El Nino Watch

Cams page

Public cameras to see the sea, the sky and the streets yourself: Samui beaches and piers, the ferry route, Pacific buoys and satellites.

Ocean

Forecasts say what is expected; a camera shows what is happening. Every camera here is published by its owner for public viewing (a venue's YouTube channel, a webcam portal, NOAA, JMA). Nothing is taken from private or unsecured cameras.

How each camera is shown depends on what its owner allows (Cameras: player, still image or link): the owner's own player (loaded only when you click, to save data), a still image we may display (NOAA buoys, JMA satellites), or a link to the official page.

How to read it

  • Status: live / online / reachable / stale / offline (Live webcams -- see it with your own eyes). "Last checked" is when the app last tested it.
  • Why says what the camera is useful for (sea state before a ferry, flooding in the streets, haze).
  • Filters: area, kind, "working only" and a radius around home (Maenam).

Why it matters for Koh Samui

Before a ferry, a look at the north-coast and pier cams shows whether the strait is white with breaking waves; in a monsoon surge the street cams show standing water. Official warnings (TMD, Marine Department) always win.

Sources

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ENSO status now

ONI (NOAA CPC)
+1.80 °C, JJA 2026 (previous +1.39 °C)
RONI (NOAA CPC)
+1.36 °C, JJA 2026
Nino 3.4 weekly (NOAA CPC / OISST)
+3.0 °C anomaly, week of 16 Sep 2026 (SST 29.6 °C)