Hundreds of people flocked to South Padre Island to celebrate the 4th of July holiday.

Independence Day is always one of the island's busiest weekends.

“We got here about 8:30, 8:45 a.m. and the beach was already crowded,” beachgoer Matthew Lee said.

The holiday falling on a Tuesday made for great business five days in a row, multiple business owners said.

“Normally if it's closer to the weekend, we see the weekends getting jam-packed — not so much this year," Grapevine Café General Manager Genaro Adauto said. “It landed on a Tuesday, so we've been seeing a pretty generous stretch of people coming in Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday."

Wanna Wanna Beach Bar & Grill General Manager Bryan Bell said sales on Monday night were even better than those from Saturday night.

“Almost double what they would be on a normal Monday,” Bell said.

With restaurants and beaches crowded, expect the causeway to also be packed with bumper to bumper traffic.