# Tampa Bay Trips Are Like Budget Holidays from OnTheBeach
If you're about to embark on a vacation to Tampa Bay, you may be curious about what it's like.
The Tampa Bay area has a subtropical and humid climate. This kind of climate is similar to the destinations that you'll experience with budget holidays from OnTheBeach. Tampa Bay itself is surrounded by plenty of water. Tampa Bay is known for being Florida's biggest open water estuary, and there are coastlines at the Hillsborough, Manatee and Pinella counties.
While Tampa Bay offers plenty of water, it is more of a bay rather than a beach. The main reason is that the bay mainly provides only shallow waters with an average depth of only about 12 feet. You can find various kinds of water based eco systems there including mud flats, sea grass beds and mangrove filled wetlands. Nevertheless, you'll find several marine life in Tampa Bay, similar to many other beaches, such as dolphins, oysters, shrimp and crab.
Once you have planned your itinerary on an affordable budget you will get to enjoy both a relaxing and exciting vacation in Tampa Bay – do what you like in the way you like, and have yourself a nice trip.