Mike, Did you get your check yet? This would have been really handy to see when the oil spill clean up was in full swing. I’ve searched for these webcams on google and just found them. would have loved to have found these months ago to SPY on the “clean up crew”. I bet there would be lots of divorce attorneys being hired right now instead of litigation attorneys for claims. Was a bad bad group out there. Glad they are gone. i love these cameras though.
It’s nice to be able to look at the beach when I’m at lunch, I work in Seattle. This is all I think about, you never realize what you had in your back yard until you move. I miss the beach life. My brother has a Condo two blocks from the camera. Can’t wait till I’m back on the gulf.
I spent Dec thru March in Gulf Shores and loved the area, hate to see and hear about the mess, would like to help, I am unemployed and would love to come down and help clean up the mess but dont know who to contact for work , any help would be great
I am a local oil clean up worker in Gulf Shores. As of 11 July 2010 We have had oil and tar balls comming in in waves. Some days worse than others. What makes everything worse is the Mayor of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach paying a private company to run a tractor pulled screen down the beach which only removes about 10 to 15 percent of the tar balls and burries the other 85 to 90 percent. We go out there daily and remove by hand what they are covering up. They keep saying our beaches are still beautiful white beaches, which they are as long as you dont dig in the sand more than 6 to 8 inches. I just want our city officials to stop helping BP cover up a known proablem for the sake of tourism. Get it cleaned up and the tourism will come back. Till then BP must pay !
my kids are hare from nc. and have to go home next wk,end. are there any beaches that you can get in the water? if so please let me know. we would love to take them tomorrow.
We have wintered in Gulf Shores for the past 15 years and have enjoyed every minute. Love those people!!
We will be back this winter to take up where we left off last year. These folks have handle so many adversities since “Ivan”, what a bunch of troopers. Thank you for sharing your area, beaches.
WHY CAN’T WE JUST TAKE BP? I MEAN IT IS OUR WE THE PEOPLES COUNTRY.RIGHT? BECAUSE BP WILL NEVER GIVE US THE $’S THAT WE HAVE LOST AND THE $’S THAT WE COULD HAVE MADE YEARS IN OUR LIFE.
I’m watching from Arizona. One may think the images and stories are filtered by distance and technology. Dear People of the Gulf, we all are crying, worried and hopeful with you! This is not a good thing, but it will pass and we will all be smarter and more connected because of it. GOD Bless Y’all! Jim
IF ANYONE HAS ANYINF ON BEACH/WATER/SMELL, PLEASE SUBMIT THEM HERE FOR OTHERS WHOM ARE NOT THERE CAN HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT IS GOING ON, WHILE THEY LOOK THROUGH WEB CAMS. I SEE ALOT OF SEAWEED TODAY? SAID THERE WAS SOME OIL YESTERDAY(6-11-10) THANKS!!
you can also look at the pier cam and adjust it and see the water and right now it looks good! all i see is seaweed. i just wish people would keep their political speeches off of here and enjoy the cams. I have chatted with some people there on vacation and they have seen a few oil globs but no smell they could sense. but the crowds are much smaller there than normal for this time of year.
will someone/anyone leave steady comments about beach/water/smell? alot of people can benifit from people actually there(PINK PONY, STATE BEACH) THANKS
spend time on the coast every Spring and Thanksgiving and check the webcam when we have bad weather up on the plains.
Neat trick is to call friends in Oklahoma, have them pull up webcam and wave to them !
Noticed beach was packed this weekend and lot’s of folks in the water, a couple of orange cones and about three TV stations looking for oil soaked beaches.
Sure didnt see that on national news !.
Why on earth would we want our government, which continues to create a deficit well North of $1,000,000,000,000 to take control of a successful corporate entity? BP employs tens of thousands of citizens of this country and contributes millions upon millions in tax revenue, charitable donations and the like. It’s like asking someone who has filed bankruptcy and is mired down in debt to handle money for a living. It ludicrous and laughable. Would you give control of your hard-earned money to someone who cannot handle their own? Or ask a plumber to do an electrician’s job? Of course not. Our government is the last entity even remotely qualified to handle this ACCIDENT. Please remember, this was an ACCIDENT – not purposeful and they happen, e.g., plane crashes, train accidents, mining accidents.
The beaches will again be clean eventually with a lot of hard work (I’ve volunteered my time – have you?) . . . .individuals with legitimate losses (see Katrina) will be paid. Lessons will be learned. Have a little patience and faith and put your feet in another person’s shoes for a change. Do something to contribute to the resolution instead of becoming part of the problem. The negativity of this country is disheartening.
