Texas Gulf Coast
South Padre La Copa Cam
A second beachfront look at the Gulf on South Padre Island.
La Copa Beach Cam · 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 (La Copa)
One camera on a long straight beach only ever tells you about one piece of it, and South Padre runs for miles of essentially the same shoreline. Confirmation is the honest job of this view: if the surf, the wind texture and the water color look the same here as in the island's other cameras, that's the whole beach and not a local effect from a dune line or a jetty. Otherwise you're looking at the standard South Padre setup — flat sand, low dunes behind it, and a Gulf that mostly does whatever the last half day of wind told it to.
What this camera is good for
- Cross-checking surf and water color against the other island cams
- Wind texture on the water
- Crowd levels on this section of beach
- Squalls and fronts coming in off the Gulf
Full conditions for South Padre Island
Common questions
- Is the South Padre Island (La Copa) 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.