Texas Gulf Coast
Galveston East Beach Cam
Live camera at East Beach, on Galveston's east end near the ship channel.
East Beach · Galveston
Right now at Galveston
- Air temp
- 82°F
- Wind
- S 12 mph
- Sky
- clear
- Next tide
- High 3:56 AM tomorrow
Today runs 81–91°F with a 0% chance of rain. Sunset is at 8:55 PM.
Conditions from Open-Meteo and NOAA, refreshed through the day. The camera itself is a live feed from its operator.
About East Beach
East Beach sits at the far east end of the island, past where the seawall ends, and it is the widest, loudest beach Galveston has. This is the one that hosts the big events and the summer crowds, with room on the sand for stages, tents and a lot of people. Being close to the mouth of the ship channel, the water here often carries more sediment than the beaches further down the island, and the sandbars shift with the currents running past the jetties. Outside of an event weekend it can be surprisingly wide open.
What this camera is good for
- Crowd size before an event weekend
- How sandy or green the water is running near the channel
- Wind across an unusually exposed, open beach
- Storms tracking in off the Gulf
Full conditions for Galveston
Common questions
- Is the East 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 Galveston today?
- Today's high and low tide times for Galveston are on the tide chart page, drawn from the NOAA station at Galveston, Galveston Channel. 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.