Makes me so dammmmm mad that Dumbama and our “govt” cant control what is destroying our United States of America! I cry when i go to links that show pics. Heartbreaking. I pray that this oil is stopped soon (NOW). Our beautiful white beaches!!!
I AGREE WITH KAREN! I WOULD LOVE TO LIVE IN THAT AREA SOMEDAY MYSELF. I SURE WOULD LOVE TO WORK NEAR THE BEACH SOMEDAY! SHE SAYS EVERYTHING IS BETTER AT THE BEACH!!! I AGREE!!!!
I PRAY FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE AND MAKE THEIR LIVING FROM THE OCEAN AND TOURISM AND THE WILDLIFE! MAY GOD BE WITH ALL THERE ON THE GULF COAST! MAY SOMETHING GET DONE WITH THIS OIL BEFORE THE DAMAGE BECOMES A CATASTROPHY THAT HURTS MANY!
I WILL BE COMING TO THE BEACH SAME AS ALWAYS NO MATTER WHAT !
BLESS ALL OF YOU THERE!
THESE CAMERAS ARE GREAT…JUST KEEP THOSE COVERS ON THEM CLEAN FOR ALL TO ENJOY WHILE VIEWING THE BEAUTIFUL COAST!
BILLY
TUPELO,MISSISSIPPI
I check the site every day,it makes me feel so good. Growing up in the water of the gulf, it was alway so clean and beautiful. With the oil spill, I just can’t believe it’s beauty is being destroyed. It is making it hard for me to look and worrying of one day not wanting to look anymore. It makes me shed a tear everyday.
Big Kahuna
Virginia Beach, VA
We visit Gulf Shores annually and plan to do so despite any possible issues with the water and the rig explosion. Just as we took our kids to see New Orleans after Katrina to experience the realty of disasters and its effect on communities, so shall they experience the issues regarding the beaches, IF and WHEN it happens. Of course, we are hoping for the best for the sake of the wildlife, water and beaches.
I love this web cam, but unable to get on here tonight. I use both cams to view the beach everyday. Love Gulf Shores and pray pray pray that the dam oil stays away. I cry for all the babies(sea life and land) that will be affected by this catastrophy. Breaks my heart. Hope to move to the Gulf Shores area (Foley) in the near future. Visit every year and fell in love with the area. Everything’s better at the Beach
Thanks for your concern John I just came from a meeting in Gulf Shores with the State of Alabama Tourism director, BP, the Mayor of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, And countless concerned citizens it was standing room only. The dome to cap the leak is on its way to the site now, it will take a couple of days to sink it and get it in place. BP has stopped one of the small leaks as of today with luck and a lot of work we should be ok. The beaches are open and will remain according to the state here is a link to more information from BP. http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/site/2931/
I guess Iam the first to comment post the catastrophic still on going Golf oil explosion. Thought Id just check to see how things look. God help us all. The magnitude of this could affect the entire world.
I have frequented this site for at least a year maye two. I was once a resident but moved away. I come back every year but this lets me feel like I am looking out the window at the beach and I can do it anytime I want.
Hi Valerie
I have tested it on Google Chrome on my PC it works fine are you on a MAC? And have you rebooted your computer? Let me know how it goes. Thanks
I love the new website. Works great with Safari and Firefox – just downloaded the new Google Chrome browser and can’t get a picture. Just thought you’d want to know…
i’m having difficulty connecting to the gulf shores public beach site….I have Java installed but I keep getting disconnected. Any thoughts on what I need to do???????
As a boater living in Fairhope I use both the gulf shores public beach and Fairhope Pier site often. Gulf Shores webcam works regularly but Fairhope site is hit and miss – more often miss lately.
I have tried to get Zekes often but have never been successful.
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That’s my beach!!!! Love it and miss it see you soon!
Coming in July and already planning! I love the beach! && I hope it will be nice. We came last year and couldn’t get in the water!
Tar Balls
what are they digging for on the beach?
Mike, Did you get your check yet? This would have been really handy to see when the oil spill clean up was in full swing. I’ve searched for these webcams on google and just found them. would have loved to have found these months ago to SPY on the “clean up crew”. I bet there would be lots of divorce attorneys being hired right now instead of litigation attorneys for claims. Was a bad bad group out there. Glad they are gone. i love these cameras though.
Does anyone play sand volleyball down there on the beach? I am an avid player (intermediate level). I am looking for 4 on 4 or 6 on 6 play.
