Nine Palms Cottage Port A

09/01/2023

Don’t forget, tomorrow is our Loggerhead Sea Turtle Release at 10am!!!

Location: Tony Amos Beach, Mustang Island Marker 35
It’s easiest to use beach access 1 at Palmilla Golf Course and turn right once you hit the beach.

We hope to see everyone there as we send off Treasure Island and Murphy!🐢

07/31/2023

Summer is almost over! Come and enjoy the ocean breeze and build sandcastles.

11/08/2022

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For those new to SandFest in Port Aransas, here's 7 things to know about the festival where sculptors craft amazing art on the sand.

04/06/2022

Here are some sculptors working yesterday on Logo Mountain, on the grounds of SandFest, which will run from Friday to Sunday, April 8 to 10, on the beach in Port Aransas. (South Jetty staff photo by Lee Harrison, © 2022.) A schedule of SandFest events, a map of the site, profiles on the sculptors and lots more is in a 60-page guide that we put together and inserted in the new edition of the South Jetty, hitting news stands all over Port Aransas today.
Other headlines in this edition:
• Campaign controversy over signs erupts;
• Longtime Port Aransas lawyer Jim Atwill is profiled;
• SandFest rules listed;
• SandFest organization raffling off deluxe golf cart;
• Editor May Judson writes about Candidates’ Night;
• Churches set Holy Week worship times;
• City of Port A makes offer on county property;
• “Grumpy Old Men” to open at Port Aransas Community Theatre;
• Sea turtle nesting season begins;
• Accident victim identified;
• Port Aransas High School track runners going to area meet;
• PAHS basketball players honored;
• Elementary school students earn awards for character;
• Jetty anglers reeling in sheepshead, drum;
• Greater amberjack season to reopen May 1.
Plus, check out a photo essay we put together on the Spring Celebration held recently at Roberts Point Park.
All this and much more is in this edition of the South Jetty, the most accurate and comprehensive source of news on all things Port Aransas. Subscribe to the print and/or online editions of the South Jetty or buy access to a single online edition at www.portasouthjetty.com.
*The sculptors in the photo with this post are, from left, Jeff Strong of Tacoma, Wash.; Greg Grady of Hampton Beach, N.H.; and Ted Siebert of Milwaukee, Wis.

03/11/2022

03/08/2022

It’s almost time!!

Announcing 2022 Texas SandFest!

April 8-10, 2022
3-Day Adult Admission - $20
3-Day Child Admission (Ages 6-12) - $5

We can't wait to see you on the sand!

02/28/2022

Stop in during Spring Break. Buy something fun while donating to save injured wildlife in Port A.