| There are numerous Texas beaches to vacation | | | | waves. Galveston is a great place to ride |
| at, although most people think of flying or driving | | | | longboard and to learn how to surf, but surfers |
| to more well-known places like California and | | | | from other coasts will need larger, more powerful |
| Florida for their summer trips. While those places | | | | waves to keep their stoke. Those kinds of waves |
| are nice vacation spots for beach goers, Texas | | | | are found in South Padre, and sometimes in |
| has a few secrets that has those in the know | | | | Corpus Christi. |
| coming back year after year. | | | | Texas weather on the coast is purely tropical. |
| If you've ever walked into Pacific waters while | | | | While the rest of the country roughs it through |
| visiting California beaches, you know just how cold | | | | days of below freezing temperatures, Texans on |
| the water is. The water there does warm up | | | | the the Gulf Coast are usually in shorts. People |
| some during the summer, but California | | | | can be seen nearly every day of the year |
| vacationers never get to enjoy the 80 plus | | | | walking barefoot and jogging on Texas beaches, |
| degree water temperatures that Gulf Coast | | | | living up the tropical weather that most are |
| vacationers enjoy. Imagine getting into the water | | | | oblivious to. |
| and not shivering, but rather enjoying yourself, | | | | Privacy is another feature that Texas beaches |
| basking in the warm Texas sun. | | | | provide for locals and vacationers. As you know, |
| Surfers are likely to comment on the size of | | | | Texas is a very large state with miles of |
| waves they enjoy in the Pacific and Atlantic off | | | | undeveloped land. It also boasts over 370 miles of |
| the coast of Florida, but few know about the | | | | undeveloped coastline, so there is plenty of space |
| 8-12 foot epic waves in Texas that peel off the | | | | for people who want privacy, as well as for |
| ocean surface with perfect form. For years | | | | surfers wary of crowds in the water. In fact, one |
| surfers have claimed that "there's no surf in | | | | of the best things about vacationing and surfing |
| Texas," but the truth is those surfers had no idea | | | | on South Padre Island is that while enjoying epic |
| where to surf. They probably surfed in Galveston | | | | waves and tropical weather, there are relatively |
| which has fun longboard waves, but no 8-12 foot | | | | few surfers in the lineup. |