Texas Gulf Coast
Galveston Seawall Cam
Surf cam on the Galveston Seawall, looking straight out at the Gulf.
Seawall Surf Cam · Galveston Seawall
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 Galveston Seawall
Galveston's surf is wind surf. There is no distant swell window here the way there is on an open ocean coast, so what you get is short-period, locally generated chop that stands up when the wind has been onshore long enough and lays flat the moment it backs off. That makes a live camera worth more here than almost anywhere — a forecast can say two feet and the water can look like glass. The seawall itself is about ten miles of hardened frontage with rock groins stepping out from it, and those groins are what shape the sandbars and the peaks that surfers line up on.
What this camera is good for
- Actual surf size and period versus what the forecast claims
- Wind direction on the water — onshore, side-shore or offshore
- Water color and how sandy the shorebreak is
- Whether anyone is out
Onshore wind is what builds the surf here and also what turns the water brown, so the two rarely improve together.
Full conditions for Galveston
Common questions
- Is the Galveston Seawall 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.