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T4Rgurl · May 22, 2019

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6? That's pretty good if you mean in Texas.
I guess you have to define clean...
For many years a lot of plastic trash, light bulbs etc would wash up on any part of the Texas gulf cost, I assume mostly from the rigs, ships etc. Not as bad as it use to be. Another thing is that back in the early '70's brown pelicans just disappeared from the Galveston, Surfside, Corpus areas for about 15 years...I think it was from the use of DDT pesticides....weakened egg shells. After banning that stuff...we have brown pelicans on the upper coast now.
Some beaches, Galveston/seawall/pocket parks, Corpus, South Padre in the more public access areas they actually rake/clean the beach areas.
Most of my 'beach' activities for years have been #1 surfing, then two person sand volleyball tournaments, racing sailboats and fishing. The Texas Gulf coast especially the upper coastal areas, Surfside/Galveston are the 'armpit' of the Gulf...brackish water in general that actually comes mostly from the Mississippi river, basically a big turning toilet bowl in addition the Continental shelf is about 180 miles out(I think, can't remember the distance) before it drops much deeper. Which also makes a difference with sediment off the bottom getting stirred up. Though for instance go just on the other side of the Mississippi river, Gulf Shores, AL and especially Pensacola, FL., sand and water is way cleaner.
In Texas, the further south you go the better the water clarity and slightly the sand.
And depending on the weather, currents etc I have seen a few times where the 'blue' water actually came in all the way to the beach area in Galveston...rare...but it has happened, typically in late August, September.
Wife and I go down to San Luis Pass to the backside of Galveston island to hang out, she paddle boards. It's really nice in the late afternoon/early evening. Best to have 4x4 though if you know what you are doing you can get out there with 2x2.
Other decent beaches:
Freeport side of San Luis Pass, can drive anywhere on the beach, very few people.
Quintana side of Surfside, you can drive pretty far down till a cut in the island, Brazos River, very few people.
Sargent Beach, use to surf there occasionally years ago. Weird that iut has like clay cliffs about 4-5 ft. high in some places right on the beach. You can drive pretty far north on the island/beach till a cut, same for driving south, like no people.
Matagorda beach, drive north on beach till a cut way up.
Next beach access area is Aransas Pass, south.
Get between Aransas Pass and the 'Fish Jetties, not many people.
Packery Channel jetties, when there is surf typically north side is good. Lot's of people during beach season.
Bob Hall Pier, lots of people.
North Padre, wife and I drive way down the beach there and set up a canopy, eat, hang out. Water is always really nice, big sand dunes(cant drive on them).
It's been years but I have driven all the way down to Port Mansfield Cut from the North Padre side(in a Isuzu Trooper 4x4). It was typically a 4 hr. drive depending on the tide. If tide is low you can haul butt on the hard pack, about 3 hrs. If tide was up driving in soft sand areas, about 4 to 5 hrs. don't really remember. Good surf on north side, great fishing. In the channel always saw Black tip sharks...never saw any in the surf...though it's the sea...
Mansfield is a camping trip.
South Padre, drive up through Andy Bowie Park to the north. Takes about 2 hrs depending on the tide to get to Mansfield Cut. There are typically a few tricky areas, meaning really soft deep sand and not really passable. Just in general follow the tracks where everyone else goes, you will get to the cut/jetties.
On the Boca Chica side of South Padre, it's a long road out to the beach, you will also pass the new SpaceX launch complex.
Once you get out to the beach drive north to the South Padre jetty. Beach condition depends if you need 4x4.
So I mention these places since if I go to the beach to just hang out I prefer no or few people.
For clean beaches, I have surfed in 14 countries, US East/West coasts, and Hawaii multiple times. Can't really compare to those places in general other than better surf, better beaches.
Texas beaches, better than beaches in Kansas....
Pics from a few weeks ago at San Luis Pass...crappy images from cell phone.

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Wow absolutely perfect information <3 thanks so much for your time!
Yes the beaches were Texas
Port O’Conner/ port lavaca
Matagorda
South padre
Corpus
Galveston
Jamaica beach so far
I liked south padre but so far away and I like matagorda area but nothing to do but chill. Hated corpus except aquarium lol . The others were small n boring as well but nice and Galveston , well, there’s things to do but meh
We also did kemah boardwalk and where we stayed it was a cute little town, from where we explored.
Thanks again, that helped a lot . I’m so into details

Bigdaddy4760 · May 22, 2019

T4Rgurl said: ↑

Wow absolutely perfect information <3 thanks so much for your time!
Yes the beaches were Texas
Port O’Conner/ port lavaca
Matagorda
South padre
Corpus
Galveston
Jamaica beach so far
I liked south padre but so far away and I like matagorda area but nothing to do but chill. Hated corpus except aquarium lol . The others were small n boring as well but nice and Galveston , well, there’s things to do but meh
We also did kemah boardwalk and where we stayed it was a cute little town, from where we explored.
Thanks again, that helped a lot . I’m so into details
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Biscuits · May 22, 2019

