Their office is right on the Galveston Seawall, located at 4408-B Seawall Blvd. (in the same building as Ben & Jerry’s). Or just give them a call right now to talk about real estate on the coast. Billy: 409-771-8211; Ruthi: 409-771-4130.

Galveston, Bolivar, and Bay Area Real Estate Listings

These two links will show you pictures of numerous properties Billy and Ruthi have available right now.

Available Island Properties

Available RENTALS and Galveston MLS Search

These two will take care of you. They’re both active in the Galveston community. Every single morning I wake up and check his Galveston surf report, which is promptly posted and never late. If you’re going to surf in Galveston, you have to check Billy’s surf report before you go. Not only does he tell us everything we need to know about the surf, but he and Ruthi even take pictures of the island and the surf so we know exactly what to expect. They never miss a day, and we really appreciate what they do. The bottom line is if you’re into surfing in Galveston or need help with real estate in Galveston, Bolivar, or Bay Area, you need to know who Billy and Ruthi are.

Give them a call right now to discuss the real estate market and find out how fast they can have you living life on the beach! Please tell them you found out about them on Texas Surfers.

• A person is more likely to be killed by a dog attack, lightening, a falling coconut, or by being buried by a collapsing sand hole than by being attacked by a shark.
• In 2008, there were only 59 shark attacks reported world wide. Only 4 reported attacks were fatal.
• Generally, shark attacks result in 5-15 deaths world wide each year. This is an estimate as some attacks are not reported.
• Despite the fact that more people are venturing into the water, the trend over the past century from 1990-1999 has revealed the world wide fatality rate from shark attacks has gone down.
• It is estimated that humans kill up to 100 million sharks per year.
• World shark populations have declined approximately 90% in the past 3 decades.

The collapsing sand hole thing is new to me, but how often could that happen. Maybe more often than you’d think – people get to digging tunnels at the beach, and before you know it, the sand has collapsed on them. If you see feet sticking out of the sand, give them a yank.

Source.

TOP 10 US SURF TOWNS:

1. Santa Cruz, CA
2. Haleiwa, HI
3. Encinitas, CA
4. Paia, HI
5. San Clemente, CA
6. Kill Devil Hills, NC
7. Malibu, CA
8. Montauk, NY
9. New Smyrna Beach, FL
10. Ocean City, NJ

It's all fun and games until someone gets bit!

Source.

I found this blog post that shows how these guys turned the surfboard above into the chair you see below.

Here’s the finished product. I’m gonna have to make one of these.

When the tide is low, water is being taken from the beach area and sent out to sea. This causes the water on the beach to be more shallow than usual. During low tide, you may find that you can walk out into the water a lot further than usual because the water doesn’t get deep as soon. Some areas that are normally covered by water may not have any water at all. You’ll probably have some areas of sand that are only about two inches under water, and some dry sand, little narrow “islands” that come up out of the water. It can be fun to walk in the shallow water and then onto the dry areas, especially when the water is warm. Sea gulls like to hang out on the little islands.

Also, low tide is a great time to walk the beach and find starfish, but you better go very early in the morning or other people will beat you to them.

Safety During Low Tide

Something you need to be warned about is that since the water is going back out to sea during low tide, it’s (remotely) possible that you’ll be taken far out to sea, possibly never to return. You don’t want to swim or paddle out very far during low tide for this reason; you might not be able to paddle back to the beach.

One time I was right at the end of a jetty when the tide started going out. I was on this little Rusty surfboard that requirs a lot of paddling in any type of condition, and I’m still surprised I made it back to shore. I floated past the jetty and was headed into the wild blue yonder. I paddled as hard as I could, and when I was so tired I wanted to stop paddling, I’d think, “If you don’t paddle you’ll die.”  After several minutes of paddling, it looked like I’d traveled maybe 3 feet. I eventually got back inside, and I was so tired I was done for the day.

High Tide

When the tide is high, water is being brought into the beach from the ocean. This means the beach water will be deeper than usual. The deeper water is, the bigger and more powerful waves it creates and sustains. When you surf, the bigger and more powerful waves you can find, the better your surf sessions will be.

Plus, high tide will bring you home if you get tired out there. Just relax on your board and the water will push you toward the beach. Imagine closing your eyes and drifting off a little on your surfboard (not really recommended), then suddenly you hear your board float right into some sand. You were out there and now you’re on the beach. You look up and say to the ocean (or God, or however you view mother nature in its most awesome form), “Hey, thanks, man!” Nothing to it.

• Surf during high tide for the safest and most fun sessions.

These were originally posted in an issue of Surfer’s Journal

You really should checkout the full collection of surfing tattoos inspired by Jay Alders, but look at this tattoo and the painting that inspired it (below).

Surf Artist, Gabe Prusmack

Another surf artist you might want to talk to about your next tattoo is Gabe Prusmack. You can call him at 409-939-8050 or checkout his myspace.

Random Surfing Tattoos

For Kids

Here are a couple of surfing tattoos for kids to stick on themselves. Not bad for just $1.50.