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Key Largo Underwater Cam
Live underwater camera on the coral reef at John Pennekamp, Key Largo.
Coral Reef Cam · John Pennekamp (underwater) · Key Largo
Right now at Key Largo
- Air temp
- 78°F
- Wind
- NNE 6 mph
- Sky
- clear
- Next tide
- Low 1:33 AM tomorrow
Today runs 75–85°F with a 4% chance of rain. Sunset is at 5:37 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 Key Largo
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 Key Largo, species by species.
Best bet: Spanish mackerel.
- Spanish mackerel91Prime
82°F water is right in the Spanish mackerel range.
Wind: 6 mph NE, gusts 9
Where to look
Open runs along beaches and passes, on clean, moving water.
Best Spanish mackerel spots today → - Tarpon90Prime
82°F water is right in the tarpon range.
Tide: 2.7 ft range · 2 in daylight
- Snook88Prime
82°F water is right in the snook range.
Tide: 2.7 ft range · 2 in daylight
- Redfish87Prime
82°F water is right in the redfish range.
Tide: 2.7 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 seatrout81Prime
82°F water is a little warm for trout; the bite starts to ease.
Wind: 6 mph NE, gusts 9
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.
Wind: 6 mph NE, gusts 9
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 Key Largo
This is the unusual one: the camera is under the water, on the reef inside John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park — the first undersea park in the United States. Key Largo sits alongside the only living coral barrier reef in the continental US, and what passes the lens is whatever is on the reef at the time: grunts, snapper, parrotfish, the occasional barracuda or turtle. Visibility is the whole story here, and it tracks wind and swell closely — a few calm days and the water goes gin clear.
What this camera is good for
- Reef visibility before booking a dive or snorkel trip
- Whether recent wind has stirred the water up
- What is actually on the reef right now
- A genuinely good screensaver
Underwater visibility lags the weather by a day or two — check the wind history as well as today's forecast below.
Full conditions for Key Largo
Common questions
- Is the Key Largo camera live?
- Yes. It is the operator's own YouTube live stream, and this page always plays whichever stream is running right now. If they are between streams, you will see a link to their channel instead.
- 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 Key Largo today?
- Today's high and low tide times for Key Largo are on the tide chart page, drawn from the NOAA station at Rock Harbor, Key Largo. 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.