Live cameras in Long Beach, United States

Long Beach is a port city of about 467,000 people (2020 census) on San Pedro Bay, at the southern edge of Los Angeles County. It has about 51 square miles of land and a long waterfront that runs from the busy container port in the west to the canals of Naples and the beach at Belmont Shore in the east. The Port of Long Beach is the second busiest container port in the United States, and across the water the retired ocean liner Queen Mary is permanently docked as a hotel and attraction. Downtown, Bixby Knolls and California Heights each have their own easygoing character.

Most cameras on this page are Caltrans highway cameras, official and public domain, with still snapshots that refresh every few minutes. The Long Beach Freeway (I-710) runs down to the port, the San Diego Freeway (I-405) crosses the city, the San Gabriel River Freeway (I-605) runs along its east side, and Pacific Coast Highway (SR 1) runs through town.

One view is very different: a live stream from the tropical reef habitat at the Aquarium of the Pacific, which opened on Rainbow Harbor in 1998. Shared through Explore.org on YouTube, it looks into the aquarium's largest exhibit, about 350,000 gallons, inspired by the reefs of Palau and full of colorful wrasse, anthias and a zebra shark. Now and then a diver appears to clean the tank or feed the fish. Like any stream, it can go offline for a while.

Long Beach is on Pacific Time, UTC minus 8 in winter and minus 7 in daylight time. The climate is mild, with August the warmest month and most rain falling in winter. May and June often start gray under the marine layer. In April the Grand Prix of Long Beach brings IndyCar racing to downtown streets and heavy traffic around it. The aquarium stream looks best during the day, when the exhibit lights are on.

On our map, Carson and Lakewood border the city, and Los Angeles itself has hundreds more freeway views to the north.

Sources: Long Beach, California - Wikipedia · Aquarium of the Pacific - Wikipedia · Tropical Reef Habitat Cam - Explore.org · Caltrans CCTV documentation.