Lemon Bay & Charlotte Harbor
Englewood Beach Cam
Live camera on Englewood Beach at Manasota Key, from the Pearl Beach Inn.
Englewood Beach · Pearl Beach Inn · Manasota Key
Right now at Manasota Key
- Air temp
- 71°F
- Wind
- N 7 mph
- Sky
- clear
- Next tide
- High 11:49 PM
Today runs 68–83°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 Manasota Key
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 Manasota, species by species.
Best bet: Snook.
- Snook86Prime
79°F water is right in the snook range.
Wind: 8 mph N, gusts 17
Where to look
Mangrove edges, bridges and passes. They want moving water.
Best snook spots today →Best tides for snook → - Redfish84Prime
79°F water is right in the redfish range.
Wind: 8 mph N, gusts 17
Where to look
Oyster bars, grass flats and mangrove shorelines; they push shallow on a rising tide.
Best redfish spots today → - Spotted seatrout84Prime
79°F water is a little warm for trout; the bite starts to ease.
Wind: 8 mph N, gusts 17
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.
Wind: 8 mph N, gusts 17
Better Wed: 90
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: 8 mph N, gusts 17
Better Wed: 93
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: 8 mph N, gusts 17
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 Englewood Beach
Englewood Beach sits on Manasota Key, the barrier island between Lemon Bay and the Gulf, and it is the beach most of Englewood actually uses. The sand is coarser and shellier than Siesta's, which is why this is one of the better stretches on the coast for finding fossilized shark teeth — the same beds that feed Venice run down this way. Stump Pass is at the south end of the key, and Manasota Key Road runs the length of it with public accesses along the way.
What this camera is good for
- Surf and water color before heading down
- Whether the beach parking is filling up
- Red tide conditions you can see — dead fish, discolored water
- Sunset
If the water looks off-color or you see fish washed up, check the red tide status below — the FWC sample data for this beach is on the same page.
Full conditions for Manasota Key
Common questions
- Is the Englewood Beach 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 Manasota Key today?
- Today's high and low tide times for Manasota Key are on the tide chart page, drawn from the NOAA station at Manasota, Lemon 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.