Forgotten Coast
Cape San Blas Cam
Live Gulf-side camera on Cape San Blas, Florida's Forgotten Coast.
Cape San Blas Beach · Gulf side · Cape San Blas
Right now at Cape San Blas
- Air temp
- 64°F
- Wind
- N 17 mph
- Sky
- clear
- Next tide
- Low 4:54 AM tomorrow
Today runs 61–74°F with a 0% chance of rain. Sunset is at 5:50 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 Cape San Blas
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 Cape San Blas, species by species.
Best bet: Spotted seatrout.
- Spotted seatrout78Good
79°F water is a little warm for trout; the bite starts to ease.
Better Tue: 88
Where to look
Grass flats and pothole edges; deeper holes and canals when it's cold.
Best trout spots today → - Redfish76Good
79°F water is right in the redfish range.
Better Tue: 87
Where to look
Oyster bars, grass flats and mangrove shorelines; they push shallow on a rising tide.
Best redfish spots today → - Sheepshead67Good
79°F water is warm for sheepshead. Fish early, late and where current moves.
Sky: 0% rain chance
Where to look
Pilings, docks, oyster bars and rock — anything that grows barnacles.
Best sheepshead spots today → - Tarpon54Fair
79°F water is right in the tarpon range.
Better Tue: 87
- Spanish mackerel54Fair
79°F water is right in the Spanish mackerel range.
Seas: 3.3 ft @ 4 s, short and steep
Better Tue: 92
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.
About Cape San Blas
Cape San Blas is a hook of sand that curls back on itself to enclose St. Joseph Bay, which gives you two entirely different waters a few hundred yards apart. Inside the bay it is shallow, clear and floored with seagrass — some of the best scalloping in Florida and a strong redfish and trout flat. Outside, the cape's Gulf beach drops off quickly and takes weather head-on; this is one of the most exposed stretches of coastline in the state and the dunes show it.
What this camera is good for
- Whether the Gulf side is workable or it's a bay day
- Surf on the cape's exposed Gulf beach
- Water clarity along the beach
- Weather approaching across open Gulf
Full conditions for Cape San Blas
Common questions
- Is the Cape San Blas 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 Cape San Blas today?
- Today's high and low tide times for Cape San Blas are on the tide chart page, drawn from the NOAA station at Port St. Joe, St. Joseph Bay. 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.