Texas Gulf Coast
Port Aransas Dolphin Dock Cam
Live camera over the boat basin at Dolphin Dock West in Port Aransas.
Dolphin Dock West · 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 Dolphin Dock, Port Aransas
Port Aransas runs on its boats, and this basin is where a good share of the fleet sits between trips. That makes it a useful camera on a marginal day: if the slips are still full well into the morning, the captains have already made a judgment about the Gulf that no forecast page is going to give you. The water inside the basin stays flat almost regardless of what's happening outside, so read the boats, the rigging and the sky rather than the surface. Trips leaving here run out through the ship channel, past the jetties, and into open water.
What this camera is good for
- Whether the charter fleet went out today
- Wind direction off the flags and rigging
- Rain and squalls moving over the harbor
- How busy the docks are before you head down
Full conditions for Port Aransas
Common questions
- Is the Dolphin Dock, Port Aransas 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.