of the park, and look over driving directions.

🐕‍🦺 Please leave your pets at home. Trained service animals, authorized under the ADA are allowed.

❓ For more information about how to prepare to attend a release, please visit go.nps.gov/HatchlingRelease

07/03/2024

06/29/2024

06/28/2024

06/14/2024

Just off our little island 🦈

A Texas angler reeled in a large hammerhead shark off the coast of North Padre Island in Corpus Christi, Texas, before releasing the 14-foot-long aquatic creature.

06/14/2024

Reminder: Tar balls are washing up along the shoreline so watch where you step!
You can carry some baby oil or mineral oil in your beach bag to help get it off of you! 😉

06/12/2024

“I do enjoy the water. I find it quite calming. It’s like swimming in a sea of my own fabulousness.” - Moira Rose

It’s great to enjoy the water, but one thing our visitors know well is that swimming in rivers, lakes, and oceans is very different from swimming in a pool, either at home or at a motel. You can encounter strong currents, high waves, and cold temperatures. Learning how to swim can help bring everyone home after a fun day in the water and let you truly enjoy the fabulousness. Fun fact: Moose are adept swimmers and can hold their breath underwater for a full minute. Nice.

Take a swimming class that teaches:

🏊 Basic swimming skills
🏊 Water survival skills
🏊 Water safety awareness

Learn more at: nps.gov/articles/swimming-safety.htm

Image: Nothing is more fabulous than a moose swimming at Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. Maybe a disgruntled pelican. Wait, do they swim?

05/17/2024

The annual Beach to Bay relay marathon will kick off bright and early at 7 a.m. Saturday and the temps are sure to kick off then too so stay hydrated!

04/24/2024

The Texas Sealife Center will have their 2nd release of the 2024 spring season!✨

For this release, we will be 4-5 Green sea turtles that have had FP tumors removed through surgery and have recovered from other injuries. Finally after a couple months of rehabilitation at our facility, now they are ready to head back into the Gulf of Mexico!🌊

The release will take place in a NEW LOCATION. Feel free to meet us at the new address below ! 🙌

04/22/2024

04/12/2024

Luigi and Fiona say 2️⃣ 🐾🐾 up for the amazing product from Nauti T's Creations LLC and thanks for shipping it to us so quickly!

04/11/2024

This weeks online edition of The Island Moon Newspaper is now available online at islandmoon.com

04/11/2024

04/05/2024

Thanks to Bonnie and Jeslyn for keeping our Superhost with their amazing cleanliness.

11/07/2023

This view never gets old. Be our guest in November. Weather still amazing and no crowds!

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