Coastal

The goal of the Texas Beach Watch Web application is to provide the public with information about water quality at selected recreational beaches along the Texas coast.

Find your perfect beach! From fishing and boat ramps, to camping and BBQ—the Texas coast provides a wealth of resources to all visitors. The GLO is proud to offer this free resource to help you explore all that our shores have to offer.

Adopt a stretch of beach today! Are you committed to helping ensure Texas beaches are trash-free? Then consider adopting one! Our adopters pledge to clean a designated stretch of Texas coastline, a minimum of three times a year for two years. Many adopters are long-time stewards of Texas beaches and renew their membership year after year. With this interactive map, learn which stretches of Texas beach are available for adoption.

Resource Management Codes (RMCs) are assigned to state-owned tracts in Texas bays and the Gulf of Mexico, providing development guidelines for activities within each tract. The codes enhance protection of sensitive natural resources by providing recommendations for minimizing adverse impacts from mineral exploration and development activities. The codes include recommendations from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas Historical Commission, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The Texas Coastal Sediments Geodatabase (TxSed) contains sediment-related geospatial and geotechnical data. TxSed can help identify compatible sediment resources for proposed beach nourishment or habitat restoration projects and can be used as an aid in the permitting/regulatory processes for such projects. If you would like to contribute data to the Texas Coastal Sediments Geodatabase (TxSed), please email us at txsed@glo.texas.gov.