What you can see on the Klein Curaçao cams
Both cameras belong to boat-trip companies that keep a beach hut on the island. One looks from a hut across the white sand to the turquoise water, the moored boats and the jetty; the other gives a wider view along the beach under rows of thatched sunshades. When the boats have gone back in the afternoon, the beach is empty again.
Klein Curaçao from the Miss Ann beach hut
From the beach hut of a boat-trip company on Klein Curaçao, under the edge of a thatched roof, this camera looks across a broad stretch of white sand to the turquoise water. A jetty runs out into the sea and the day boats lie moored off the beach, with the open horizon beyond.
In the morning the beach is empty; by midday the boats have brought their passengers out. SHOWME Caribbean streams it on YouTube, with the company's logo in the corner.
Klein Curaçao beach under the palapas
This second camera on Klein Curaçao gives a wider view along the beach, from the shelter of another boat-trip company. Thatched sunshades stand in rows on the white sand, and beyond them the sea runs from pale turquoise over the shallows to deep blue, under a wide sky.
An on-screen panel shows the local time, the temperature and the times of sunrise and sunset. SHOWME Caribbean streams it on YouTube.
An island with no one on it
Klein Curaçao covers about 1.7 km² (0.7 sq mi). Its only buildings are the lighthouse, a few beach huts and the shelters of the boat companies, and on its exposed east coast the waves have thrown up the rusting wreck of a ship. Sea turtles nest on its beaches, and the reefs around it are among the clearest in the region for snorkelling and diving.
When to watch Klein Curaçao
The boats arrive in mid-morning and leave in the afternoon, so the cams show the busiest beach in the middle of the day and an empty one at sunrise and sunset. The crossing from Curaçao is open sea, and on windy days the trips can be cancelled: the cams show how rough it is.
Nearby
The boats leave from the south-east of Curaçao, from Spanish Water and the marinas nearby. On the way, many trips stop to snorkel at Tugboat Beach, near Caracasbaai, where a sunken tug lies in shallow water.
Getting there
There is no ferry: the island is reached only on organised day trips or private boats. Bring sun protection and water: there is little shade on the island except under the boat companies' shelters.
