Laguna Madre and Baffin Bay separate Padre Island from the mainland, offering light-tackle angling opportunities for speckled trout, black drum, redfish, and flounder. The shallow waters of Laguna Madre lure windsurfers from all over America to test their mettle in the powerful winds of the gulf. A birder's delight, Padre Island is situated on the Central Flyway — a superhighway in the sky traveled by millions of migrating birds.

The entrance to Padre Island is just 25 miles south of Corpus Christi, a city serviced by an international airport. You can reach the island by car via the JFK Causeway.