Texas Gulf Coast
Jamaica Beach Cam
Live Gulf view from Jamaica Beach, on Galveston Island's quieter west end.
Jamaica Beach · Galveston Island
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 Jamaica Beach
Jamaica Beach is a small city of its own on the west end of Galveston Island, well past where the seawall stops. Out here the island is canals, stilt houses and dune line rather than boulevard, and the beach slopes naturally to the water instead of dropping off a wall. That makes for gentler shorebreak and a much calmer scene than the seawall on a summer Saturday, and it also means the sand and dunes take the brunt of the weather directly. Families, waders and beachcombers use this end far more than surfers do.
What this camera is good for
- Surf and shorebreak on a natural, unhardened beach
- Water color at the west end, often cleaner than mid-island
- How crowded the west end beach looks
- Wind and dune conditions after a blow
Full conditions for Galveston
Common questions
- Is the Jamaica Beach 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.