Live Marina Webcams

Marina webcams look over yacht harbours: pontoons lined with sailing boats and motor yachts, harbour walls, fuel docks and the promenade around them. A marina often sits at the heart of a seaside town, so the view tends to include cafés, old houses or hills behind.

Sailors use these cameras for a practical reason: masts and flags show the wind better than any number. Masts swaying hard mean a rough day outside the harbour; still water and limp flags mean a calm one. Owners check on their boats from afar, especially after a storm, and visiting crews look at the berths before arriving.

A marina's year has a clear rhythm. In summer boats leave in the morning and return in the late afternoon, and charter changeovers fill the pontoons at weekends. In autumn many yachts are lifted out onto the hard, and the winter frame shows covered hulls and a quiet harbour. Evening lights on the water make the liveliest pictures of the day.