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06/07/2024

06/07/2024

Saturday morning sees little shift to the east in the forecast track of Tropical Storm Beryl. Meteorologist Faith Colbert explains the impacts for the Texas ...

05/07/2024

Will Hurricane Beryl hit Texas? How will Beryl impact Corpus Christi? Details below!

Will Hurricane Beryl hit Texas? How will Beryl impact Corpus Christi? Details are slowly beginning to emerge, but uncertainty remains.

19/06/2024

With the heavy rain and flood risks approaching, many places have already announced changes to regular business hours.

11/03/2024

The bright blue and silver sea slugs may look like fun, but researchers warn they are nothing to play with.

09/03/2024

FYI.

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13/12/2023

We hope everyone can come out and join us at our sea turtle release! We will be releasing some of our patients back to their homes!🙌

13/12/2023

One marine science expert told 3News the species is relatively harmless once it washes up on shore.

01/09/2023

Tally, we hope that your journey back to Texas is uneventful, especially after the "ride" you've already been through.

Find out how far from home Tally strayed, and what's being done to bring the endangered turtle home to Texas.

06/07/2023

Highly recommend attending!

A Kemp’s ridley sea turtle hatchling release is scheduled for Monday, July 10, 2023, 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.

🚗 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

01/06/2023

Today officially kicks off hurricane season. Please be weather ready!

Today marks the official start of the Atlantic Hurricane Season. Hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30 each year, and typically sees an increase of storm activity from late-August through September.

Whether you live in the area or are planning a trip to the seashore this summer, make sure you are ready to weather any storm.

📻 Listen frequently to radio, TV, or NOAA Weather Radio.
⛽ Fuel your vehicle.
🥫 Stock up on batteries, food that will keep, first aid supplies, drinking water, and medications.
💵 Have cash on hand in case power goes out and ATMs don’t work.
👮‍♀️ Follow instructions from local officials and leave if ordered.

For more information on how you can prepare, download The Official South Texas Hurricane Guide from our friends at the US National Weather Service Corpus Christi Texas by following this link: https://www.weather.gov/crp/hurricaneguide



Background satellite image of Hurricane Harvey taken from NOAA’s GOES East satellite on Aug. 25 at 10:07 a.m. EDT (1407 UTC) clearly showed the storm’s eye as the storm nears landfall in the southeastern coast of Texas. Photo credit: NASA/NOAA GOES Project

20/05/2023

If you’ve come into the park recently, you may have noticed our beaches aren’t exactly beachy. But looks can be deceiving. For several days we’ve had sargassum washing in and although it might not look nice, sargassum is an important component of beach health.

Sargassum is a brown, macroalgae that spends its entire lifecycle afloat. When out at sea, sargassum provides habitat, food, protection, and breeding grounds for hundreds of diverse marine species, such as sea turtles, snails, crabs, fish, and shrimp.

Once on shore, sargassum might make the beach seem unsightly, but as it breaks down, it’s very beneficial. Many shorebirds such as ruddy turnstones, sanderlings, and plovers can be see foraging for invertebrates and stranded sargassum inhabitants in the decomposing seaweed. Sargassum also stabilizes the shoreline by adding nutrients to coastal soils and promoting the growth of dune plants, like railroad vine.

Although it may not appeal to beachgoers, sargassum is very beneficial for the beach. And just like people, beaches need restoration. You can think of sargassum as a kind of a like getting a seaweed wrap or a facial at a spa. So please pardon the sargassum, our beach is having a spa day! 💆🛀



The photo shows a layer of sargassum that washed in on May 9, 2023, along Malaquite Beach. The sargassum is now starting to dry out and blow into the dunes. NPS Photo/ Kelly Taylor

17/05/2023

🟨🟦 WHO IS PUTTING THESE FLAGS ALL OVER THE BEACH? 🟨🟦

That would be Padre Island National Seashore’s Division of Sea Turtle Science and Recovery. The flags mark sea turtle tracks and nests during the summer. Two colors of flags are used: yellow and blue. It is important to mark the tracks before they blow away in the wind.

Yellow flags mark the sea turtle’s flipper impressions left in the sand. These tracks are clues that lead to her nest. Where the turtle’s inbound and outbound tracks meet is an indication of where the nest is found.

Blue flags mark where a nest has been excavated. Even though there are no longer eggs in this area, biologists temporarily leave the blue flags on the beach in case more data is needed from a nesting site. Biologists will remove the yellow and blue flags at the end of the nesting season.

If you witness someone tampering with the flags, sea turtle nests or eggs, please report it as soon as possible by calling 1-866-TURTLE-5 or telling any park official!

For more information about sea turtles and how you can help go to go.nps.gov/SeaTurtles

17/04/2023

The Arribada flag is flying high at the national seashore!

11/03/2023

Just a heads up if you plan to visit the Corpus Christi beaches during spring break.

