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St George Island Cam
Live Gulf camera looking toward Sikes Cut on St. George Island.
Sikes Cut · The Plantation · St. George Island
Right now at St. George Island
- Air temp
- 67°F
- Wind
- NNW 16 mph
- Sky
- clear
- Next tide
- High 12:24 AM tomorrow
Today runs 65–74°F with a 0% chance of rain. Sunset is at 5:48 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. George Island
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. George Is., species by species.
Best bet: Spotted seatrout.
- Spotted seatrout81Prime
79°F water is a little warm for trout; the bite starts to ease.
Sky: 0% rain chance
Better Mon: 88
Where to look
Grass flats and pothole edges; deeper holes and canals when it's cold.
Best trout spots today → - Redfish80Prime
79°F water is right in the redfish range.
Sky: 0% rain chance
Better Mon: 88
Where to look
Oyster bars, grass flats and mangrove shorelines; they push shallow on a rising tide.
Best redfish spots today → - Sheepshead69Good
79°F water is warm for sheepshead. Fish early, late and where current moves.
Sky: 0% rain chance
Where to look
Pilings, docks, oyster bars and rock — anything that grows barnacles.
Best sheepshead spots today → - Tarpon54Fair
79°F water is right in the tarpon range.
Better Tue: 88
- Spanish mackerel54Fair
79°F water is right in the Spanish mackerel range.
Seas: 3.3 ft @ 4 s, short and steep
Better Tue: 92
Where to look
Open runs along beaches and passes, on clean, moving water.
Best Spanish mackerel 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. George Island
St. George Island is 28 miles of barrier island with a state park covering the whole east end, making it one of the least developed beaches left in Florida — no high-rises, no traffic lights, and long stretches where the only structure is dune. This camera looks out from the Plantation on the island's west end. Sikes Cut at the west end concentrates everything moving between Apalachicola Bay and the open water, and when the Gulf blows out, the sound side stays fishable.
What this camera is good for
- Surf and water clarity on the Gulf side
- Whether to fish the beach or duck to the sound
- How busy the beach is — usually the answer is not very
- Storms crossing the bay from the mainland
Full conditions for St. George Island
Common questions
- Is the St. George 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 St. George Island today?
- Today's high and low tide times for St. George Island are on the tide chart page, drawn from the NOAA station at St. George Island, Sikes Cut. 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.