What you can see on the Bimini cam
From the garden of a holiday cottage on the Queen's Highway, the camera looks through a pair of palms to the sand of Radio Beach, the loungers and umbrellas set out on it and the water beyond, pale and clear near the shore and deep blue further out. It shows the color of the sea, the clouds and the light, and how calm the water is before a day on the boat.
Radio Beach from Blue Tulip Cottage
From the garden of a cottage on the Queen's Highway in Alice Town, this camera looks through a pair of palms to Radio Beach: the white sand, the loungers and umbrellas on it, and the clear, pale water running out to deep blue on the horizon.
The picture is renewed every minute. The beach faces west, so it is the one for the sunset over the sea and for the state of the water before a day out on the boat.
Islands on the edge of the Gulf Stream
Bimini is a chain of small, flat islands. North Bimini, about 11 km (7 miles) long and in places only a few hundred meters wide, holds most of the people, in Alice Town and in Bailey Town just to the north; South Bimini has the airport. Just offshore, the seabed drops into the deep, fast water of the Gulf Stream, which brought the big-game fishermen here in the 1930s, Ernest Hemingway among them. Today the island lives from fishing, diving and the boats that cross from Florida.
When to watch Bimini
Radio Beach faces west, so the sun sets over the sea right in front of the cam. Bimini keeps the same clock as Miami and New York, with daylight saving time from March to November. Winter brings cooler fronts from the north and the clearest days; the hurricane season runs from June to November.
Around Bimini
Alice Town has the island's bars, restaurants and marinas along its main road, and Bailey Town lies just north. The rest of the Bahamas on this site is far to the east: Harbour Island and the rest of Eleuthera beyond Nassau, and Hope Town in the Abacos to the north-east.
Visiting Bimini
Boats and small planes cross from South Florida, and South Bimini has the airport; a short water taxi links the two islands. Alice Town is small enough to walk or to get around by golf cart. The beaches are public, and the water off Radio Beach is usually calm, but currents run fast near the channels between the islands.
