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Welcome
to Surfside. We hope
you are enjoying your stay and will come back often to visit. This
letter is provided to the rental companies by the Surfside Save Our Beach Association. A non-profit organization involved in efforts to
maintain and improve the quality, safety, beauty and ecology of a very special place
– Surfside Beach. We hope this
letter will help communicate how important it is for everyone to join the efforts to
protect and preserve the Texas Gulf Coast. Our
beaches are such an important part of the vacation experience and we want to make sure we
and future generations continue to enjoy them. We
need your help. As you are probably aware,
erosion has taken its toll of many beaches including Surfside. Just take a look at the devastation to beach
front properties along the pedestrian beach. In
November 2003 in an effort to protect the dunes and to prevent further erosion, the
Village of Surfside Beach undertook a sand fence project.
SOBA volunteers assisted in placing the fences. Some
of the sand fencing was damaged or destroyed by the storms and high tides in 2005. Unfortunately some of the damage is caused by
people who unthinkingly use the sand fencing or Christmas trees for firewood. Each
year Save Our Beach Association (SOBA) volunteers collect unsold Christmas trees from
several lots in Houston and take them to a central location; local residents are asked to
take their Christmas trees to collection sites. County
employees transport trees from the various collection locations to Surfside. Approximately 10,000 trees were collected last
year. During Dunes Day, an event sponsored
by Brazoria County and Surfside Beach , volunteers
stake and tie the trees along the beach. The
Christmas trees and fences help trap the sand and add to the dunes. The dunes are a vital part of flood and wave
action control during a tropical storm or hurricane.
It is
very important that the fences and trees are left undisturbed. Small campfires are allowed (refer to #6 of
the Beach Rules). We all know what fun
it is to sit around a fire on the beach and there is usually plenty of driftwood. “Leave
only footprints in the sand” is also very important.
Please don’t litter, there
are plenty of trash bins along the beach. You
can join many other visitors and residents to leave the beach cleaner than you found it. Glass bottles should not be taken to the beach. A piece of broken glass could ruin a
vacation. VILLAGE OF SURFSIDE BEACH BEACH RULES 1.
Speed limit on the beach is 15 miles per hour. 2.
Our beach allows two-way traffic and parking at the water’s edge and at the
dunes. On major Holidays and weekends the
Chief of Police may determine that one-way traffic is necessary. 3.
All terrain vehicles are not allowed on the beach.
Any vehicle that is not street licensed is not legal. 4.
The dunes are protected by City, State, and Federal laws. They are strictly off-limits to both pedestrians
and vehicles. 5.
Horses are not allowed on the beach from May 15 through Sept. 15. They are allowed on the weekdays from April 1
through May 15 and Sept. 15 through Oct. 31. They
are then allowed every day on the beach from Nov. 1 through Mar. 31. 6.
Camping is allowed on the beach; of course a vehicle permit is required. Camp fires are permitted, so long as they are
under control and no bigger than 3’ x 3’. The
Christmas trees and sand fence along the dune line are for erosion control. They are not to be disturbed or burned. 7.
No fireworks of any kind are allowed on the beach or in the city limits. 8.
NO GLASS CONTAINERS ON THE BEACH. 9.
Keep sound systems at a volume that doesn’t bother your neighbors. 10.
State of Texas
alcoholic beverage law prohibits public consumption of alcoholic beverages from 2:00 am
Sunday morning until 12 noon Sunday. 11.
Dogs brought to
the beach are to be kept on a leash.
PLEASE DON’T LITTER
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