ʻO South Padre Island kahi o Texas mau wahi kahakai kaulana. ʻO kēia mokupuni liʻiliʻi e kū pono ana i ka'ākau o ka palenaʻo Mexica e hāʻawi ana i nā mile o nā kahakai maʻemaʻe e kū pono ana i ke kahawaiʻo Mexico a me ke kahawai Laguna Madre. Aia ma South Padre kekahi o nā papa wai nui o ka moku'āina, nā haleʻaina a me nā hale kūʻai a aia ma kahi o ke kai kūʻono mai Port Isabel. ʻO ka hui pūʻana,ʻo South Padre Island a me Port Isabel e hāʻawi aku i nāʻano hana likeʻole a me nā mea e hana ai me nā keiki i ka hoʻomahaʻohana.
ʻO South Padre Island kekahi o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi kaulana i ka moku'āina o Texas. ʻAʻole wale kaʻike SPI no nā haleʻaina maikaʻi a me nā kalapu, akā, no konaʻano maikaʻi maoli. Me ke kahawaiʻo Mexico ma kekahiʻaoʻao a me ka Lower Laguna Madre ma kekahiʻaoʻao, ua puniʻo South Padre Island i kekahi mau momona maikaʻi loa ma ka mokuʻo Texas, ka mea e huki ai i nā tausani mau kahakai i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Aiaʻo South Padre ma nā kahakai holoʻokoʻa. ʻO ka kaʻa kālepa kaʻa ma ke kūlanakauhale a me kekahi mau kahakai'āina he mea palekana maikaʻi ia no nāʻohana me nā mea liʻiliʻi. Ma nāʻano likeʻole o ke kahakai o South Padre Island e hāʻawi aku i nā pono kūikawā, mai ka nohoʻana o nā kahakai kahakai i nā holo moana. Hoʻokaʻawaleʻia nā mea'ē aʻe, hāʻawi i ka maluhia me ka maluhia.
ʻO Schlitterbahn Beach Waterpark ma South Padre Island kahi mea hoʻokipa nui loa no nāʻohana. Hoʻopihaʻia ka waiwai i nāʻano holo a me nā hana i loko o ka hōʻailona pili alohaʻohana e hoʻomaopopo ai i nā keiki a me nā mākua o kēlā me kēia makahiki ke hiki iā lākou ke 'leʻaleʻa i ka lā ma kahakai.' ʻO ka signature o Schlitterbahn Beachʻo Rio Adventura, he muliwai pauʻole e pili ana i nā manawaiwai o nā kahawai. Ma waena o nā mea punahele no nā malihini kipa he Boogie Bahn2,ʻo ia ka mīkiniʻohana nui loa o ka honua, a me ke Kai Trek, kahi wai lalo, hoʻolālā helve-diving e hiki ai i nā malihini ke nānā i ke ola moana maoli o ke kahawaiʻo Mexico. Hiki i nāʻohana me nā keikiʻuʻuku ke mahalo i Sandcastle Cove, he hale kāleka 5-papa meʻekolu mau pahemo wai a me nā poho pāpapa.
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See Sea Turtle Inc.
ʻO kekahi o nāʻokoʻa kūikawā loa o Texas,ʻo Sea Turtle, Inc. i hoʻokumuʻia e ka mea kaulana 'Turtle Lady,'ʻo Ila Loetscher. Ma hope o ka hopohopo e pili ana i nā pilikia e kū ana i ke Keʻena'Ālepa o Ridley Sea Ridley, ua hoʻokumuʻo Loetscher i STI i ka makahiki 1977 a ua ho'āʻo e pale a hoʻopaʻa i ka iʻa. No ka loaʻaʻana o kāna leka, ua huliʻo Loetscher i ka hoʻonaʻauao a me nā hoʻokipa. I kēia lā,ʻo Sea Turtle, Inc. ua hoʻomau i ka hana a Loetscher a ua hoʻonui hoʻi i ko lākou kuleana. Ke hoʻolako neiʻo STI i nā papahana hoʻonaʻauao no nā kula a me nā hui'ē aʻe a kōkua iā US Fish & Wildlife i ka nānāʻana i ka hanaʻana i nā koʻi kai ma South Padre Island. ʻO kahi hale hoʻomaha ka manawa o kahi hoʻokipa kūkaʻikaʻi holoʻokoʻa piha, piha me ka hale kūʻai makana a me nā hui 'Meet the Turtles' e kōkua i ke aʻoʻana i nā malihini ma nā kola moana a me ke kaiapuni. Hoʻokomoʻia nā malihini i kahi manawa e 'hoʻokomo' i kahi kuhū kai.
ʻO ka "beacon" o kaʻaoʻao hema o Texas aʻoi aku nāʻanoʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi,ʻo ka Point Isabel Lighthouse kahi i loaʻa i kahi kaiāulu kahakai o Port Isabel, aia ma kahi o Laguna Madre Bay mai South Padre Island. I loko o ka wāʻoihana, ua alakaʻi nā Mālamalama i nā mea hoʻokele ma waena o nā wai o Laguna Madre a me nā kahakai o kahakaiʻo Gulf of Mexico. I kēia lā, alakaʻiʻo ia i nā tausani o ka poʻe malihini kipa, e makemake ana eʻike i ka moʻolelo o Texas ma ka moana, i Port Isabel.
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E kipa i ke kikowaenaʻo Dolphin Research a me Sea Life Nature Centre
Hiki i Port Isabel, ma ke kumu o ke alahaka e kuhikuhi ana i ka South Padre Island, ke hāʻawi aku nei ka Dolphin Research & Sea Life Nature Center i nā malihini kipa e nānā pono i nā mea nui o ka moana kūloko, a me nā papahana hoʻonaʻauao o nā lā. He meaʻono maikaʻi kēia hale no nāʻohana i makemake i ka nohona a me ke ola moana. Pili pū nā Dolphin a me nā manu e kiaʻi ana i nā holo moku.