Big Blue Beach House ! !

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A two-story building with a balcony on the upper floor, surrounded by palm trees and a paved walkway.
A spacious kitchen with wooden cabinets, a central island, and pendant lighting.
A living room with a large window, a ceiling fan, and a dining area with a table and chairs.
A living room with a wicker armchair, a dining table with chairs, and a kitchen area in the background.
A bedroom with a colorful striped bedspread, two wall mirrors, a door, and a small table with a vase of flowers.

Reviews

10 out of 10
Exceptional

Highlights

  • Room to spread out
    Enjoy spacious layout that give everyone more room to relax.
  • Beach equipment
    A rare find — beach equipment ready to go for your days by the sea.
  • Centrally-located
    You're never far from where you need to be with this convenient location.
  • Discover nearby landmarks
    Walk to South Padre Island Beach

Popular amenities

  • Balcony
  • Barbecue grill
  • Pet-friendly
  • Internet access
  • Air-conditioning
  • Refrigerator

Explore the area

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South Padre Island, TX
  • Place, South Padre Island Community Center
    ‪7 min walk‬
  • Place, South Padre Island Beach
    ‪10 min walk‬
  • Place, Gravity Park
    ‪2 min drive‬
  • Airport, Brownsville, TX (BRO-Brownsville-South Padre Island Intl.)
    ‪36 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

5 bedrooms (sleeps 10)

Guest Bdrm 1

1 Queen Bed

Guest Bdrm 2

1 Queen Bed

Guest Bdrm 3

2 Single Beds

Master Bdrm 1

1 King Bed

Master Bdrm 2

1 Queen Bed

4 bathrooms, 1 half bathroom

Bathroom 1

Bathtub · Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 2

Bathtub · Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 3

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Bathroom 4

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Bathroom 5

Toilet

Spaces

Deck or patio
Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Balcony
Dining area

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About the area

South Padre Island

Located in South Padre Island, this holiday home is near theme parks and by the sea. Whaling Wall and Jesus Christ of the Fisherman Statue are local landmarks, and some of the area's attractions include Gravity Park and Sea Turtle Inc. Beach Waterpark and South Padre Jetties are also worth visiting. Discover the area's water adventures with jet skiing and kayaking nearby, or enjoy the great outdoors with hiking and horse riding.
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South Padre Island, TX

What's nearby

  • South Padre Island Community Center - 7 min walk - 0.6 km
  • South Padre Island Beach - 10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Gravity Park - 2 min drive - 1.9 km
  • Isla Blanca Park - 6 min drive - 5.3 km
  • Isla Blanca Beach - 7 min drive - 6.1 km

Getting around

  • Brownsville, TX (BRO-Brownsville-South Padre Island Intl.) - 43 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Whataburger - ‬10 min walk
  • ‪Louie's Backyard - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Wanna Wanna Beach Bar and Grill - ‬19 min walk
  • ‪Tequila Sunset - ‬20 min walk
  • ‪Blackbeards' Restaurant - ‬7 min walk

Frequently asked questions

Is Big Blue Beach House ! ! pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows cats and dogs (limit 1 total).

How much is parking at Big Blue Beach House ! !?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Big Blue Beach House ! !?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Big Blue Beach House ! !?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Big Blue Beach House ! ! located?

Situated by the sea, this holiday home is within a 10-minute walk of South Padre Island Community Center and South Padre Island Beach. Gravity Park and South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center are also within 3 miles (5 km).

Reviews

10

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 53 out of 55 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 2 out of 55 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 55 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 55 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 55 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

10/10

Location

10/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Had a great week. Hosts were very thorough and responsive.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Stunning

Stunning view and comfy feel. The house made the trip spectacular
Stayed 36 nights in Jan 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 27 Feb 2024
Really nice, happy people ! ! It's nice to host people that enjoy your home ! !
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent!

Great location and exactly as described. Great communication with owners. Home feels just “like home”. Comfy - perfect for a family get together.
Stayed 10 nights in Aug 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 6 Mar 2020
Thanks for your kind words and we're glad you enjoyed your stay. Our cleaning lady was even happier with your stay as she said you left the place in great shape and she had almost nothing to do ! ! We hope we can host you in the future and Thanks again ! Dave& Gay
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Stay here!

A large, relaxing home with a beautiful view of Laguna Madre. Our family of four enjoyed the quiet location, used the kayaks on Laguna Madre and took walks over to the gulf-side beach each day. Owner gets extra high marks for communication and hospitality. Absolutely recommend and plan to stay there again.
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2021
Response from VrboOwner on 15 Mar 2021
Bill, Thanks for the nice review. The website cut me off before I was able to add a descriptive review for you, but we sure enjoyed hosting you and hope we can do it again. Thanks for being great guests and we're glad you had a great time. Dave & Gay
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Big blue house

The stay was amazing, house is awesome. Dave made sure everything was good throughout our stay , very helpful with any questions we might have. 10 out of 10 on this stay!!!! Thank you again 🙏
Stayed 8 nights in Sep 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Paradise

An amazing beach house with great upper deck views and an excellent location. We can't wait to visit again. Thank you Dave!
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 8 Nov 2022
We're very happy you had a great time and enjoyed our home, Isaac. We look forward to hosting you again !
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Our

We were a family & friends of 10.. Everyone enjoyed there own space! The living and kitchen area was perfect for all of us! The deck was the best for sunsets. A 4 minute walk to the beach and restaurants..shopping ! Thank you ! Wonderful trip!
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Look no further for your SPI getaway!

