Shephard's Beach Resort, Florida Live Cam

Clearwater Harbor opens out beyond this webcam at Shephard's Beach Resort on Clearwater Beach, in Florida. Palms and the roof of the tiki bar fill the foreground, and the causeway bridge crosses the water in the distance.

Clearwater Beach is a barrier island with the Gulf of Mexico on its far side and this sheltered channel between it and the mainland. The resort sits at the southern end of the strip, with a stage that puts on live music through the season.

Summer storms build over the Gulf and arrive as a wall of rain that crosses the frame in minutes. The overlay carries the day, the date and the time.