It’s nice to be able to look at the beach when I’m at lunch, I work in Seattle. This is all I think about, you never realize what you had in your back yard until you move. I miss the beach life. My brother has a Condo two blocks from the camera. Can’t wait till I’m back on the gulf.
thanks for getting the cam up and running again…we’ve missed it…
I spent Dec thru March in Gulf Shores and loved the area, hate to see and hear about the mess, would like to help, I am unemployed and would love to come down and help clean up the mess but dont know who to contact for work , any help would be great
I am a local oil clean up worker in Gulf Shores. As of 11 July 2010 We have had oil and tar balls comming in in waves. Some days worse than others. What makes everything worse is the Mayor of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach paying a private company to run a tractor pulled screen down the beach which only removes about 10 to 15 percent of the tar balls and burries the other 85 to 90 percent. We go out there daily and remove by hand what they are covering up. They keep saying our beaches are still beautiful white beaches, which they are as long as you dont dig in the sand more than 6 to 8 inches. I just want our city officials to stop helping BP cover up a known proablem for the sake of tourism. Get it cleaned up and the tourism will come back. Till then BP must pay !
Is the webcam locked up during the Jimmy Buffett concert? Try watching from CMT.com or CMT cable tv… Great concert! Save the Gulf!
my kids are hare from nc. and have to go home next wk,end. are there any beaches that you can get in the water? if so please let me know. we would love to take them tomorrow.
well we will see monday. please let the new cap work. u2a
looks like Bp has control of the cams on the beach like they do everything else.
We have wintered in Gulf Shores for the past 15 years and have enjoyed every minute. Love those people!!
We will be back this winter to take up where we left off last year. These folks have handle so many adversities since “Ivan”, what a bunch of troopers. Thank you for sharing your area, beaches.
Anyone know why there’s a new fence?
WHY CAN’T WE JUST TAKE BP? I MEAN IT IS OUR WE THE PEOPLES COUNTRY.RIGHT? BECAUSE BP WILL NEVER GIVE US THE $’S THAT WE HAVE LOST AND THE $’S THAT WE COULD HAVE MADE YEARS IN OUR LIFE.
Seaweed with a little oil… wouldn’t let my family in the water…
I’m watching from Arizona. One may think the images and stories are filtered by distance and technology. Dear People of the Gulf, we all are crying, worried and hopeful with you! This is not a good thing, but it will pass and we will all be smarter and more connected because of it. GOD Bless Y’all! Jim
IF ANYONE HAS ANYINF ON BEACH/WATER/SMELL, PLEASE SUBMIT THEM HERE FOR OTHERS WHOM ARE NOT THERE CAN HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT IS GOING ON, WHILE THEY LOOK THROUGH WEB CAMS. I SEE ALOT OF SEAWEED TODAY? SAID THERE WAS SOME OIL YESTERDAY(6-11-10) THANKS!!
you can also look at the pier cam and adjust it and see the water and right now it looks good! all i see is seaweed. i just wish people would keep their political speeches off of here and enjoy the cams. I have chatted with some people there on vacation and they have seen a few oil globs but no smell they could sense. but the crowds are much smaller there than normal for this time of year.
will someone/anyone leave steady comments about beach/water/smell? alot of people can benifit from people actually there(PINK PONY, STATE BEACH) THANKS
it was seaweed mixed with a little oil. beach looks pretty good right now! lets hope it stays that way!!!
spend time on the coast every Spring and Thanksgiving and check the webcam when we have bad weather up on the plains.
Neat trick is to call friends in Oklahoma, have them pull up webcam and wave to them !
Noticed beach was packed this weekend and lot’s of folks in the water, a couple of orange cones and about three TV stations looking for oil soaked beaches.
Sure didnt see that on national news !.
Is that oil or sea weed on the beach at the tide line?
Why on earth would we want our government, which continues to create a deficit well North of $1,000,000,000,000 to take control of a successful corporate entity? BP employs tens of thousands of citizens of this country and contributes millions upon millions in tax revenue, charitable donations and the like. It’s like asking someone who has filed bankruptcy and is mired down in debt to handle money for a living. It ludicrous and laughable. Would you give control of your hard-earned money to someone who cannot handle their own? Or ask a plumber to do an electrician’s job? Of course not. Our government is the last entity even remotely qualified to handle this ACCIDENT. Please remember, this was an ACCIDENT – not purposeful and they happen, e.g., plane crashes, train accidents, mining accidents.
The beaches will again be clean eventually with a lot of hard work (I’ve volunteered my time – have you?) . . . .individuals with legitimate losses (see Katrina) will be paid. Lessons will be learned. Have a little patience and faith and put your feet in another person’s shoes for a change. Do something to contribute to the resolution instead of becoming part of the problem. The negativity of this country is disheartening.
