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Originally Posted by mtnhigh
Hi all
I will be making a trip down to PINS from July1-7 with my wife and kids (12,8,2) and from what I have read seaweed is a real problem. I hear that there is tons of the stuff, piles and piles of it. Is that correct? I will be camping at Malaquite beach. Can anyone recommend another camp site if this one is not good. How does the other parks in the area compare when it comes to seaweed? Any advice would be great. Also I'm looking to go crabbing on the jetties? ANyone have any experience crabbing on padre island? If so any advice is very much apreciated.
Thanks in advance
Mtnhigh in Colorado way high 10000ft high
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Use some of your free minutes on your cell phone to call the Ranger Station at
Padre Island National Seashore. They have a special phone number for "Daily Weather / Beach Conditions"; it's
(361)949-8175.
Seaweed, Portuguese Man-o-War and tar all seem to be seasonal. Thankfully, we've only encountered the Man-o-War jellies washed up on the beach once in 7+ years of visiting annually at different seasons. Tar is also fairly rare. Of the three, seaweed is the most common, though I've only seen it really bad once (it was deep enough I imagined someone not paying attention could lose a small child in it.
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