Gulf Waters Beach Front RV Resort Good Sam Verified Campground
5601 State Hwy 361, Port Aransas, TX 78373
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Maeve
92 reviews · 58 review votes
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Update: We loved our 4.5 months at Gulf Waters for the winter. If wintering here, you will have some wind, humidity, cold and clouds, especially in January, but we found it to be very manageable. The staff here are all excellent and when we needed maintenance help, they were very quick, took care of things and were always positive - Jeff was a special person and our pup loved him! In terms of things to do, we did not leave the park in the first two months as we were recovering but they have so many... Read More
Update: We loved our 4.5 months at Gulf Waters for the winter. If wintering here, you will have some wind, humidity, cold and clouds, especially in January, but we found it to be very manageable. The staff here are all excellent and when we needed maintenance help, they were very quick, took care of things and were always positive - Jeff was a special person and our pup loved him! In terms of things to do, we did not leave the park in the first two months as we were recovering but they have so many activities. In addition to the beach, the heated pool and hot tub were quite nice. And if you need things to do, they had them. For example, in one week they had the fire department in for first aid training, Pilates, art class, water aerobics (Monday, Wednesday, Friday), yoga (Tuesday, Thursday), Texas Hold’em/bridge/Mahjong, bingo, happy hour, football party and a band. Another positive was how easy it was to have deliveries from Amazon, UPS, Fed Ex, etc. The cable tv was excellent and we almost never had a buffering issue when streaming. All in all, we highly recommend Gulf Waters. Connectivity (11 am on a Wednesday when low number of sites filled): Phone service was consistently weak across Verizon and T-Mobile during the entire stay. Verizon (2.17 down/3.54 up); T-Mobile (0.23 down/0.00 upload); Park WiFi 119.0 down/13.2 up). Initial: Gulf Waters Beachfront RV Resort is our 136th stop and stayed for 4 weeks. Overall I would rate a 4.8 and is in the top 10% of our places we have stayed. We had excellent communication before our arrival as well as ongoing communication while there. The front office staff were excellent and appreciated the guys helping us to our site. We had an issue and they were there to fix it before I walked back from the office. Great landscaping with ponds as well as excellent pads and a variety of site types to choose from. We chose a pretty basic one but the front of the rig faced the pond with easy access to the beach. The amenities were quite nice and there were numerous activities ranging from pet photos with Santa (and hot dogs) to bingo and a band. And getting mail was a breeze. During our time here, the park upgraded to 56 digital cable TV channels and 5G broadband internet service which has significantly higher speed during the day and has been consistent. Connectivity (8:00 pm on a Saturday night): Verizon 2.54 down/4.67 up; T-Mobile 1.55 down/0.13 up; Park WiFi 23.0 down/1.76 up
Connectivity (2:30 pm): T-Mobile 15.5 down/1.2 up; Verizon 38.0 downmarket/8.67 up; Park WiFi 4.56 down/0.56 up.
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Maeve
92 reviews · 58 review votes
Member
Update: We loved our 4.5 months at Gulf Waters for the winter. If wintering here, you will have some wind, humidity, cold and clouds, especially in January, but we found it to be very manageable. The staff here are all excellent and when we needed maintenance help, they were very quick, took care of things and were always positive - Jeff was a special person and our pup loved him! In terms of things to do, we did not leave the park in the first two months as we were recovering but they have so many... Read More
Update: We loved our 4.5 months at Gulf Waters for the winter. If wintering here, you will have some wind, humidity, cold and clouds, especially in January, but we found it to be very manageable. The staff here are all excellent and when we needed maintenance help, they were very quick, took care of things and were always positive - Jeff was a special person and our pup loved him! In terms of things to do, we did not leave the park in the first two months as we were recovering but they have so many activities. In addition to the beach, the heated pool and hot tub were quite nice. And if you need things to do, they had them. For example, in one week they had the fire department in for first aid training, Pilates, art class, water aerobics (Monday, Wednesday, Friday), yoga (Tuesday, Thursday), Texas Hold’em/bridge/Mahjong, bingo, happy hour, football party and a band. Another positive was how easy it was to have deliveries from Amazon, UPS, Fed Ex, etc. The cable tv was excellent and we almost never had a buffering issue when streaming. All in all, we highly recommend Gulf Waters. Connectivity (11 am on a Wednesday when low number of sites filled): Phone service was consistently weak across Verizon and T-Mobile during the entire stay. Verizon (2.17 down/3.54 up); T-Mobile (0.23 down/0.00 upload); Park WiFi 119.0 down/13.2 up). Initial: Gulf Waters Beachfront RV Resort is our 136th stop and stayed for 4 weeks. Overall I would rate a 4.8 and is in the top 10% of our places we have stayed. We had excellent communication before our arrival as well as ongoing communication while there. The front office staff were excellent and appreciated the guys helping us to our site. We had an issue and they were there to fix it before I walked back from the office. Great landscaping with ponds as well as excellent pads and a variety of site types to choose from. We chose a pretty basic one but the front of the rig faced the pond with easy access to the beach. The amenities were quite nice and there were numerous activities ranging from pet photos with Santa (and hot dogs) to bingo and a band. And getting mail was a breeze. During our time here, the park upgraded to 56 digital cable TV channels and 5G broadband internet service which has significantly higher speed during the day and has been consistent. Connectivity (8:00 pm on a Saturday night): Verizon 2.54 down/4.67 up; T-Mobile 1.55 down/0.13 up; Park WiFi 23.0 down/1.76 up
Connectivity (2:30 pm): T-Mobile 15.5 down/1.2 up; Verizon 38.0 downmarket/8.67 up; Park WiFi 4.56 down/0.56 up.
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5601 State Hwy 361, Port Aransas, TX 78373
Coordinates: 27.760940, -97.117030
Directions
From Jct of Park Rd 22 (Hwy 358) & Hwy 361, N 11.6 mi on Hwy 361 (R); or From Ferry Landing & Hwy 361 (cut off rd), SE 1 mi to first light, continue SW 5.8 mi on Hwy 361 (L). (Minimum length 24 ft. No canvas)
