What you can see on the George Town cams
The Port Authority's camera looks over the Royal Watler terminal, the concrete pier where the tenders tie up, with the open sea and the anchored ships beyond; its still image is renewed every minute. A second view, replayed over a whole day, looks across Hog Sty Bay, the town's little harbour, with its rocks and the waterfront buildings behind.
The harbour of George Town
From the north cruise terminal in George Town, this camera of the Port Authority looks over the harbour and the waterfront of the capital: the sea wall, the shops and restaurants along the shore and the water where the tenders come in from the cruise ships.
It is a still image renewed every few minutes.
The cruise pier in George Town
The Port Authority's camera looks out from the Royal Watler cruise terminal over the long concrete pier where tenders land cruise passengers. Bollards and railings line the pier, and beyond it the open sea stretches to the horizon, where the ships lie at anchor on cruise days.
It is a still image, renewed every minute, which makes it a quick way to see whether the tenders are running and what the sea is doing off George Town.
Hog Sty Bay from the terminal
From the north terminal of the port, this camera looks across Hog Sty Bay, with the rocks in the shallow water, the waterfront of George Town curving along the bay and the open sea on the right.
It is a still image renewed every few minutes, good for the colour of the water and the light over the bay.
A day on George Town's harbour
Looking across Hog Sty Bay, the small harbour of George Town, this camera takes in the green water, a reef of dark rocks just below the surface and the waterfront buildings on the far side. Windy keeps its last day as a replay.
On cruise days the time-lapse shows the tenders crossing the bay; on calm mornings the bottom of the harbour shows through the clear water.
A port without a cruise pier
Grand Cayman has no dock where the big ships can tie up, so they anchor in the bay and their passengers are carried ashore in tenders to the terminals on Hog Sty Bay. The harbour front is lined with shops, bars and the Cayman Islands National Museum, in one of the oldest buildings on the island.
When to watch George Town
On cruise days the tenders shuttle back and forth from early morning to mid-afternoon; on calm days the water of the harbour is clear enough to see the rocks on the bottom.
Nearby
Seven Mile Beach begins just north of the town. Smith Barcadere, a small beach cove good for snorkelling, lies to the south, and Fort George, the remains of an 18th-century fort, is on the waterfront.
Getting there
Owen Roberts International Airport is about 10 minutes away by car. The cruise terminals are in the middle of town, so most of George Town can be seen on foot.