The Big Blue Beach house was the perfect home for our group of 8. It is clean and well maintained. The host also provides detailed information on the home and how to operate household appliances as well as a well written description of the island so you always have something to do. Our group did most everything on the list. Thank you Dave for sharing your beautiful home with us and if we ever visit SPI again, this will be the first place I look!
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

SPI Fishing Trip

We're SPI regulars that night fish on the bay. We wanted to be close to our friends house. FABULOUS! Great set up for the night fishermen to come in downstairs and not disturb the upstairs folks. Beautiful home. Porch is peaceful and big enough to sit back, read & stay dry during a rain. Highly recommend. We hope it's available for our future stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2024
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Words can't describe this slice of paradise

I simply can not say enough about this home! There is no doubt we will be back and it was worth every penny! It truly was accommodating in every aspect. We were able to comfortably watch the sunset and the fireworks from the comfort of this deck every night! We were also able to use their Kayak and stand up paddle boards right from the bay. I already have recommended this home to friends and family and like I said… We will ABSOLUTELY be back again! Thank you for sharing your home with us and we appreciate all your efforts in making it feel like our home away from home!
Response from VrboOwner on 6 Mar 2020
Thanks for the kind words. Glad you got to use our paddle boards and kayaks and we hope to host you again !
Archival

10/10 Excellent

This place is awesome! Great for a few families.

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at the Big Blue Beach House. The home is immaculate, comfortable, spacious and well-stocked with everything you need to make for a fabulous vacation. We rent from VRBO and Homeaway a few times a year (in different locations) and this is definitely one of the best homes we've encountered. You'll find tons of comfy towels, spices, condiments and other necessities in the kitchen, a great entertaining floor plan and tons of closet space. The deck is fantastic for chilling out after a long beach day and above all we loved that we could bring our well-behaved Golden-doodle, Murphy, along. We had an excellent customer-service experience with Dave from the very beginning and throughout our stay. He really wants to make sure that every visitor gets the most out of their vacation. We will definitely be back!
Response from VrboOwner on 6 Mar 2020
We're glad you enjoyed your first visit last year enough to come back this year. Hope to host you again next year ! Thanks for the kind words and we're very happy you had a great time.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing!!!

We stayed for a week at The Blue House and it was beyond our expectations. The house was clean, the amenities were plentiful and the host Dave was so kind and went above and beyond for us. Everything worked perfectly. He had everything we needed and more. The house was spacious and we actually spent an entire day just lounging at home. We walked to the beach one day and it was maybe a 10 minute walk. Our kids took the kayaks out and had a blast. There were 8 people in our group 3 adults and our kids ranging from 19 to 5. We all agreed this was the best house we have stayed at. Oh and the fireworks from the front patio were perfect! No need to fight traffic and the crowds. Thank you so much Dave!! We are hoping to come back next 4th of July.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 12 Jul 2022
Thanks Jillian. We're happy you had a great time . . . and caught a lot of fish ! ! Look forward to hosting you again ! Dave & Gay
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Great Location- Wow what sunsets!!!!!!!!!!!

Location was perfect for us. We played on the paddle boards and canoe right from the bay just steps away from the driveway! (My husband paddled to the causeway and back, even) When we wanted to hit the beach we just walked there from the house. It was a nice walk- not too far at all. The master bed is soooo comfortable. No TV in any of the bedrooms though...My son was bummed but the rest of us didn't care! The BIG TV in the family room was just fine for us! Kitchen was comfortable too- we even cooked the night we arrived! found everything we needed. Dave- you are the perfect host! All of the information you gave us was so helpful. No detail was spared!!!! Our only regret was that we couldn't stay longer.
Response from VrboOwner on 6 Mar 2020
Thanks Amy ! Regarding no TV's in the bedrooms, we've asked for feedback from guests on this and no one seemed to think we needed to add any. And since in just about every case, the logical place for the TV (furniture wise) is right in front of a window view of the water, we thought it better not to add any. If a lack of TV in the bedroom was a deal breaker for any future guest/renter, give us a call; we'll do something about it. Thanks, Dave
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Beyond any Expectations

