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Lake Worth Inlet Cam
Live cameras on Lake Worth Inlet at the Port of Palm Beach.
Lake Worth Inlet · Palm Beach Inlet · Palm Beach
Right now at Palm Beach
- Air temp
- 74°F
- Wind
- NNE 8 mph
- Sky
- clear
- Next tide
- Low 12:51 AM tomorrow
Today runs 70–83°F with a 23% 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 Palm Beach
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 Palm Beach, species by species.
Best bet: Snook.
- Snook88Prime
82°F water is right in the snook range.
Tide: 3.3 ft range · 2 in daylight
- Redfish87Prime
82°F water is right in the redfish range.
Tide: 3.3 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: 3.3 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 14
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.
Wind: 6 mph N, gusts 14
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 N, gusts 14
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 Lake Worth Inlet
Lake Worth Inlet is the Port of Palm Beach's cut, moving an enormous volume of water between the lagoon and the Atlantic between two long jetties, and it holds snook, tarpon and jacks year-round on the strength of that current alone. Palm Beach sits on one side and Singer Island on the other. The Atlantic shelf drops off unusually close to shore here, which is why kingfish and sailfish turn up within sight of the beach and why the Lake Worth Pier just south is such a productive piece of structure.
What this camera is good for
- Sea state at the inlet before running out
- Ship and boat traffic through the port cut
- How hard the tide is moving
- Sunrise over the Atlantic
The NOAA station on the Lake Worth Pier just south is the best local water-temperature reading on this coast — that is the number shown below.
Full conditions for Palm Beach
Common questions
- Is the Lake Worth Inlet 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 Palm Beach today?
- Today's high and low tide times for Palm Beach are on the tide chart page, drawn from the NOAA station at Port of Palm Beach. 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.