San Luis Beach

The Galveston Seawall is nice to walk on and fun for people watching, but rather light on sand. A few sandy spots appear at low tide, but overall you get waves crashing into broken concrete. At the end of the seawall is the first natural wide-sand beach you can get to. There is cheapish parking near by and, in-season, out houses. The water here is warm well into October and the sand yellow. Swimming is not allowed next to the seawall but is open about 50 yards down. Galveston does not get huge waves as a rule, but usually has a dependable small swell so you can almost always find 1-2 foot waves to play in.