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Photographs from around South Padre

Dunes and wildlife

14 views from South Padre Island. For places, access details and planning notes, continue into the beach guides and trip planner.

Broad green leaves in dense coastal vegetation. — Dense vegetation along the coast.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

Low cactus pads among dry grasses and coastal vegetation. — Cactus and grasses in coastal vegetation.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

Cactus pads with round red fruit among dry coastal grasses. — Cactus fruit in coastal vegetation.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

A yellow beach flag and a weathered wooden post stand above dune grasses, vines and prickly pear cactus, with the turquoise Gulf beyond. — A yellow flag flies over the dune grasses and prickly pear, with the Gulf just beyond.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

A gull stands on wet sand with a breaking wave behind it. — A gull pauses at the waterline as a wave breaks behind it.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

A small shorebird stands on dry sand churned with footprints and tracks, with a strip of seaweed and surf along the top edge. — A small shorebird pauses on the well-trodden sand just up from the surf.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

A small shorebird walks across open beach sand. — A small shorebird walks across open sand.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

Prickly pear cactus, trailing green vines and dry grass cover a low dune beyond a concrete curb and paved lot, with a long boardwalk and the Gulf beyond. — Prickly pear and beach vines blanket the low dunes, with a long boardwalk and the Gulf in the distance.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

Dune vines and dry grass grow in front of a weathered wood fence, with a pergola, palm trees and multi-story buildings behind. — Dune vegetation grows along a weathered fence line, with palm trees and multi-story buildings rising behind it.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

A gull stands on reflective wet sand with low Gulf waves behind it. — A gull stands on wet sand at the edge of the Gulf.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

Leafy dune vegetation grows above a sandy beach with the Gulf beyond. — Leafy dune vegetation frames a view toward the Gulf beach.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

Leafy dune vegetation grows in sandy soil near the beach. — Leafy dune vegetation grows in sandy soil.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

Creeping green dune vines with small pink blooms stretch to a thin blue Gulf horizon, seen over the corner of a weathered wooden railing. — Looking out over a weathered wooden railing at flowering dune vines and the Gulf beyond.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

Sprawling silvery-leaved bush covered in small yellow daisy-like flowers with dark centers, amid green coastal brush. — Yellow wildflowers bloom on a silvery-leaved bush in the coastal brush.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)