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Cocoa Beach Pier Cam
Live camera on the Westgate Cocoa Beach Pier and the Space Coast surf.
Westgate Cocoa Beach Pier
Right now at Cocoa Beach
- Air temp
- 70°F
- Wind
- NNE 9 mph
- Sky
- clear
- Next tide
- Low 12:16 AM tomorrow
Today runs 69–79°F with a 12% chance of rain. Sunset is at 5:33 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 Cocoa Beach
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 Cocoa Beach, species by species.
Best bet: Snook.
- Snook87Prime
78°F water is right in the snook range.
Better Tue: 93
- Spotted seatrout87Prime
78°F water is right in the trout range.
Wind: 9 mph N, gusts 18
Better Tue: 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.
Wind: 9 mph N, gusts 18
Better Tue: 92
Where to look
Oyster bars, grass flats and mangrove shorelines; they push shallow on a rising tide.
Best redfish spots today → - Tarpon80Prime
78°F water is right in the tarpon range.
Better Wed: 93
- Spanish mackerel80Prime
78°F water is right in the Spanish mackerel range.
Wind: 9 mph N, gusts 18
Better Wed: 94
Where to look
Open runs along beaches and passes, on clean, moving water.
Best Spanish mackerel spots today → - Sheepshead75Good
78°F water is a little warm for sheepshead; the bite starts to ease.
Wind: 9 mph N, gusts 18
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 Cocoa Beach Pier
The Cocoa Beach Pier has been the center of Florida's east-coast surf scene since the 1960s, reaching 800 feet into the Atlantic with bars and a bait shop strung along it. Cocoa Beach is where Kelly Slater grew up surfing, and the break either side of the pier is still the local benchmark. Behind the barrier island, the Banana River's no-motor zone holds some of the biggest redfish and trout in the state for anyone willing to pole or paddle in, and launches from the Cape go up right over the top of all of it.
What this camera is good for
- Surf size and how clean it is at the pier
- Whether the pier is fishable
- Beach and pier crowd levels
- Rocket launches and sunrise over the water
Full conditions for Cocoa Beach
Common questions
- Is the Cocoa Beach Pier camera live?
- Yes. It is the operator's own YouTube live stream, and this page always plays whichever stream is running right now. If they are between streams, you will see a link to their channel instead.
- 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 Cocoa Beach today?
- Today's high and low tide times for Cocoa Beach are on the tide chart page, drawn from the NOAA station at Port Canaveral (Trident 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.