What you can see on the Cape Eleuthera cam
The camera looks from the shore of the marina, past a palm and an old piling, across the calm water of the basin to the houses and palms on its far side and the narrow channel that leads out to sea. A time-lapse replays the last 24 hours, with the light changing over the water from dawn to dusk.
The basin and channel at Cape Eleuthera
From the shore of the marina at Cape Eleuthera, past a palm and an old piling, this camera looks across the calm basin to the houses and palms on its far side and the narrow channel that leads out to the deep water of the Exuma Sound.
On the Bahamas' low islands the sky is the weather: the cam shows the clouds building, the squalls and, sometimes, a rainbow over the marina.
Where the bank meets the sound
The cape stands on the edge of one of the most striking contrasts in the Bahamas: on one side, the turquoise shallows of the bank, a few metres deep; on the other, the Exuma Sound, which drops to more than 1,000 m. Boats from the marina reach deep water in minutes, which makes the cape a base for sport fishing and for research: the Cape Eleuthera Institute studies sharks, turtles and reefs from here.
When to watch Cape Eleuthera
The Bahamas keep the same clock as New York, with summer time from March to November. Winter brings cool fronts and clear, windy days; summer, calm water and the hurricane season, from June to November.
Nearby
Rock Sound, the main town of the south of the island, is about 30 minutes' drive away, with its blue hole in the middle of town. Lighthouse Beach, at the southern tip of Eleuthera, is one of the most remote and beautiful beaches of the island.
Getting there
Rock Sound airport, with flights from Nassau and Florida, is the nearest. Cars drive on the left in the Bahamas, and the Queen's Highway runs the whole length of Eleuthera.
