What you can see on the Roxborough cam
The camera looks out to sea from a beach near the town: the waves rolling in on the sand, the open Atlantic and a few rocky islets on the horizon. Facing the morning sun, it catches the sunrise over the sea, and through the day it shows the changing colour of the water and the clouds driven by the trade wind.
The Atlantic from the beach near Roxborough
From a beach near Roxborough, on the windward coast of Tobago, this camera looks straight out to the Atlantic: the waves rolling in on the dark sand, the open sea and a few rocky islets on the horizon. It faces the morning sun, which rises out of the sea in front of it.
Sunrise is the time to watch, with the sky and the water turning gold; later, it shows the trade-wind clouds and the state of the sea on the rougher side of the island.
The windward side
The east of Tobago is its least developed corner: a string of villages, cocoa estates and fishing bays along the Windward Road. Just outside Roxborough, the Argyle Waterfall drops in three tiers through the forest and is the highest on the island. From the town, a road climbs across the Main Ridge Forest Reserve to Parlatuvier on the north coast.
When to watch Roxborough
Tobago keeps Atlantic Standard Time all year, four hours behind UTC. Sunrise is the best time to watch: the light comes up straight over the Atlantic. The trade wind blows most of the year and the sea is usually choppy; the rainy season, from June to December, brings heavy showers.
Around Roxborough
Speyside, further up the coast, is the base for diving and for boat trips to Little Tobago, a bird sanctuary island. King's Bay, between the two, is a sheltered beach with a waterfall nearby.
Getting to Roxborough
The town is about 45 minutes from Scarborough along the Windward Road, which hugs the coast with views over the Atlantic. Buses and maxi taxis run from the capital.
