Padre Balli Park

Corpus Christi, Texas

Padre Bali Park is located along South Padre Island Drive in Corpus Christi. There is an RV park facility that has space for 54 RVs with water and electricity, as well as camping site. In Padre Bali Park you will also find Bob Hall Pier, a 1200-foot long fishing pier over the Gulf of Mexico; picnic areas; two pavilions; restrooms; and a park office. The park is a popular place for surfing, beachcombing, and swimming. Lifeguards are on duty during the summer season.

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Water Quality

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Current Status
This status is based on the latest sample, taken on August 24th, 2017. The Swim Guide updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on August 26th, 2017 at 11:57 AM.

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Current Weather

10°C

Mostly clear

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Monitoring Frequency

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Samples are collected weekly during the peak beach season from May through September and every other week from October through April. In March weekly samples are collected for Beach Watch stations on all gulf beaches to coincide with spring break.There are three levels of advisories in Texas. The lowest level occurs when enterococcus densities are below 35 cfu (colony forming units)/100 ml. A medium-level advisory occurs when enterococcus densities are between 35 cfu/100 ml and 104 cfu/100 ml, and a high-level advisory is issued, with swimming not recommended, when the enterococcus density is greater than 104 cfu/100 ml.The public is notified of all advisory levels on the Internet, but signs are posted on the beach and in Swim Guide for high-level advisories.A beach is marked Green when single sample results contain fewer than 104 cfu/100 ml of waterA beach is marked Red when single sample results contain more than 104 cfu/100 ml of waterA beach is marked Grey when there is no current or reliable monitoring information available.

Water Quality Graph

Beach	Location	Water Quality
Bob Hall Pier/Seawall #5 Corpus Christi, Texas	Corpus Christi, Texas	Historical Status
Bob Hall Pier/Seawall #6 Corpus Christi, Texas	Corpus Christi, Texas	Historical Status
Bob Hall Pier/Seawall #7 Corpus Christi, Texas	Corpus Christi, Texas	Historical Status
Bob Hall Pier/Seawall #8 Corpus Christi, Texas	Corpus Christi, Texas	Historical Status

Beach

Location

Water Quality

Bob Hall Pier/Seawall #5

Corpus Christi, Texas

Historical Status

Bob Hall Pier/Seawall #6

Corpus Christi, Texas

Historical Status

Bob Hall Pier/Seawall #7

Corpus Christi, Texas

Historical Status

Bob Hall Pier/Seawall #8

Corpus Christi, Texas

Historical Status

	Green means the beach’s most recent test results met relevant water quality standards.

	Red means the beach’s most recent test results failed to meet water quality standards.

	Grey means water quality information for the beach is too old (more than 7 days old) to be considered current, or that info is unavailable, or unreliable.

	Green means the beach passed water quality tests 95% of the time or more.

	Yellow means the beach passed water quality tests 60-95% of the time.

	Red means the beach failed water quality tests 40% of the time or more.

	Green means the beach has historically excellent or pristine water quality, but there is no current data.

	Red means the water at the site has water quality issues or there is an emergency.

	Grey means there is no current water quality information, the beach is under construction, there has been an event that has rendered water quality information unreliable or unavailable.