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Hobe Sound Cam
Live camera on the Hobe Sound refuge beach at Jupiter Island.
Hobe Sound NWR · Jupiter Island · Hobe Sound
Right now at Hobe Sound
- Air temp
- 74°F
- Wind
- NNE 9 mph
- Sky
- clear
- Next tide
- Low 3:09 AM tomorrow
Today runs 70–82°F with a 13% 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 Hobe Sound
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 Hobe Sound, species by species.
Best bet: Snook.
- Snook88Prime
80°F water is right in the snook range.
Tide: 2.1 ft range · 2 in daylight
- Redfish86Prime
80°F water is right in the redfish range.
Tide: 2.1 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 → - Spotted seatrout84Prime
80°F water is a little warm for trout; the bite starts to ease. Still warming, which pushes it further past the range.
Wind: 7 mph N, gusts 14
Where to look
Grass flats and pothole edges; deeper holes and canals when it's cold.
Best trout spots today → - Sheepshead68Good
80°F water is warm for sheepshead. Fish early, late and where current moves. Still warming, which pushes it further past the range.
Wind: 7 mph N, gusts 14
Where to look
Pilings, docks, oyster bars and rock — anything that grows barnacles.
Best sheepshead spots today → - Tarpon40Slow
80°F water is right in the tarpon range.
Tide: 2.1 ft range · 2 in daylight
Better Wed: 67
- Spanish mackerel40Slow
80°F water is right in the Spanish mackerel range.
Seas: 7.4 ft @ 10 s, long and easy
Better Wed: 67
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; the snook range is from published research.
About Hobe Sound
Hobe Sound is the quiet stretch of Jupiter Island between Stuart and Jupiter, and most of the beach here belongs to a national wildlife refuge — undeveloped Atlantic sand on one side, narrow mangrove-lined Intracoastal on the other, and essentially no commercial frontage in between. The beach is steep-faced with a close-in trough, which puts fish within easy casting range and also makes the shorebreak heavier than it looks. It is one of the most heavily used sea turtle nesting beaches in the hemisphere.
What this camera is good for
- Surf and shorebreak on a steep beach
- How much sand the tide has left below the dune
- Water clarity for the close-in trough
- Sunrise over an empty beach
This is a still image rather than live video. The page pulls the newest frame automatically, and the camera posts a new one every several minutes.
Full conditions for Hobe Sound
Common questions
- Is the Hobe Sound camera live?
- Yes, though it is a still image rather than video. The page pulls the camera's newest frame automatically.
- 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 Hobe Sound today?
- Today's high and low tide times for Hobe Sound are on the tide chart page, drawn from the NOAA station at Hobe Sound, Jupiter Island. 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.