Texas Gulf Coast
Surfside Jetty Park Cam
Live camera at Surfside Jetty Park, right at the north jetty and the channel mouth.
Surfside Jetty Park · Surfside Beach
Right now at Surfside Beach
- Air temp
- 82°F
- Wind
- S 12 mph
- Sky
- clear
- Next tide
- High 1:27 AM tomorrow
Today runs 80–90°F with a 4% chance of rain. Sunset is at 8:57 PM.
Conditions from Open-Meteo and NOAA, refreshed through the day. The camera itself is a live feed from its operator.
About Surfside Jetty Park
Jetty Park puts you at the base of the rocks at the north end of Surfside, where the channel meets the Gulf. It is a land-based fishing spot first and a viewpoint second: people walk the jetty for trout, reds and whatever is running through the cut, and the same current that draws the fish makes the water beside the rocks noticeably livelier than the beach a few hundred yards down. This is also the best place on the upper coast to watch water clarity change, because the green Gulf water and the channel outflow meet right in front of the camera.
What this camera is good for
- Whether the jetty is fishable today
- Where the color change is sitting relative to the rocks
- Swell breaking along the granite
- Wind and current direction at the mouth
Full conditions for Surfside Beach
Common questions
- Is the Surfside Jetty Park 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 Surfside Beach today?
- Today's high and low tide times for Surfside Beach are on the tide chart page, drawn from the NOAA station at Freeport Harbor. 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.