Texas Gulf Coast
Galveston Fishing Pier Cam
Live camera on the 61st Street Fishing Pier, out over the Gulf off the Galveston Seawall.
61st Street Fishing Pier · 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 61st Street Fishing Pier
The 61st Street pier runs out from the seawall into the Gulf and is lit for night fishing, which makes it one of the few Galveston views worth checking after dark. Fishing from it follows the season: sand trout and whiting in the cooler months, speckled trout and Spanish mackerel when the water warms, with bull reds and sharks pulling in around the end of the pier through late summer and fall. The camera answers the practical question better than any forecast can — whether the water under the pier looks green enough and calm enough to be worth walking out.
What this camera is good for
- Whether the pier looks fishable or blown out
- Water color and clarity right under the rail
- How many rods are out — a fair proxy for the bite
- Night lights and conditions after dark
Rough surf and hard onshore wind close the fishing down here well before they close the beach — the picture tells you sooner than a wind number will.
Full conditions for Galveston
Common questions
- Is the 61st Street Fishing Pier camera live?
- Yes — it streams on the operator's own site, and the link on this page always opens whichever stream is currently running.
- 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.