PACKERY CHANNEL PARK - NORTH PADRE ISLAND / CORPUS CHRISTI

    Packery Channel Park is located on North Padre Island off of South Padre Island Dr. (SPID) on the way to the main public access beaches of North Packery and South Packery from Corpus Christi.  Packery Channel Park was previously one of the busiest local kiteboarding locations in the area before the Packery Channel was re-dredged and allowed direct access to the Gulf of Mexico.  The re-dredging has located a deep channel just off of the launch area that  must be navigated across to get to the flat water riding area.  As the area now has fresh exchange of seawater with the Laguna Madre, oyster beds have populated the area and are prevalent at different locations throughout the flats,with new unmarked beds springing up.  The Park is still sometimes used as a riding area, but be extremely careful as there are a significant number of oyster beds as well as unmarked underwater structures that dot the flats.