Matagorda Beach
Matagorda, TX
A driveable beach on the Texas coast where locals bring trucks right onto the sand and fish the surf as much as they swim in it. It sits far enough from Houston and Galveston that it rarely feels crowded, even on a summer weekend.
Truck friendly sand and good surf fishing away from the bigger Texas beach towns, four wheel drive makes the soft sand sections considerably easier.
How we score beachesA four wheel drive vehicle makes the soft sand sections much easier to manage.
Dogs are welcome on leash on Matagorda Beach year-round.
Gulf water off this stretch of the Texas coast warms into the 80s by midsummer and stays swimmable well into fall. Hurricane season, June through November, is the main thing locals track before a weekend on the sand.
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