What you can see on the Scrub Island cam
The camera looks down from the resort over its harbour: the marina with its docks and boats, the buildings on the hillside, the sheltered water of the bay and, beyond it, the neighbouring islands and cays of the Sir Francis Drake Channel. It shows the comings and goings of the ferries and yachts and the changing light over the islands from morning to sunset.
The marina and the harbour of Scrub Island
From the hillside of the Scrub Island resort, this camera looks down over its marina, the docks with their yachts and motorboats, the buildings along the shore and the sheltered bay, with a conical island and the hills of the neighbouring islands beyond.
It shows the boats coming and going between the islands and the changing light and weather over the water, from the clouds of the morning to the evening glow.
In the heart of the sailing grounds
The British Virgin Islands are one of the great sailing areas of the world: some sixty islands and cays, close together in sheltered water, with moorings in almost every bay. Scrub Island sits at the eastern entrance to that area, near the Camanoe islands and Marina Cay, and its marina is a stop for yachts on their way to Virgin Gorda and the North Sound.
When to watch Scrub Island
The BVI keep Atlantic Standard Time all year, four hours behind UTC. The sailing season runs from about December to May, when the trade winds blow steadily; the hurricane season runs from June to November, and Irma hit the islands hard in 2017.
Around Scrub Island
Trellis Bay, on Beef Island, is just across the water, with its beach bars and the airport behind it. Marina Cay, a tiny island with a bar and a mooring field, is a few minutes away by boat, and Virgin Gorda lies to the east.
Getting to Scrub Island
The resort's ferry leaves from the dock on Beef Island, a few minutes from the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport, which has flights from Puerto Rico and other islands. The island is otherwise reached by private boat.
