Jost Van Dyke Webcams — Live Cameras at White Bay & the Soggy Dollar Bar
Two live cameras on Jost Van Dyke, one at each end of White Bay. The Soggy Dollar Bar camera looks down the beach from the west end — the home of the original Painkiller — and the Pink House Villas camera looks back from the east end near Ivan's Stress-Free Bar. Put together they cover the whole of White Bay in real time.
● 2 live cameras on Jost Van Dyke
📍 Map of Jost Van Dyke, BVI showing the Soggy Dollar Bar and Pink House Villas live webcam locations at either end of White Bay
All 2 live cameras on Jost Van Dyke
Soggy Dollar Bar — Live Camera
📍 White Bay (west end) · Jost Van Dyke, BVI
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Live from the world-famous Soggy Dollar Bar on the west end of White Bay, Jost Van Dyke — home of the original Painkiller. A passport is required to visit in person.
What to watch for: White Bay has no dock, which is how the bar got its name — everyone swims ashore from a boat and pays with wet money. The number of boats on the mooring balls in frame is a direct read on how busy the beach is that day.
Live from Pink House Villas on the east end of White Bay, Jost Van Dyke — a beachfront view down the bay from the opposite end from Soggy Dollar Bar, near Ivan's Stress-Free Bar.
What to watch for: Looks back down White Bay from the opposite end to the Soggy Dollar camera, so between the two you can see the whole beach at once and tell which end has space.
White Bay is a single crescent of sand on Jost Van Dyke's south-west coast, and the two cameras sit at opposite ends of it looking toward each other. That is more useful than it sounds: on a busy charter day one end of the beach can be packed while the other is nearly empty, and two opposing views tell you which is which before you commit to a mooring ball.
The Soggy Dollar Bar sits at the west end. There is no dock at White Bay, which is exactly how the bar got its name — visitors anchor or pick up a mooring, swim ashore, and pay with wet money. It is also where the Painkiller was invented. The Pink House Villas camera at the east end sits near Ivan's Stress-Free Bar and gives the reverse angle down the bay.
What to look for in the frame
The number of boats on the mooring balls is the most reliable crowd signal on either camera — White Bay fills from the water, not the road, so a full mooring field means a full beach. In high season the balls start filling from late morning and the beach peaks through the early afternoon.
White Bay faces south-west, which means it is sheltered from the prevailing easterly trades but exposed to any north or west swell that wraps around the island. Heavy shore break in frame is the thing to check before planning a swim-ashore landing.
Getting to Jost Van Dyke
Jost Van Dyke is reachable by ferry from West End (Soper's Hole) on Tortola, and on some days directly from Red Hook on St. Thomas and Cruz Bay on St. John. Customs and immigration clear at Great Harbour, one bay east of White Bay. A passport is required: the British Virgin Islands are a British Overseas Territory, not part of the United States.
Most visitors arrive by boat rather than ferry — Jost Van Dyke is a standard stop on nearly every BVI charter itinerary, and White Bay and Great Harbour both have large mooring fields.
White Bay has the cameras, but the island's four beaches are all within a short ride of each other, and Sandy Spit — the postcard sandbar off Little Jost Van Dyke — is a short dinghy hop away.
British Virgin Islands (British Overseas Territory)
Area
About 3 square miles — one of the smallest inhabited BVI islands
Population
Roughly 300 residents
Main settlements
Great Harbour (customs and Foxy's) and Little Harbour
Best-known beach
White Bay, on the south-west coast
Entry
A passport is required — the BVI is not part of the United States
Getting there
Ferry from West End (Tortola), Red Hook or Cruz Bay; customs clears at Great Harbour
Time zone
Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−4) year-round — no daylight saving
Live cameras
2
Jost Van Dyke webcam FAQ
Is there a live webcam at the Soggy Dollar Bar?
Yes. The Soggy Dollar Bar camera streams live from the west end of White Bay on Jost Van Dyke and looks down the beach. A second camera at Pink House Villas covers the east end of the same bay.
How many webcams are there on Jost Van Dyke?
Two public live cameras, both on White Bay — the Soggy Dollar Bar at the west end and Pink House Villas at the east end. Between them they show the whole beach.
How can I tell how busy White Bay is from the webcam?
Count the boats on the mooring balls. White Bay has no dock — everyone arrives by boat and swims ashore — so a full mooring field in frame means a full beach. In season the balls fill from late morning.
Why is it called the Soggy Dollar Bar?
Because there is no dock at White Bay. Visitors anchor or take a mooring, swim ashore, and pay with wet money. The bar is also where the Painkiller cocktail was invented.
Do I need a passport for Jost Van Dyke?
Yes. Jost Van Dyke is in the British Virgin Islands, a British Overseas Territory, so U.S. citizens need a passport even when arriving by ferry from St. John or St. Thomas. Customs clears at Great Harbour.
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