Seadrift is a small incorporated city on the Texas Gulf Coast, situated on the western shore of San Antonio Bay where the Guadalupe River system meets the Gulf of Mexico. It lies in Calhoun County, within the Victoria metropolitan area, and is home to roughly 1,000 residents. The town's identity is inseparable from the water: for generations it has functioned as a working fishing community, with commercial shrimping and oystering forming the backbone of the local economy and culture. The bay and its estuaries have shaped Seadrift's economy since its early days. Commercial fishing boats work the waters of San Antonio Bay and Matagorda Bay, and the town has long supplied seafood to markets far beyond the Gulf Coast, while a nearby chemical plant adds a manufacturing presence to an otherwise marine-centered economy. The town's modest scale and coastal location give it the feel of a traditional Texas fishing village rather than a resort town. The town fronts the bay with a small harbor and boat ramps that serve both the commercial fleet and recreational anglers, and its streets are laid out in a simple grid near the waterfront that gives the community a compact, walkable center. Surrounded by the estuaries, marsh, and coastal prairie of the Texas mid-coast, Seadrift remains one of the region's last true working-waterfront towns, where the fishing fleet and everyday life stay closely intertwined. Life in Seadrift is quiet and closely tied to the rhythms of the water and the seasons. The annual Seadrift Shrimpfest celebrates the community's seafood heritage and draws visitors from across the region. Just across the bay, the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge protects wintering grounds for the endangered whooping crane, making the area a destination for birders and nature enthusiasts as well as anglers. Seadrift offers a genuine, low-density Gulf Coast lifestyle—working waterfront, open water, and abundant wildlife—rather than the developed beachfront found elsewhere on the Texas coast.