Port Aransas and Mustang Island are
separated from North Padre Island by the Packery Channel.
The man made channel was dredged just a few years ago. The Packery Channel
Jetty is the southern most tip of
Mustang Island about 17 miles from the
Port Aransas Jetty on the northern tip of Mustang Island. The Port
Aransas Jetty and the Saint Joseph Island Jetty guard the Corpus Christi
Ship Channel slicing the largest cut in the island chain. Port Aransas
benefits by immediate Gulf Of Mexico access through the protected ship
channel.
Being in Port Aransas Texas is a unique experience that offers both the
young and young at heart a wonderful lifestyle and many memories. Whether
just visiting or have made the choice to become an local it doesn't take
long to know why so many visitors to
Port Aransas have become resident of Mustang Island. Port-Aransas.net
hopes to bring visitors Mustang Island and
Port Aransas area a taste of what our local
Nueces County beaches, and community have to offer. Look for videos,
photos of Mustang Island, Padre Island, Padre Island National Seashore, Port
Aransas Birding locations you browse the site.
Port-Aransas.net is continuously adding and updating our site with more
information on fishing locations and maps, Mustang Island and North Padre
Island surf report and forecasts, hotels, vacation rentals for
Port Aransas and Mustang Island.
One of the greatest benefits of
Port Aransas is location, location, location! Port Aransas is situated a
short 30 minute drive from downtown Corpus Christi (the 8th largest Texas city)
yet provides immediate boat access to the Gulf of Mexico
through the Corpus Christi Ship Channel. Modern convenience meets world
class fishing, family fun and many
outdoor activities to view and
things to do.
Port Aransas and Mustang Island benefit from an average annual temperature
of 71.2 degrees offering year round outdoor activities such as
fishing,
birding, surfing, kayaking,
kite boarding, hiking,swimming, tennis, horseback riding, sailing, golfing,
swimming, shopping windsurfing,
camping, snorkeling, bicycling,
beachcombing, relaxing on the
beaches and more.