What you can see on the Christiansted cams
From the rooftop of a waterfront hotel, the harbour fills the screen: sailboats and charter catamarans at anchor, with the reef and the open sea behind them. Another view looks over the red roofs and the pool of a condominium to the marina and its masts. East of town, a resort camera looks over palms and tennis courts to a green point and the sea, and to the west a beach cam frames the sand between the palms.
Masts and roofs over the Christiansted marina
From a condominium on the hill, this camera looks over its red roofs, palms and blue-umbrella pool to the marina below, packed with masts and motorboats, and to the open water beyond the harbour.
It gives a good idea of the marina side of Christiansted and of the swell on the sea outside.
Lawns, palms and sea east of Christiansted
From a resort on the hills just east of Christiansted, this camera looks over palms, tennis courts and green lawns to a grassy point with its villas and the open Caribbean behind.
The wide sea horizon makes it a good view of the weather over the north coast of St Croix.
Palms and sand on the north shore of St Croix
From the beachfront of a resort west of Christiansted, this camera looks between leaning palms and a blue beach pavilion to the sand, a row of loungers and the reef-sheltered water of the north shore.
It is a simple, close view of the beach itself: how the sand looks, whether the sea is breaking and whether there is seaweed on the shore.
Boats at anchor off Christiansted
From the roof of a hotel on the waterfront, past its two flags, this camera looks out over Christiansted harbour: sailboats and charter catamarans at anchor, a floating bar, the excursion boats coming and going, and the reef and the open sea on the horizon.
It is the cam to see the harbour of the old Danish town and the state of the sea outside the reef.
A Danish town
Denmark bought St Croix from France in 1733 and named its capital after King Christian VI. The town kept its plan and many of its buildings: Fort Christiansvaern, the Steeple Building and the old customs house are part of the Christiansted National Historic Site, around the green near the harbour. The islands were sold to the United States in 1917, and the Danish street names are still on the corners.
When to watch Christiansted
St Croix keeps Atlantic Standard Time all year, four hours behind UTC. The harbour and the north shore face the trade wind, so the water is calmest early in the morning. The dry season runs from about December to April, and the hurricane season from June to November.
Nearby
A boat from the waterfront crosses in a few minutes to Protestant Cay, a tiny island with a beach in the middle of the harbour. Further out, Buck Island Reef National Monument, a short boat trip east, has an underwater trail through one of the best reefs in the Caribbean. Point Udall, at the east end of the island, is the easternmost point of the United States.
Getting there
Henry E. Rohlsen Airport, on the south coast, is about 20 minutes' drive away. Cars drive on the left. The historic centre and the boardwalk are easy to explore on foot.
