Texas Gulf Coast
San Luis Pass Cam
Live camera at San Luis Pass, the cut between Galveston Island's west end and Follets Island.
San Luis Pass · Galveston Island · west end
Right now at Galveston
- Air temp
- 82°F
- Wind
- S 12 mph
- Sky
- clear
- Next tide
- High 3:56 AM tomorrow
Today runs 81–91°F with a 0% chance of rain. Sunset is at 8:55 PM.
Conditions from Open-Meteo and NOAA, refreshed through the day. The camera itself is a live feed from its operator.
About San Luis Pass
San Luis Pass is where Galveston Island ends and Follets Island begins, and it is the natural cut that drains a large volume of West Bay to the Gulf twice a day. All that water moving through a narrow opening is what makes the pass both a well-known fishery and a genuinely hazardous place to be in the water: the current runs hard, the bottom drops off abruptly, and sandbars shift from one season to the next. Anglers work it from boats and from the sand, and the bridge carries the road on down the coast toward Surfside.
What this camera is good for
- How hard the water is moving through the cut
- Whether the pass looks workable from a boat
- Water color on the bay side versus the Gulf side
- Wind against tide, which is what stands the pass up
Swimming and wading at San Luis Pass have a long history of drownings, and the currents and sudden drop-offs are the reason. Treat it as a place to fish and watch, not to get in the water.
Full conditions for Galveston
Common questions
- Is the San Luis Pass 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 Galveston today?
- Today's high and low tide times for Galveston are on the tide chart page, drawn from the NOAA station at Galveston, Galveston Channel. 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.