Closest Beaches

Beaches Near Houston, TX

Houston's default beach run is Galveston Island, about 50 miles southeast on I-45. Stewart Beach and the Seawall are the urban options; Crystal Beach on the Bolivar Peninsula sits just across the ferry. Water is warm and brown — that's the Gulf sediment, not pollution.

Plan This Week

This Afternoon looks like the best day across this list.

Strongest single forecast: Orange Beach on Tuesday (86).

Within 60 mi

Pirates Beach

47 mi · ~1 hr 7 min drive · Galveston County, TX

Great day for a beach walk.

76°F water 76°F air 15 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (78)

Jamaica Beach

47 mi · ~1 hr 7 min drive · Galveston County, TX

Great day for a beach walk.

76°F water 75°F air 15 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (81)

Galveston Seawall

47 mi · ~1 hr 8 min drive · Galveston County, TX

Great day for a beach walk.

76°F water 75°F air 15 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (81)

Stewart Beach

48 mi · ~1 hr 9 min drive · Galveston County, TX

Great day for a beach walk.

76°F water 75°F air 15 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (81)

East Beach (Galveston)

48 mi · ~1 hr 10 min drive · Galveston County, TX

Great day for a beach walk.

76°F water 74°F air 15 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (80)

Crystal Beach (Bolivar Peninsula)

49 mi · ~1 hr 11 min drive · Galveston County, TX

Great day for a beach walk.

76°F water 74°F air 15 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (77)

Surfside Beach (TX)

56 mi · ~1 hr 21 min drive · Brazoria County, TX

Great day for a beach walk.

76°F water 76°F air 15 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (78)

Sea Rim State Park

80 mi · ~1 hr 55 min drive · Jefferson County, TX

Great day for a beach walk.

76°F water 75°F air 10 to 15 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (79)

Matagorda Beach

88 mi · ~2 hr 7 min drive · Matagorda County, TX

Great day for a beach walk.

76°F air 15 to 20 mph wind Best this week: Thursday (75)

Port Aransas Beach

168 mi · ~4 hr 2 min drive · Nueces County, TX

Ideal for a beach walk.

77°F water 80°F air 15 mph wind Best this week: Friday (84)

Mustang Island State Park

181 mi · ~4 hr 21 min drive · Nueces County, TX

Great day for a beach walk.

79°F air 17 mph wind Best this week: Friday (78)

Padre Island National Seashore

222 mi · ~5 hr 19 min drive · Kleberg County, TX

Great day for a beach walk.

78°F air 15 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (78)

South Padre Island Beach

258 mi · ~6 hr 11 min drive · Cameron County, TX

Great day for swimming.

80°F water 80°F air 15 mph wind Best this week: Friday (83)

Boca Chica Beach

281 mi · ~6 hr 45 min drive · Cameron County, TX

Decent day for photography.

79°F air 15 mph wind Best this week: Friday (78)

Grand Isle State Park

327 mi · ~7 hr 52 min drive · Jefferson County, LA

Great day for a beach walk.

74°F air 5 to 15 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (83)

Bay St. Louis Beach

363 mi · ~8 hr 43 min drive · Hancock County, MS

Great day for a beach walk.

Pass Christian Beach

368 mi · ~8 hr 50 min drive · Harrison County, MS

Great day for a beach walk.

72°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (79)

Gulfport Beach

378 mi · ~9 hr 4 min drive · Harrison County, MS

Great day for a beach walk.

70°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (81)

West Ship Island

385 mi · ~9 hr 14 min drive · Harrison County, MS

Great day for a beach walk.

Biloxi Beach

389 mi · ~9 hr 21 min drive · Harrison County, MS

Ideal for a beach walk.

74°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (85)

Dauphin Island Public Beach

435 mi · ~10 hr 27 min drive · Mobile County, AL

Ideal for swimming.

77°F water 70°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (79)

Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge

453 mi · ~10 hr 52 min drive · Baldwin County, AL

Ideal for swimming.

77°F water 73°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (85)

Gulf Shores Public Beach

460 mi · ~11 hr 3 min drive · Baldwin County, AL

Ideal for swimming.

77°F water 72°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: This Afternoon (85)

Orange Beach

468 mi · ~11 hr 14 min drive · Baldwin County, AL

Ideal for swimming.

77°F water 72°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (86)

Perdido Key State Park

474 mi · ~11 hr 23 min drive · Escambia County, FL

Ideal for swimming.

77°F water 72°F air 10 mph wind Best this week: Tuesday (86)

Distance is straight-line, drive times are estimates

Mileage shown is straight-line distance from the center of Houston. Real drive times depend on highway routing, weekend traffic, and where in the metro you start. For summer Saturdays, plan 20–40 minutes longer than the estimates here. The range slider above filters by the same straight-line distance.