There aren't enough positive words in the dictionary to describe our experience during our stay at the Big Blue Beach House! We have rented several properties through VRBO/Homeaway, and for the most part have had good experiences, but nothing compares to our experience here. We stayed there for two months in February and March, so we had plenty of time to evaluate our experience. The house is somehow gorgeous and comfortable at the same time. It was spotlessly clean throughout the entire home. The kitchen is not only stocked with anything and everything you'll need, but in addition, it's completely organized with labels of what goes where, so you won't be searching high and low for that spatula or pizza cutter you need! So, obviously the house is amazing (oh, don't get me started on the awesome deck!!), but if that isn't enough in itself, the owner Dave literally goes above and beyond in every possible way. He provides, in writing, every detail you need to know about the house so once you get there, you won't have any problems. However, if you do have any questions, his response is practically immediate. On top of that, he provides you with a "South Padre Island Orientation" package that lists, in detail, restaurants and attractions they recommend on the island. I referred to that list constantly when we were trying to decide where to go! He is sincerely concerned about making sure you have a great time while you're there. A portion of our stay happened to be during Spring Break, which was a new experience for us. Dave knew this, and went out of his way to call us to make sure we weren't having any issues and gave us a few pointers of how to best deal with it (FYI, we had absolutely no problems during that time, and actually enjoyed talking with a lot of the kids). Bottom line is, stop reading this and go request this property NOW, because you will not find anything remotely as nice as this on the island, especially for the price!
Stayed 57 nights in Feb 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 6 Mar 2020
Well your right, Sheri, we do genuinely care if our guests have a great time when they're staying in our home--and it appears you did ! And we're happy you did ! Look forward to hosting you again.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Outstanding Property!

This was our first time to ever rent a vacation home. The property was everything we hoped for and fit our family to a T. Communication with the owners was not only excellent but their knowledge of the area was immensely value able . It was a trip our family will always remember.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

In love with Big Blue!

We cannot thank Dave and Gay enough for sharing their beautiful home with our family! We booked with confidence after reading countless raving reviews posted by previous guests and found their sentiments to be spot on. Communication throughout the booking/rental process was perfect and the property was gorgeous! As a result of this trip I have been designated official vacation planner and this trip will be tough to beat!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2021
Response from VrboOwner on 19 May 2021
Thanks Randall. We're glad you had a good time and we hope we can host you again. And congratulations on your new Title and attendant Responsibilities ! ! 😀
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Shortened Stay Unfortunately

We are Canadians, who arrived at Big Blue before the COVID 19 pandemic had gotten to the dangerous phase it eventually did. The home was large and well maintained, with all required accommodations available and more. We enjoyed the weather and the proximity to the beach, shopping, and interesting activities during the first 2 wks. Unfortunately, like many other out-of-country vacationers, we had to pack up and leave 2 wks earlier than we planned, due to the growing virus crisis. The bright spot in all of this was that we were fortunate to be dealing with a very reasonable and accommodating owner. This definitely softened the disappointment we experienced in our vacation being cut in half.
Stayed 29 nights in Mar 2020
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Location on SPI

Wonderful house on SPI, great location, short walk to Gulf side beaches, quiet neighborhood. Central to restaurants, shops and grocery store. Owner is a great communicator, checked several time on how we were, when we had one minor issue he responded within two hours and took care of the issue immediately. My wife said this is the best equipped kitchen on any place we have ever rented. Bikes, kayaks for use, 10 yards to put in on bayside. Would have liked to rent property for next year, but is already rented, but will definitely try to stay here again.
Stayed 31 nights in Jan 2020
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Better than the pictures can show!

What a great property! The house was very clean, well taken care of, and decorated perfectly. The kitchen was very well stocked and the spice drawer amazing. The wrap around porch is great for morning coffee or evening wine gatherings. Especially like the location - far less traffic and away from the crazy party areas and still just a few minutes from anyway in the city.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2019
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Everything he said it was

Had a fantastic time on a quiet street near the bay. Given great information about the place and area. Loved it!
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2019
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Wonderful!

We LOVED the big blue house! It was absolutely perfect for our group of five. We would highly recommend it to anyone.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2018
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

A great home for a large family and Pet friendly!

Dave has a beautiful home with all the creature comforts you could possibly want - Situated steps from the bay for kayaking, Windsurfing, Paddle Boarding and amazing sunsets! Home has a huge kitchen with all you need for family meals, 5 bedrooms with 2 Master Suites! Absolutely a great place for a large family to get away together and have ample privacy. We look forward to staying here again next year!
Response from VrboOwner on 6 Mar 2020
Thanks Kevin. We're glad you enjoyed it !
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

A MUST STAY!!!

This place is AMAZING!! Our large family stayed here very comfortably. The deck was awesome!! The views were breathtaking. We loved watching the fireworks sitting on the deck. Everything was clean and just simply amazing. The location was great and all of the extra things made our trip even better. The owner, Dave, was super helpful and the communication was great. We hope to stay here again on our next trip to the island.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018
Response from VrboOwner on 6 Mar 2020
Alls we can say is . . ."Glad you enjoyed your stay !" Hope we can host you again.
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Amazing!

We brought our family together to renew our vows, this year makes 35 :-) The house was perfect, the weather did not cooperate so we had the ceremony in the dinning/living room and it was perfect! The personal touches and communication from the owners were unbelievable! A must stay for South Padre!!!
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Awesome property and great owner communication

We loved this house. It met our needs perfectly. The communication and process that Dave provided was very efficient. Highly recommended. We had 2 adults, 7 teenagers and a dog and it was very comfortable. Great vacation. Thanks Dave.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2016
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