Makes me so dammmmm mad that Dumbama and our “govt” cant control what is destroying our United States of America!
I cry when i go to links that show pics. Heartbreaking. I pray that this oil is stopped soon (NOW). Our beautiful white beaches!!!
Bet you wish you could get both Fairhope Pier and Public Beach Gulf to both work at the same time – and consistantly. I do too.
Love the cameras when they work.
Barry
I AGREE WITH KAREN! I WOULD LOVE TO LIVE IN THAT AREA SOMEDAY MYSELF. I SURE WOULD LOVE TO WORK NEAR THE BEACH SOMEDAY! SHE SAYS EVERYTHING IS BETTER AT THE BEACH!!! I AGREE!!!!
I PRAY FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE AND MAKE THEIR LIVING FROM THE OCEAN AND TOURISM AND THE WILDLIFE! MAY GOD BE WITH ALL THERE ON THE GULF COAST! MAY SOMETHING GET DONE WITH THIS OIL BEFORE THE DAMAGE BECOMES A CATASTROPHY THAT HURTS MANY!
I WILL BE COMING TO THE BEACH SAME AS ALWAYS NO MATTER WHAT !
BLESS ALL OF YOU THERE!
THESE CAMERAS ARE GREAT…JUST KEEP THOSE COVERS ON THEM CLEAN FOR ALL TO ENJOY WHILE VIEWING THE BEAUTIFUL COAST!
BILLY
TUPELO,MISSISSIPPI
I check the site every day,it makes me feel so good. Growing up in the water of the gulf, it was alway so clean and beautiful. With the oil spill, I just can’t believe it’s beauty is being destroyed. It is making it hard for me to look and worrying of one day not wanting to look anymore. It makes me shed a tear everyday.
Big Kahuna
Virginia Beach, VA
We visit Gulf Shores annually and plan to do so despite any possible issues with the water and the rig explosion. Just as we took our kids to see New Orleans after Katrina to experience the realty of disasters and its effect on communities, so shall they experience the issues regarding the beaches, IF and WHEN it happens. Of course, we are hoping for the best for the sake of the wildlife, water and beaches.
I love this web cam, but unable to get on here tonight. I use both cams to view the beach everyday. Love Gulf Shores and pray pray pray that the dam oil stays away. I cry for all the babies(sea life and land) that will be affected by this catastrophy. Breaks my heart. Hope to move to the Gulf Shores area (Foley) in the near future. Visit every year and fell in love with the area. Everything’s better at the Beach
Thanks for your concern John I just came from a meeting in Gulf Shores with the State of Alabama Tourism director, BP, the Mayor of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, And countless concerned citizens it was standing room only. The dome to cap the leak is on its way to the site now, it will take a couple of days to sink it and get it in place. BP has stopped one of the small leaks as of today with luck and a lot of work we should be ok. The beaches are open and will remain according to the state here is a link to more information from BP. http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/site/2931/
I guess Iam the first to comment post the catastrophic still on going Golf oil explosion. Thought Id just check to see how things look. God help us all. The magnitude of this could affect the entire world.
I love this website to because i look at it when ever im about to go fishing out there to see how rough it is before we go!
I can’t wait til May! I’ll be seeing this on my balcony!
I REALLY ENJOY THIS WEBCAM AND HAVE BEEN USING IT FOR YEARS. GULF SHORES IS A GREAT PLACE TO SPEND TIME.
This is beautiful! We have visited there and are trying to move down there..hopefully soon!
I have frequented this site for at least a year maye two. I was once a resident but moved away. I come back every year but this lets me feel like I am looking out the window at the beach and I can do it anytime I want.
I love this site, it keeps me feeling at home when Im 1500 miles away.
Love the site. LPS
I use Google Chrome without any problems. Make sure your Java software are up-to-date.
I’m excited about the new webcam addition for the pier.
Hi Valerie
I have tested it on Google Chrome on my PC it works fine are you on a MAC? And have you rebooted your computer? Let me know how it goes. Thanks
I love the new website. Works great with Safari and Firefox – just downloaded the new Google Chrome browser and can’t get a picture. Just thought you’d want to know…
i’m having difficulty connecting to the gulf shores public beach site….I have Java installed but I keep getting disconnected. Any thoughts on what I need to do???????
Thanks for your help
Debbie
I am glad to see our white beach is STILL white, for now. I love being able to check out the beach any day of the week.
As a boater living in Fairhope I use both the gulf shores public beach and Fairhope Pier site often. Gulf Shores webcam works regularly but Fairhope site is hit and miss – more often miss lately.
I have tried to get Zekes often but have never been successful.
Great sites when they work.