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Originally Posted by kestrelkitty
Hi! All. Hope everyone having a wonderful day. Heres what I'm needing some help with. Me and my husband are always camping, but we have never camped on the beach. We're thinking of going next month before the crowds of people show up in swarms. We like it sorta out away from tourist traps and that sorta thing. Were thinking about South Padre Island Seashore. Is this a good place to camp. It can be pretty primitive but we don't have a 4 wheel drive so it can't be that primitive. And any info. on camping on the beach that we need to do differently than we would normally do camping. Stuff like do we need to build our own fire ring, do we need different tent stakes.And this is a really silly sounding question, ( i"ve never been to the beach so please bear with me) but can you catch stuff like crabs and shrimp from land and cook them on a fire yourself. We do all our cooking on an open fire when camping. We have everything including the dutch oven thats cast iron which is a must for a pot of beans or home made chili. Anyway I'd appreciate any help or info. anyone can give on this.
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FYI: It's Padre Island National Seashore. South Padre is a town that's not accessible from anywhere near the National Seashore, and is often confused with it. There's camping on the 4x4 and non-4x4 sections of the Gulf-side beach, as well as a developed campground (Malaquite Beach campground) if you need power, water, etc. You can build your own fire ring on the beach, but need to use what's provided in the Malaquite Beach campground.
I haven't fished or such there, but you'll probably need a current permit for whatever you plan to catch. You can wade pretty far out in some sections and the water's always warm (well, everytime I've been). There are Port-o-Potties set up in a few areas and if you don't camp on the 4x4 area it's not a long drive back to the Visitor Center/Park HQ for showers, vending, and restrooms.
Hope this helps.