Lemon Bay & Charlotte Harbor
Boca Grande Beach Cam
Live camera at Gasparilla Island State Park on Boca Grande.
Gasparilla Island State Park · Boca Beacon · Boca Grande
Right now at Boca Grande
- Air temp
- 75°F
- Wind
- N 12 mph
- Sky
- clear
- Next tide
- High 10:42 PM
Today runs 74–78°F with a 0% chance of rain. Sunset is at 5:42 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 Boca Grande
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 Boca Grande, species by species.
Best bet: Snook.
- Snook85Prime
79°F water is right in the snook range.
Better Wed: 95
Where to look
Mangrove edges, bridges and passes. They want moving water.
Best snook spots today →Best tides for snook → - Redfish83Prime
79°F water is right in the redfish range.
Wind: 9 mph N, gusts 19
Better Wed: 92
Where to look
Oyster bars, grass flats and mangrove shorelines; they push shallow on a rising tide.
Best redfish spots today → - Spotted seatrout83Prime
79°F water is a little warm for trout; the bite starts to ease.
Wind: 9 mph N, gusts 19
Better Wed: 92
Where to look
Grass flats and pothole edges; deeper holes and canals when it's cold.
Best trout spots today →Winter trout and the cold-front bite → - Tarpon73Good
79°F water is right in the tarpon range.
Better Wed: 95
Where to look
Passes, channels and beaches. They travel with the tide.
Best tarpon spots today →When tarpon season runs → - Spanish mackerel73Good
79°F water is right in the Spanish mackerel range.
Wind: 9 mph N, gusts 19
Better Wed: 95
Where to look
Open runs along beaches and passes, on clean, moving water.
Best Spanish mackerel spots today → - Sheepshead70Good
79°F water is warm for sheepshead. Fish early, late and where current moves.
Wind: 9 mph N, gusts 19
Where to look
Pilings, docks, oyster bars and rock — anything that grows barnacles.
Best sheepshead 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 Boca Grande
Boca Grande occupies the south end of Gasparilla Island, and the state park at its tip wraps the Boca Grande Lighthouse and the mouth of the pass. Boca Grande Pass is the deepest natural inlet on this coast and the most famous tarpon fishery in the world — from roughly April into July the pass fills with boats and fish. The beach either side of it is quiet, shell-heavy and largely undeveloped, and the water moves hard through the cut on a big tide.
What this camera is good for
- How hard the pass is running before a tarpon trip
- Surf and swell at the island's tip
- Beach and park crowd levels
- Sunset over the pass
Full conditions for Boca Grande
Common questions
- Is the Boca Grande 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 Boca Grande today?
- Today's high and low tide times for Boca Grande are on the tide chart page, drawn from the NOAA station at Port Boca Grande, Charlotte Harbor. 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.