Volusia Coast
Ponce Inlet Cam
Live 180-degree beach camera at Ponce Inlet, run by Volusia County.
Ponce Inlet Beach Cam · Volusia County · Ponce Inlet
About Ponce Inlet
Ponce de Leon Inlet is the drain for Mosquito Lagoon and the Halifax River, and everything moving between that huge estuary and the Atlantic has to pass between its jetties — which is why it holds bull redfish, flounder, snook and tarpon in season, and why it is genuinely dangerous when wind opposes tide. The lighthouse at the inlet is the tallest in Florida. This is a Volusia County lifeguard-tower camera, so it is a wide, honest view of the beach rather than a resort's marketing angle.
What this camera is good for
- Surf and rip conditions before swimming or paddling
- How rough the inlet is running
- Lifeguard flags and beach crowd levels
- Sunrise over the Atlantic
Volusia County restarts these streams periodically, which mints a new video id — if this frame ever goes dark, the current stream is on the county's Volusia Beaches channel.
Full conditions for Ponce Inlet
Common questions
- Is the Ponce 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 Ponce Inlet today?
- Today's high and low tide times for Ponce Inlet are on the tide chart page, drawn from the NOAA station at Ponce de Leon Inlet. 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.