Surfside Beach, Texas

About Surfside Beach

Set in the southeastern part of Texas, Surfside Beach is a tiny community with an estimated population of 704.

Surfside Beach holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 1.59 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 443 residents per square mile.

📰 Surfside Beach News Today

• Muhammad Nadir Khan: There's more than one use for the surfboard at Surfside Beach, Texas Cricinfo · Aug 14
• Which Texas beaches did this AI study say are dirtiest and smelliest? Chron · Jul 23
• Search for missing 10-year-old boy continues in Surfside Beach CW39 Houston · May 25
• Body of missing 11-year-old boy found after Surfside Beach drowning KRIS 6 News Corpus Christi · May 26
• Surfside Beach debuts 2-day music festival The Facts · Mar 19

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Surfside Beach Unique

• Positioned in southeastern Texas, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Texas — one of 1,863 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 5 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Surfside Beach

• Dorado's Dive Club — seafood
• Red Snapper Inn — seafood
• Seahorse Bar and Grill — seafood
• Sharky's Bar and Grill — seafood

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Surfside Beach

• Surfside Jetty Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Surfside Beach

🏘️ Nearby Communities