• Aerial View of Padre Island National Seashore

    Padre Island

    National Seashore Texas

Wind and Water Data

Follow any of the links below for real-time wind and water data from any of four Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network stations in the Padre Island area.

South Bird Island Basin

Baffin Bay

Rincon del San Jose (the "Land Cut")

Port Mansfield

 

Did You Know?

The National Park Service arrowhead contains a white buffalo, an animal sacred to many native Americans.

Although Padre Nicolas Balli established the first permanent settlement on the island, the island was previously owned by his father and his grandfather, who obtained the original grant from the Spanish crown. More...