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New Smyrna Beach Cam
Live camera on New Smyrna Beach, at the top of Mosquito Lagoon.
Volusia County lifeguard tower · New Smyrna Beach
Right now at New Smyrna Beach
- Air temp
- 68°F
- Wind
- NNE 5 mph
- Sky
- clear
- Next tide
- Low 1:25 AM tomorrow
Today runs 65–77°F with a 3% 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 New Smyrna 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 New Smyrna, species by species.
Best bet: Spotted seatrout.
- Spotted seatrout90Prime
78°F water is right in the trout range.
Wind: 7 mph N, gusts 16
Where to look
Grass flats and pothole edges; deeper holes and canals when it's cold.
Best trout spots today → - Redfish88Prime
78°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 → - Tarpon80Prime
78°F water is right in the tarpon range.
Tide: 2.9 ft range · 2 in daylight
Better Wed: 93
- Spanish mackerel80Prime
78°F water is right in the Spanish mackerel range.
Wind: 7 mph N, gusts 16
Better Wed: 94
Where to look
Open runs along beaches and passes, on clean, moving water.
Best Spanish mackerel spots today → - Sheepshead76Good
78°F water is a little warm for sheepshead; the bite starts to ease.
Wind: 7 mph N, gusts 16
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.
About New Smyrna Beach
New Smyrna Beach sits at the north end of Mosquito Lagoon, the shallow, grass-floored estuary that made Florida's redfish reputation, with hard-packed drivable sand out front and Ponce Inlet just to the north. It is also, by shark-bite statistics, the most bitten beach in the world — a function of the inlet pushing bait and blacktips into the surf where a lot of surfers happen to be, rather than anything sinister. The break here is the most consistent in central Florida for the same reason the sharks like it.
What this camera is good for
- Surf size and shape near the inlet
- Water clarity and bait activity in the surf
- How busy the drivable beach is
- Storms building inland over the lagoon
This is a Volusia County lifeguard-tower camera. The county restarts its streams now and then, so if the picture ever freezes, the conditions below are still live.
Full conditions for New Smyrna Beach
Common questions
- Is the New Smyrna Beach 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 New Smyrna Beach today?
- Today's high and low tide times for New Smyrna Beach are on the tide chart page, drawn from the NOAA station at New Smyrna 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.