Emerald Coast
St Andrews Pass Cam
Live camera on St. Andrews Pass and Shell Island at Panama City.
Shell Island Cam · St. Andrews Pass · Panama City
Right now at St. Andrews · Panama City
- Air temp
- 59°F
- Wind
- NNW 8 mph
- Sky
- clear
- Next tide
- Low 6:16 AM tomorrow
Today runs 55–71°F with a 0% chance of rain. Sunset is at 4:50 PM.
Conditions from Open-Meteo and NOAA, refreshed through the day. The camera itself is a live feed from its operator.
Which fish look best today at St. Andrews · Panama City
The same day scores differently for each fish: water temperature, wind, tide and seas count differently for a snook than for a sheepshead. Today’s read for St. Andrews, species by species.
Best bet: Spanish mackerel.
- Spanish mackerel86Prime
75°F water is right in the Spanish mackerel range.
Wind: 7 mph N, gusts 20
Better Tue: 93
Where to look
Open runs along beaches and passes, on clean, moving water.
Best Spanish mackerel spots today → - Spotted seatrout79Good
75°F water is right in the trout range.
Tide: 1.4 ft range · 0 in daylight
Better Wed: 90
Where to look
Grass flats and pothole edges; deeper holes and canals when it's cold.
Best trout spots today → - Redfish76Good
75°F water is right in the redfish range.
Tide: 1.4 ft range · 0 in daylight
Better Tue: 88
Where to look
Oyster bars, grass flats and mangrove shorelines; they push shallow on a rising tide.
Best redfish spots today → - Tarpon74Good
75°F water is cool for tarpon; the bite builds as it warms toward 76°F.
Tide: 1.4 ft range · 0 in daylight
Better Tue: 83
- Sheepshead73Good
75°F water is a little warm for sheepshead; the bite starts to ease.
Wind: 7 mph N, gusts 20
Better Tue: 83
Where to look
Pilings, docks, oyster bars and rock — anything that grows barnacles.
Best sheepshead spots today →
Scores conditions for each fish, not where they are or when a run starts. Water temperature is today’s reading applied to the whole week, so a cold front further out won’t show here until the water follows. Temperature ranges are rules of thumb for Florida inshore water.
About St. Andrews Pass
St. Andrews Pass is the cut between the Gulf and St. Andrew Bay, with St. Andrews State Park on the west jetty and undeveloped Shell Island on the east. The bay behind it is unusually deep and clear for a Florida estuary, and it drops off fast enough that big fish hold well inside — redfish and trout on the grass, flounder on the sandy edges near the jetties, tarpon rolling in the channel through summer. Shell Island itself has no road to it, which is why it stays empty and why the shuttle across the pass runs all season.
What this camera is good for
- How hard the tide is running through the pass
- Whether the pass is boatable or standing up
- Water clarity in the bay versus the Gulf
- Shuttle and boat traffic to Shell Island
Full conditions for St. Andrews · Panama City
Common questions
- Is the St. Andrews Pass camera live?
- Yes — it streams on the operator's own site, and the link on this page always opens whichever stream is currently running.
- 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 St. Andrews · Panama City today?
- Today's high and low tide times for St. Andrews · Panama City are on the tide chart page, drawn from the NOAA station at Panama City. 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.