SurfratTX said: ↑

6? That's pretty good if you mean in Texas.
I guess you have to define clean...
For many years a lot of plastic trash, light bulbs etc would wash up on any part of the Texas gulf cost, I assume mostly from the rigs, ships etc. Not as bad as it use to be. Another thing is that back in the early '70's brown pelicans just disappeared from the Galveston, Surfside, Corpus areas for about 15 years...I think it was from the use of DDT pesticides....weakened egg shells. After banning that stuff...we have brown pelicans on the upper coast now.
Some beaches, Galveston/seawall/pocket parks, Corpus, South Padre in the more public access areas they actually rake/clean the beach areas.
Most of my 'beach' activities for years have been #1 surfing, then two person sand volleyball tournaments, racing sailboats and fishing. The Texas Gulf coast especially the upper coastal areas, Surfside/Galveston are the 'armpit' of the Gulf...brackish water in general that actually comes mostly from the Mississippi river, basically a big turning toilet bowl in addition the Continental shelf is about 180 miles out(I think, can't remember the distance) before it drops much deeper. Which also makes a difference with sediment off the bottom getting stirred up. Though for instance go just on the other side of the Mississippi river, Gulf Shores, AL and especially Pensacola, FL., sand and water is way cleaner.
In Texas, the further south you go the better the water clarity and slightly the sand.
And depending on the weather, currents etc I have seen a few times where the 'blue' water actually came in all the way to the beach area in Galveston...rare...but it has happened, typically in late August, September.
Wife and I go down to San Luis Pass to the backside of Galveston island to hang out, she paddle boards. It's really nice in the late afternoon/early evening. Best to have 4x4 though if you know what you are doing you can get out there with 2x2.
Other decent beaches:
Freeport side of San Luis Pass, can drive anywhere on the beach, very few people.
Quintana side of Surfside, you can drive pretty far down till a cut in the island, Brazos River, very few people.
Sargent Beach, use to surf there occasionally years ago. Weird that iut has like clay cliffs about 4-5 ft. high in some places right on the beach. You can drive pretty far north on the island/beach till a cut, same for driving south, like no people.
Matagorda beach, drive north on beach till a cut way up.
Next beach access area is Aransas Pass, south.
Get between Aransas Pass and the 'Fish Jetties, not many people.
Packery Channel jetties, when there is surf typically north side is good. Lot's of people during beach season.
Bob Hall Pier, lots of people.
North Padre, wife and I drive way down the beach there and set up a canopy, eat, hang out. Water is always really nice, big sand dunes(cant drive on them).
It's been years but I have driven all the way down to Port Mansfield Cut from the North Padre side(in a Isuzu Trooper 4x4). It was typically a 4 hr. drive depending on the tide. If tide is low you can haul butt on the hard pack, about 3 hrs. If tide was up driving in soft sand areas, about 4 to 5 hrs. don't really remember. Good surf on north side, great fishing. In the channel always saw Black tip sharks...never saw any in the surf...though it's the sea...
Mansfield is a camping trip.
South Padre, drive up through Andy Bowie Park to the north. Takes about 2 hrs depending on the tide to get to Mansfield Cut. There are typically a few tricky areas, meaning really soft deep sand and not really passable. Just in general follow the tracks where everyone else goes, you will get to the cut/jetties.
On the Boca Chica side of South Padre, it's a long road out to the beach, you will also pass the new SpaceX launch complex.
Once you get out to the beach drive north to the South Padre jetty. Beach condition depends if you need 4x4.
So I mention these places since if I go to the beach to just hang out I prefer no or few people.
For clean beaches, I have surfed in 14 countries, US East/West coasts, and Hawaii multiple times. Can't really compare to those places in general other than better surf, better beaches.
Texas beaches, better than beaches in Kansas....
Pics from a few weeks ago at San Luis Pass...crappy images from cell phone.

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Great information. I've saved this for future reference.

T4Rgurl said: ↑

Wow absolutely perfect information <3 thanks so much for your time!
Yes the beaches were Texas
Port O’Conner/ port lavaca
Matagorda
South padre
Corpus
Galveston
Jamaica beach so far
I liked south padre but so far away and I like matagorda area but nothing to do but chill. Hated corpus except aquarium lol . The others were small n boring as well but nice and Galveston , well, there’s things to do but meh
We also did kemah boardwalk and where we stayed it was a cute little town, from where we explored.
Thanks again, that helped a lot . I’m so into details
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Galveston is what is closest, so people here make do. It has it's nice places and charm. Unfortunately, Go Topless celebration and others destroy much more than the beach itself and really puts a damper on the Island.