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29/09/2022

28/08/2022

It's amazing what washes up on the beaches!

22/06/2022

If you're in the area on Friday, I highly recommend going!

In anticipation of the second public hatchling release on Friday (6/24/2022) morning at 6:45am at Malaquite Beach behind the visitor center, we want to help you !

‼️ 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!

🐢 Please understand that the release may be cancelled if the turtles have not hatched. Remember, just like human births, sometimes the turtles hatch early and sometimes they may hatch late. The release dates are chosen when there is the greatest probability of hatchlings ready for release, but nature makes no guarantees.

⚡ The release may be cancelled due to bad weather (ex. pouring rain, lightning on the beach, high winds), extreme high tides, flooding over roadways, etc. for the safety of all involved.

💲 Entrance fees will be charged the morning of the hatchling release. To expedite the entry process, we are strongly encouraging visitors to purchase their entry pass online at www.Recreation.gov BEFORE coming to the park. (Cell reception is spotty on the way to and at the national seashore, so don't plan on getting your pass on the way!) Have a printed copy or a digital QR code of your receipt ready on your phone to show the rangers at the entrance station, and you’ll be on your way!

A few notes about entrance fees:

📝 Do not purchase the $10 per vehicle, per day pass the night before the release because 1.) it expires at midnight the day of purchase, so it won’t be valid the morning you come in and 2.) the release might not happen for one or more of the reasons listed above. Purchase your $10 per vehicle, per day pass AFTER calling the Hatchling Hotline to verify that a release is happening!

📝 If you have any of the annual or lifetime passes listed here
https://www.nps.gov/pais/planyourvisit/fees.htm you do NOT need to pay the entry fee for the day but you MUST present your pass and ID at the entrance station.

🚗 Driving the posted speed limit of 45 mph, the release site is located about 15 minutes from the 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.

❓ For additional information about how to prepare to attend a release, please visit https://www.nps.gov/pais/learn/nature/hatchlingreleases.htm

26/05/2022

FYI.

The dolphin has become accustomed to humans and is now displaying dangerous behavior. It should be avoided at all costs.

28/04/2022

Good info!

If you’ve strolled along the shoreline on the Laguna side of the island, you’ve likely noticed the piles of dead seagrasses. Not to be confused with seaweed, which are actually algae, seagrasses belong to a group of plants called monocotyledons that include grasses, palms and lilies. Even though seagrasses live under water, they need water, nutrients, and light to grow like their terrestrial cousins. The Laguna Madre is prime habitat for seagrasses because it is shallow; they are unable to grow in deeper water because light pe*******on into water decreases as the water gets deeper.

During the summer when the days are long, seagrasses put a lot of energy into growing blades. As the seasons progress, the amount of daylight decreases. In response, seagrasses shed their blades, just like trees shed leaves. Throughout the winter and into early spring, Mother Nature “rakes” up the shed seagrass blades during storms and deposits them on the shoreline. The decaying blades of grass support a diverse community of decomposers that are consumed by hungry shorebirds and other critters that pick through the piles.

16/03/2022

FYI, in case you're planning on building a campfire on the beach.

If you're planning on building a campfire, please make sure to follow our beach rules. Remember, campfires are not allowed on North Beach or McGee Beach. See complete beach rules at www.cctexas.com/springbreak.

25/12/2021

Wishing all a very Merry Christmas! 🎄

21/08/2021

More info about beach conditions.

20/08/2021

FYI.

Although Tropical Storm Grace kept her distance, we are still seeing impacts from the storm in the Gulf. As a result, there is a HIGH risk of rip currents for Gulf-facing beaches and swimming is NOT recommended. Unlike other beaches in the area, there are NO lifeguards at Padre Island National Seashore.

If you choose to enter the water and find yourself caught in a rip current, DON'T FIGHT THE CURRENT by trying to swim against it. Swim parallel with the shore until the current weakens, then return to shore. If you cannot escape the current, float or tread water until the current dissipates or help arrives.

Learn more about rip current survival by visiting https://oceantoday.noaa.gov/ripcurrentfeature/

29/06/2021

Remember to do the "stingray shuffle" when you enter the waters here on the coast.

There’s no dancing around the fact that sting rays live in the ocean. Or is there?

On Texas beaches, swimmers sometimes report “weird stuff” touching them before going “AHHH!”, followed by uncomfortable pain. Let’s be honest, no one wants to go home with an ouchie from Padre Island National Seashore, so don’t forget to dance around it – do the sting ray shuffle!!!

Turn up the music and dance to your favorite beat because:

Splish splashing in the water and I shuffle my feet,
Because the sting rays and I don’t wanna meet.
Sliding my toes will give them a safe nudge,
It might look silly but before you judge,
When you don’t shuffle you can step on their head,
Hurts so bad it’ll make you see red!
The sting ray shuffle will send them away
Giving me a safe place to play!

NPS Photo/Dustin Baker