Shore Diving The Jetties both sides, north and south, very different from each other . Favorite among locals.

A place that everyone just runs on by here at the jetties is one of my favorites. North jettties, surfside, starting in knee deep water, just hug along the rocks inside the secret channel that is cut out that not many knows about. Be careful not to cross the path of the fishermens' lines. Remember, we all have the liberty of enjoying the jetties. besides, you don't have to go far or fast here, there is alot to see, if you go slow and peek inside all the crevases and holes the jetties provide. Hint: the slower you go, the less spooked the fish are.

The Convention Center ditch Another good gear check out dive and a good beginners nite divesite. Afterwards, build a campfire and have a good time there with your friends telling dive stories.

Dolphin Cove Lots of sanddollars. Cool Beach, and a great bar.

OFF SHORE Boat Diving

The Liberty Ship reef

This full day dive will take you 23 miles off shore to the Liberty Ships. Dives at depths ranging from 65 - 130 feet. The Liberty Ship reef holds three Liberty Ships that start at 78 fsw and thirteen oil rigs that lay around the outside of the ships

Texas Underwater Park
On this trip 7.2 miles off-shore, you will see tugboats and an two oil rigs and a USN work barge alonf with 32 reef balls in depths of 65 - 73 feet.

Pat's Wreck
Pats Wreck was discovered by captain Patrick Murphy in 2003. She is an 80 foot Shrimper that sits in blue water year round. The perfect wreck dive for the Advanced diver and Nitrox diver. She is 22 miles off shore and sits in 138 feet of water. One of our best wreck dives.

Wreck of the Deep 6
The Wreck of the Deep 6 lays in 60 feet of water. She is a 82 foot Shrimp boat that is located 11 miles from the South Padre Island jetties. The vessel sank in heavy seas many years ago. The wreck holds a wide variety of sea life including tropical fish, red snapper, turtles and dozens of rays.

7 Fathom Reef
Seven and One Half Fathom Bank is a small topographic prominence located on the continental shelf of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. It is 74 km south of the northwestern entrance to Padre Island National Seashore and 3.2 km offshore from Central Padre Island. The reef is an elongate structure with four distinct rises, which are oriented at an approximate 65° to Padre Island. The second rise from the south with a relief of 5.4m is greater in all dimensions than the other three rises. It used to be a freshwater lake during the last ice age when sea level was 350 feet lower. The bank is highly turbid to fairly clear water conditions and lies in an area of converging currents bathed by coastal waters from the more tropical southwestern Gulf in the summer and the northern gulf in the winter. Some molluscs, tropical fishes and invertebrates frequent this bank. There are near-shore oil platforms and jetties in this area. Recreational scuba diving and fishing are common activities.

Community Structure: Seven and One Half Fathom Bank is a small sandstone prominence and is largely covered by mats of tube-building polychaete worms, sponges, ascidians and hydroids. The reef bears an assemblage of molluscs and crustaceans of mixed warm-temperate and tropical affinities and a substantial number of species in common with the south Texas jetties and other near shore banks further north such as Herald Bank off Galveston. Sponges, hydroids, bryozoans and algae have

Geological Characterization: Seven and One Half Fathom Bank crests at about 8.5 m depth from the surrounding bottom of 14m. The bottom surrounding the reef has a noticeable amount of scouring, evident on either side. The beach side of the reef has been deeply scoured while the scour on the Gulf side is not as evident because of the build up of organic material and mud. The rocky areas between the major rises of the reef consist of large segments of rock shifted from the main structure. Tabular to rounded in shape, these rise to 1.5 to 2 m above the bottom. Numerous small outcrops of rock of one to five square meter surface area dot the fringes of the reef

Sponge Gardens
This sea mount holds a wide array of deep water sponges with breath taking water clarity. This location is a must for mixed gas divers. Depths average in the 150 foot range.

Murphy's Reef
Murphy's reef is a live rock reef in 70 feet of water.

Los Torres
The towers are decommisioned oil platfroms that begin at 90 feet and go down to 240 feet. These towers are 60 miles off shore in very blue water. Greater Ocean Amberjack, Hammerhead Sharks, White Tip Sharks, and Silkys abound.

Iron Islands
A full day trip 50-63 miles offshore to the Port Mansfield Working Platforms. An awe-inspiring maze of legs supporting enormous fish. A spearfisher's paradise.




Photo of Monte at Pirates Week Festivale 2008