Beach Web Cams

PACIFIC OCEAN
Choshi, Chiba, Japan
http://www.grandhotel-isoya.co.jp/main/livecam/javaview.html
From this hotel, 50 miles east of Tokyo, you can watch the sunrise. Although it's a clear image during the day, pre-dawn images are more difficult to see because of the reflection in the glass. Even if you don't understand the language, try clinking on some of the links because some of them have photos of the hotel and the beach. Sunrise in Japan is about 3pm Central Daylight Time.


Santa Cruz, California, USA
http://www.ci.santa-cruz.ca.us/pr/wharf/index.html
This is a streaming beach web cam aimed at an area known by the local surfers as "Steamer Lane". Although you really don't get to see the beach with this web cam, you are getting the view you would see if you were on Main Beach in Santa Cruz. Way past this is an incredibly deep trench called "Monterey Canyon". I'm thinking they don't have a beach web cam for that.

Tauranga Harbor, New Zealand
http://www.citynews.co.nz/webcams/yacht/


GULF OF MEXICO
Port Aransas, Texas, USA
http://www.thedunescondos.com/cam.cfm
With this beach web cam you can really see how the waves are continuosly rolling up on the beaches in Texas. The web cam is mounted at the top of one of the many condos on the beach. I wish this beach web cam would let you see more of the sand so you could see the vehicles driving on the beach.


ATLANTIC OCEAN
Cape Cod Canal, Massachusetts, USA
http://www.maritime.edu/l2.cfm?page=88
Technically not the Atlantic Ocean, this is the canal that allows ships a shorter passage from the Boston area to New York and further south. So it's not really a beach web cam because you can't see any beaches from this web cam. But, the area around the canal is full of beaches and when I find a good beach web cam of a Cape Cod beach I like, I'll add that link too.

Eastham, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA
http://www.morebeach.com/Cape_Cod_Beach_Cam.html
This is a really nice beach web cam because you can see the beach, the dunes, and the walkway. Their website also has a very nice map of the cape with all the towns labeled. Wood's Hole is where you take the ferry to Martha's Vineyard. Craigsville Beach is a nice public beach and the water is warmer than at East Sandwich beach. You would think the shallow waters of Cape Cod Bay would allow the water to warm up, but actually it's the Gulf Stream that helps warm the waters along the southern part of the cape.

Chatham, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA
http://www.telecamsystems.com/outermost/index.htm
One thing I like about this beach cam is that they have saved the last photo taken during daylight and you can zoom in, pan left, or pan right. It's really a harbor cam, not a beach web cam, but I bet if you watched it long enough, you would see the high and low tides.

Carolina Beach, North Carolina, USA
http://www.hotwaxsurfshop.com/mall/atlanticsurf.asp
If you're looking for beach web cams, a great place to start is with surfer's websites. They have their beach web cams pointed at the surf so you can get a feel for the wind strength and cloud conditions. If I remember, I'll come back to this beach web cam next time they have a hurricane warning because this area gets hit alot.

Boston, Massachusetts, USA
http://www.hazecam.net/boston.html
This web cam gives a beautiful look at Boston Harbor.


Sun Cam
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/sun_cam.html
Finally...a web cam that works no matter what time zone you're in!

Not a web cam, but helpful when you want to find out if the sun is out at the web cam you're looking at!
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/sunearth.html

Traffic Cam
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
http://www.masspike.com/traffic_cameras/trafficcams.html