Texas Gulf Coast
South Padre Island Beach Cam
Live Gulf view over North Beach at Sand Rose on South Padre Island.
North Beach at Sand Rose · South Padre Island
Right now at South Padre Island
- Air temp
- 84°F
- Wind
- SSE 13 mph
- Sky
- mostly sunny
- Next tide
- High 2:28 AM tomorrow
Today runs 80–93°F with a 1% chance of rain. Sunset is at 9:01 PM.
Conditions from Open-Meteo and NOAA, refreshed through the day. The camera itself is a live feed from its operator.
About South Padre Island
South Padre sits at the bottom of the Texas coast, close enough to the tropics that the Gulf here is usually the clearest and warmest water in the state. It is a spring break destination and a serious wind-sports one — the steady onshore breeze that annoys everyone else is exactly what draws windsurfers and kiteboarders, most of them working the shallow bay side rather than the surf. Behind the island lies the Laguna Madre, one of only a handful of hypersaline lagoons in the world, and its clear, skinny grass flats are world-class water for sight-fishing redfish and trout.
What this camera is good for
- Water clarity and color on the Gulf side
- Wind strength before a kiteboarding or fishing day
- Surf and shorebreak on North Beach
- How busy the beach is running in season
The wind that makes the bay side good for kiting is the same wind that chops up the flats — light mornings are when the sight-fishing works.
Full conditions for South Padre Island
Common questions
- Is the South Padre Island 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 South Padre Island today?
- Today's high and low tide times for South Padre Island are on the tide chart page, drawn from the NOAA station at Queen Isabella Causeway. 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.