Sarasota Coast
Anna Maria Island Beach Cam
Live Gulf view from Holmes Beach, in the middle of Anna Maria Island.
White Sands Beach · Holmes Beach · Anna Maria Island
Right now at Anna Maria Island
- Air temp
- 74°F
- Wind
- N 15 mph
- Sky
- clear
- Next tide
- Low 5:10 AM tomorrow
Today runs 73–77°F with a 0% chance of rain. Sunset is at 5:43 PM.
Conditions from Open-Meteo and NOAA, refreshed through the day. The camera itself is a live feed from its operator.
Which fish look best today at Anna Maria Island
The same day scores differently for each fish: water temperature, wind, tide and seas count differently for a snook than for a sheepshead. Today’s read for Anna Maria, species by species.
Best bet: Snook.
- Snook87Prime
78°F water is right in the snook range.
Tide: 2.3 ft range · 2 in daylight
Better Thu: 94
- Spotted seatrout86Prime
78°F water is right in the trout range.
Tide: 2.3 ft range · 2 in daylight
Better Thu: 93
Where to look
Grass flats and pothole edges; deeper holes and canals when it's cold.
Best trout spots today → - Redfish85Prime
78°F water is right in the redfish range.
Tide: 2.3 ft range · 2 in daylight
Better Mon: 91
Where to look
Oyster bars, grass flats and mangrove shorelines; they push shallow on a rising tide.
Best redfish spots today → - Sheepshead74Good
78°F water is a little warm for sheepshead; the bite starts to ease. Still warming, which pushes it further past the range.
Tide: 2.3 ft range · 2 in daylight
Where to look
Pilings, docks, oyster bars and rock — anything that grows barnacles.
Best sheepshead spots today → - Tarpon71Good
78°F water is right in the tarpon range.
Tide: 2.3 ft range · 2 in daylight
Better Mon: 92
- Spanish mackerel71Good
78°F water is right in the Spanish mackerel range.
Seas: 2.2 ft @ 4 s, short and steep
Better Mon: 93
Where to look
Open runs along beaches and passes, on clean, moving water.
Best Spanish mackerel spots today →
Scores conditions for each fish, not where they are or when a run starts. Water temperature is today’s reading applied to the whole week, so a cold front further out won’t show here until the water follows. Temperature ranges are rules of thumb for Florida inshore water; the snook range is from published research.
About Anna Maria Island
Anna Maria Island is the northernmost of the Sarasota-area barrier islands, a seven-mile run of low-rise beach towns between Tampa Bay and Longboat Pass. Holmes Beach sits in the middle of it, where the sand is wide and flat and the shoreline faces almost due west into the Gulf. That westerly aspect is why the sunsets here are the island's main event, and also why an afternoon sea breeze puts a chop on the water before it does anywhere inshore.
What this camera is good for
- Surf and chop before you tow the boat over
- How full the beach accesses look
- Sunset over the Gulf
- Storms stacking up offshore on a summer afternoon
Parking on Anna Maria fills early in season — the free island trolley runs the length of it if the lots are full.
Full conditions for Anna Maria Island
Common questions
- Is the Anna Maria Island camera live?
- Yes, it is a live stream running 24 hours a day. If it looks dark, it is night at the camera.
- Does it cost anything to watch?
- No. Salty Forecast is completely free — no ads, no account, no paid tier, and nothing on this page is behind a sign-up.
- What are the tides at Anna Maria Island today?
- Today's high and low tide times for Anna Maria Island are on the tide chart page, drawn from the NOAA station at Anna Maria Key, city pier. Tide state changes what the beach looks like on camera — at low water the beach is at its widest.
- Why does the camera look hazy or dark?
- Live cameras sit outdoors: rain on the lens, salt spray, fog and low light all affect the picture. Night views are lit only by whatever is nearby. If the feed is down entirely, that is the operator's camera rather than this page — the conditions above still update.