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Miami Beach Cam
Live camera on South Beach and Ocean Drive in Miami Beach.
South Beach · Ocean Drive · Miami Beach
Right now at Miami Beach
- Air temp
- 80°F
- Wind
- NE 5 mph
- Sky
- clear
- Next tide
- High 7:05 PM
Today runs 70–84°F with a 15% chance of rain. Sunset is at 5:35 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 Miami 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 Miami Beach, species by species.
Best bet: Spanish mackerel.
- Spanish mackerel91Prime
82°F water is right in the Spanish mackerel range.
Wind: 4 mph N, gusts 12
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: 2.9 ft range · 2 in daylight
- Snook88Prime
82°F water is right in the snook range.
Tide: 2.9 ft range · 2 in daylight
- Redfish87Prime
82°F water is right in the redfish range.
Tide: 2.9 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: 4 mph N, gusts 12
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: 4 mph N, gusts 12
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 South Beach
South Beach is the south end of Miami Beach, where the Art Deco strip along Ocean Drive backs onto the widest sand in the county. Government Cut, the deep ship channel into Biscayne Bay, is a mile south, and its jetties are one of the best-known tarpon and snook spots in the country — big fish in fast, clear water in the middle of a city. Blue water is a couple of miles off the sand, and Biscayne Bay's bonefish and permit flats start immediately behind the island.
What this camera is good for
- Surf, water color and how busy the sand is
- Whether an east wind has the beach chopped up
- Ocean Drive crowds and event weekends
- Storms tracking in off the Atlantic
The host blocks embedding and this feed has been intermittent — if it does not load, the conditions on this page are still live.
Full conditions for Miami Beach
Common questions
- Is the South 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 Miami Beach today?
- Today's high and low tide times for Miami Beach are on the tide chart page, drawn from the NOAA station at Government Cut, Miami Harbor Entrance. 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.