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GaryB
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Initially Posted - 09/24/2018 : 16:54:57

A local company recently started installing webcams around Clear Lake, Galveston Bay, Galveston, and the Freeport, TX area.

Gives us local sailors some really nice opportunities to see what the weather is in our sailing venues before leaving home. Some great sunsets as well.

The CLear Lake camera is my favorite as I can see my marina in the distance straight down the channel. Big flag on a tall pole is my home base.

Scroll down the page to see the other cameras.

Clear Lake Webcam

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GaryB
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Kemah,TX

Edited by - GaryB on 09/24/2018 16:55:46

dasreboot
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Response Posted - 09/25/2018 : 03:29:18

I haven't made it yet, but I bought the parts to make a wifi anemometer that I will put at the dock. Hopefully Ill be able to see what the wind actually is instead of the unreliable forecasting.

Todd Lewis
Eowyn 87 TR/WK C25 #5656
ARWEN 84 TR/SK C25 #4031
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 09/25/2018 : 08:22:27

But what it is, isn't what it will be.

The marina where I store for the winter has a webcam I can point and zoom from home. Some years my boat is visible on the hard, some years not. But I've used it to watch them launch her in the spring.

Dave Bristle
Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT
PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge

Edited by - Stinkpotter on 09/25/2018 08:23:06

Davy J
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Response Posted - 09/25/2018 : 09:38:31

I will look at a few webcams around my area. This is most close to me, It's the Rod and Reel Pier on the northern tip of Anna Maria Island. The flag in the lower left corner really helps with the wind direction:

http://www.annamariafloridarealestate.com/

I am also lucky in that we have the Tampa Bay PORTS website and the National Data Buoy Center:

https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ports/ports.html?id=8726412&mode=allmet

https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/

Also, if you haven't seen this site it's very good at the predictions for several days out:

https://www.windy.com/?27.684,-83.419,7

Davy J

2005 Gemini 105Mc
PO 1987 C25 #5509 SR/SK
Tampa Bay

RichardG
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Response Posted - 09/25/2018 : 10:34:43

I go to this one often, more to see mooring conditions than checking weather - https://www.visitcatalinaisland.com/island-info/media/two-harbors-cam

RichardG 81 FK/SR #2657
Terminal Island, CA

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