Tobago live webcams

The smaller of the two islands

Tobago lies about 35 km (22 miles) north-east of Trinidad, the smaller half of the twin-island republic of Trinidad and Tobago: some 300 km² (116 sq mi) of green hills with about 60,000 people. It is quieter and greener than its big sister, and it lives from fishing, farming and tourism. A forested ridge runs along its spine, the Main Ridge Forest Reserve, protected since 1776 and often described as the oldest protected forest in the Western Hemisphere.

Two coasts, one island

The cameras follow the coast around the island. In the low, flat south-west, Store Bay sits by the airport at Crown Point, with Pigeon Point and the Buccoo Reef close by, and Mount Irvine, a few kilometres up the Caribbean coast, has a calm bay for boats and a beach that turns into the island's best-known surf spot in winter. Further north, the road winds over the hills to the fishing villages of Castara and Parlatuvier, each in its own small bay. Scarborough, the capital, looks south over its harbour, and Roxborough faces the Atlantic on the rougher windward side.

When to watch Tobago

Tobago keeps Atlantic Standard Time all year, four hours behind UTC, with no daylight saving. The dry season runs from about January to May and the rainy season from June to December. The island lies at the southern edge of the hurricane belt: storms are rarer than further north, but not unknown.

Getting to Tobago

Flights from Trinidad land at Crown Point after about 20 minutes, and the ferry from Port of Spain to Scarborough takes a few hours.