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Fernandina Beach Cam
Live beachfront camera at Sliders Seaside Grill on Amelia Island.
Sliders Seaside Grill · Amelia Island · Fernandina Beach
Right now at Fernandina Beach
- Air temp
- 71°F
- Wind
- NNE 3 mph
- Sky
- mostly sunny
- Next tide
- High 7:22 PM
Today runs 60–76°F with a 0% 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 Fernandina 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 Fernandina, species by species.
Best bet: Spotted seatrout.
- Spotted seatrout88Prime
73°F water is right in the trout range.
Tide: 6.8 ft range · 2 in daylight
Where to look
Grass flats and pothole edges; deeper holes and canals when it's cold.
Best trout spots today → - Redfish87Prime
73°F water is right in the redfish range.
Tide: 6.8 ft range · 2 in daylight
Where to look
Oyster bars, grass flats and mangrove shorelines; they push shallow on a rising tide.
Best redfish spots today → - Sheepshead83Prime
73°F water is a little warm for sheepshead; the bite starts to ease. Still warming, which pushes it further past the range.
Wind: 4 mph N, gusts 19
Where to look
Pilings, docks, oyster bars and rock — anything that grows barnacles.
Best sheepshead spots today → - Spanish mackerel78Good
73°F water is right in the Spanish mackerel range.
Wind: 4 mph N, gusts 19
Better Wed: 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.
About Amelia Island
Fernandina Beach occupies the north end of Amelia Island at Florida's northeast corner, where St. Marys Inlet separates it from Georgia's Cumberland Island and a vast spartina marsh runs back behind the dune. The tides up here are the biggest in the state — six feet and more — which changes the beach's shape between visits and floods the grass behind it twice a day. The sand is darker and firmer than the Gulf's quartz, and the island keeps a working-port character that the resort beaches further south lost decades ago.
What this camera is good for
- How much beach the tide has left — the range here is dramatic
- Surf and swell on the open Atlantic
- Sunrise over the water
- Weather moving down from Georgia
With six feet of tidal range, the beach in this frame can look like two different places six hours apart — check the tide stage below before reading it.
Full conditions for Fernandina Beach
Common questions
- Is the Amelia 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 Fernandina Beach today?
- Today's high and low tide times for Fernandina Beach are on the tide chart page, drawn from the NOAA station at Fernandina Beach, Amelia River. 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.