New England Wave Cameras

Higgins Beach - Higgins Beach Properties - Higgins Beach, ME

Operated by Higgins Beach Properties, a real estate company, this cam offers a great view of Higgins Beach.

Gooch’s Beach - The Seaside Motor Inn and Cottages - Kennebunkport, ME

Operated by The Seaside Motor Inn and Cottages, this beachcam has good view of Gooch’s Beach from a pretty high vantage point. Combined with the Portland Buoy it will give you a good idea what the surf conditions are at SSE facing beaches in Maine.

York Beach - Liquid Dreams Surf Shop and Surfline - York, ME

Operated by Liquid Dreams Surf Shop in conjuction with Surfline, this cam gives a live video stream from York Beach.

The Wall - Cinnamon Rainbows - Hampton, NH

Run by Cinnamon Rainbows, this site now offers two very good angles with image quality good enough to make it an invaluable tool in judging surf conditions at The Wall. Combined with the WMUR cam and Portland Buoy it will give you a good idea what the surf conditions at SE facing breaks are from Gloucester to Maine.

The Wall - Pioneers Board Shop - Hampton, NH

Run by Pioneers, this report and cam page has detail surf condition details (updated several times a day) as well as a great surf cam angle. Combined with the WMUR cam and Portland Buoy it will give you a good idea what the surf conditions at SE facing breaks are from Gloucester to Maine.

The Wall - Its a Beach - Hampton, NH

Pay site. Good image quality on the magnified version and videos of the surf taken every morning. All that’s missing is a daily and detailed online surf report. May be worth the money even without it... Combined with the WMUR cam and Portland Buoy it will give you a good idea what the surf conditions at SE facing breaks are from Gloucester to Maine.

Hampton Beach - Hampton Beach Village District - Hampton, NH

The description on their site pretty much says it all: “Hampton Beach Live Weather Camera brought to you by WMUR TV CH 9 - Manchester NH - in cooperation with the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom.” Combined with the Portland Buoy it will give you a good idea what the surf conditions at SE facing breaks from Gloucester to Maine.

Seabrook Beach, NH - Zapstix and Surfline - Seabrook Beach NH

This cam brought to you by Zapstix with the help of Surfline.com. Quality is good, though the live stream requires that you pay for a subscription to Surfline.

Nantasket Beach - Northeastsurfing.com - Hull, MA

Webcam run by Northeastsurfing.com. Works great combined with their surf report and the Boston Buoy.

Nantasket Beach - The Red Parrot - Hull, MA

Located on top of the The Red Parrot Restaurant, this beachcam pans Nantasket Beach. Under renovation.

Beachcomber - The Beachcomber - Wellfleet, MA

Offers a great view of Cahoon Hollow Beach and the Atlantic Ocean from the 3rd floor of the Beachcomber, in their words "Cape Cod's only Oceanfront Restaurant and Bar." Combined with the Cape Cod Buoy it will give you a good idea what the conditions are like on the Cape.

Coastguard Beach - Morebeach.com - Eastham, MA

Offers a great view of Coastguard Beach in Eastham, MA. Combined with the Cape Cod Buoy it also will give you a good idea what the conditions are like on the Cape.

1st Beach - Northeastsurfing.com - Newport, RI

New webcam run by Northeastsurfing.com. A great cam to figure out what is going on with the SSE to SW wind swell window in southern New England.

Town Beach - Warm Winds - Narragansett, RI

Located right in front of the Narragansett Town Beach updates frequently and even offers a “movie” of the past hour. The camera is run by Warmwinds, a surf store in Narragansett. Combined with the Buzzard's Bay Buoy it will give you a good idea what the surf conditions are at SE facing breaks in Rhode Island.

Town Beach - Lila Delman - Narragansett, RI

Located on the south side of the Narragansett Town Beach this rarely (if ever...) working beach cam offers a decent perspective on wave size. The camera is run, or rather, not run, by Lila Delman, a real estate agent in Narragansett. The angle is a little awkward, use in combination with the Warm Winds cam.

Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory - Martha's Vineyard, MA

When fully operational, this is one of the best setup cams in New England offering an image of the beach and live wind and wave info (which unfortunately isn't working as of late). Quoting from the site: "The MVCO is a research observatory located at South Beach and in the ocean a mile off the south shore of Martha's Vineyard. It provides real time and archived coastal oceanographic and meteorological data for researchers, students and the general public."

Gilgo, NY and East hampton, NY (no longer active, hopefully temporarily)

Though not in New England these two cams can give you a good idea as to how breaks with a SW to SE swell window are doing.