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Jupiter Inlet Cam
Live Town of Jupiter camera on Sawfish Bay, looking across the inlet basin to the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse.
Sawfish Bay Park · Jupiter
Right now at Jupiter
- Air temp
- 73°F
- Wind
- NNE 6 mph
- Sky
- clear
- Next tide
- Low 12:48 AM tomorrow
Today runs 70–83°F with a 20% 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 Jupiter
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 Jupiter, species by species.
Best bet: Snook.
- Snook88Prime
82°F water is right in the snook range.
Tide: 3 ft range · 2 in daylight
- Redfish87Prime
82°F water is right in the redfish range.
Tide: 3 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 → - Tarpon82Prime
82°F water is right in the tarpon range.
Tide: 3 ft range · 2 in daylight
Better Thu: 92
- Spanish mackerel82Prime
82°F water is right in the Spanish mackerel range.
Wind: 6 mph N, gusts 13
Better Thu: 92
Where to look
Open runs along beaches and passes, on clean, moving water.
Best Spanish mackerel spots today → - Spotted seatrout81Prime
82°F water is a little warm for trout; the bite starts to ease. Still warming, which pushes it further past the range.
Wind: 6 mph N, gusts 13
Where to look
Grass flats and pothole edges; deeper holes and canals when it's cold.
Best trout spots today → - Sheepshead63Fair
82°F water is warm for sheepshead. Fish early, late and where current moves. Still warming, which pushes it further past the range.
Wind: 6 mph N, gusts 13
Where to look
Pilings, docks, oyster bars and rock — anything that grows barnacles.
Best sheepshead 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 Jupiter Inlet
Jupiter Inlet has the shortest run to the Gulf Stream on this coast — sailfish, mahi and blackfin are minutes outside the jetties — and the red 1860 lighthouse standing over it is the landmark for the whole area. Inside, the inlet and the Loxahatchee River are a serious snook and tarpon fishery, and the water runs clear enough here that you can often watch fish eat, which is rare anywhere in Florida. The inlet shoals and the current runs hard, so local knowledge counts on the way out.
What this camera is good for
- How clean and blue the incoming water is
- Wind and chop on the inside water
- Boat traffic through the inlet basin
- Sunrise over the lighthouse
This camera looks across the inside basin toward the lighthouse, not out through the jetties — read the swell and wind below before judging the inlet mouth.
Full conditions for Jupiter
Common questions
- Is the Jupiter Inlet 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 Jupiter today?
- Today's high and low tide times for Jupiter are on the tide chart page, drawn from the NOAA station at Jupiter Inlet, south jetty. 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.