Texas Gulf Coast
Port Aransas Beach Cam
Live Gulf and surf view from Sandollar on the Port Aransas beach, Mustang Island.
Sandollar Beach · Port Aransas
Right now at Port Aransas
- Air temp
- 85°F
- Wind
- SSE 16 mph
- Sky
- overcast
- Next tide
- High 4:11 AM tomorrow
Today runs 81–90°F with a 0% chance of rain. Sunset is at 9:02 PM.
Conditions from Open-Meteo and NOAA, refreshed through the day. The camera itself is a live feed from its operator.
About Port Aransas Beach
This is the one to check before a beach day. Port Aransas sits at the north end of Mustang Island, and its Gulf beach is wide, firm and drivable, so people park facing the water and stay put — meaning a single look tells you both what the surf is doing and how many vehicles have already lined up on the sand. Water color swings from sandy brown to real green depending on what the wind has been doing. In spring and early summer, sargassum can windrow along the tide line deep enough to change where you'd set a chair.
What this camera is good for
- Surf and shorebreak size before a beach day
- Water color — brown, sandy or green
- Seaweed piled along the tide line
- How many vehicles are already on the sand
The camera switches to infrared after dark, so the night picture is monochrome — fine for reading the surf line, useless for water color.
Full conditions for Port Aransas
Common questions
- Is the Port Aransas 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 Port Aransas today?
- Today's high and low tide times for Port Aransas are on the tide chart page, drawn from the NOAA station at Port Aransas. 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.