Kemah Boardwalk is a tourist trap, unfortunately. Next time you're down here I can make a small list of things to do, visit, and eat if you're interested.

T4Rgurl · May 22, 2019

Biscuits said: ↑

Great information. I've saved this for future reference.

Galveston is what is closest, so people here make do. It has it's nice places and charm. Unfortunately, Go Topless celebration and others destroy much more than the beach itself and really puts a damper on the Island.

Kemah Boardwalk is a tourist trap, unfortunately. Next time you're down here I can make a small list of things to do, visit, and eat if you're interested.
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We went to kemah in the winter lol and yes that would be awesome ! Thanks so much!!

SurfratTX · May 22, 2019

Biscuits said: ↑

Great information. I've saved this for future reference.

Galveston is what is closest, so people here make do. It has it's nice places and charm. Unfortunately, Go Topless celebration and others destroy much more than the beach itself and really puts a damper on the Island.

Kemah Boardwalk is a tourist trap, unfortunately. Next time you're down here I can make a small list of things to do, visit, and eat if you're interested.
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And maybe you already know but fir reference that topless thing was across the ferry from Galveston over in Crystal Beach. So nothing to do with Galveston.

One place I should mention that is interesting over on Bolivar Island after taking the ferry is Fort Travis, pretty interesting history you can see, visit.
https://www.bolivarpeninsulatexas.com/About/History

Hstone556 · May 22, 2019

Now it’s official, thanks @ChadsPride !

because_wumbo-truck · May 22, 2019

ChadsPride[OP] said: ↑

What date is everybody going to hidden falls?
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I dunno but I wanna know. And I need some TTC cards.

MattCowsmasher · May 22, 2019

because_minitruck said: ↑

I dunno but I wanna know. And I need some TTC cards.
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July 13

T4Rgurl · May 22, 2019

Hstone556 said: ↑

Now it’s official, thanks @ChadsPride !

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Love the bumper!

CedarPark · May 22, 2019

https://houston.craigslist.org/pts/d/missouri-city-toyota-tacoma-custom/6890419430.html

Decent deal, looks like an All Pro bumper. Not mine

MattCowsmasher · May 22, 2019

T4Rgurl said: ↑

Love the bumper!

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You do have a birfday day coming up.

because_wumbo-truck · May 22, 2019

Biscuits said: ↑

Great information. I've saved this for future reference.

Galveston is what is closest, so people here make do. It has it's nice places and charm. Unfortunately, Go Topless celebration and others destroy much more than the beach itself and really puts a damper on the Island.

Kemah Boardwalk is a tourist trap, unfortunately. Next time you're down here I can make a small list of things to do, visit, and eat if you're interested.
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I'll always be a fan of Surfside, Bryan and Quintanna beaches

because_wumbo-truck · May 22, 2019

MattCowsmasher said: ↑

July 13
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Are y'all camping and shit? Or just a day trip?

MattCowsmasher · May 22, 2019

because_minitruck said: ↑

Are y'all camping and shit? Or just a day trip?
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I’m just passing forward what I’ve read.
More than likely won’t be attending I’ll be out of town that week.

Hstone556 · May 22, 2019

T4Rgurl said: ↑

Love the bumper!

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Thanks! It is a beast, almost too damn heavy for a DD.

BassAckwards · May 22, 2019

Is there anyone in here in the south dallas area that might be willing to meet with someone and pick up an air intake for me? I would buy new, but these have been discontinued by aFe and no one has them anymore (i tried purchasing from four different vendors).. Can paypal you and help you out with gas/brewskis to get yall motivated

Please let me know if you might be able to help me out, i am trying to get in touch with the seller right now
https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/pts/d/mesquite-2007-toyota-tacoma-27-liter/6874373201.html

Bigdaddy4760 · May 22, 2019

BassAckwards said: ↑

Is there anyone in here in the south dallas area that might be willing to meet with someone and pick up an air intake for me? I would buy new, but these have been discontinued by aFe and no one has them anymore (i tried purchasing from four different vendors).. Can paypal you and help you out with gas/brewskis to get yall motivated

Please let me know if you might be able to help me out, i am trying to get in touch with the seller right now
https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/pts/d/mesquite-2007-toyota-tacoma-27-liter/6874373201.html
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I will get it for you if the person could meet me part way

BassAckwards · May 22, 2019

Bigdaddy4760 said: ↑

I will get it for you if the person could meet me part way
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Thanks buddy, whenever he replies to me, i will ask them if that would be possible

because_wumbo-truck · May 22, 2019

Wait... So why go to Hidden Falls on a Thursday?

MattCowsmasher · May 22, 2019

because_minitruck said: ↑

Wait... So why go to Hidden Falls on a Thursday?
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