Tortola Webcams — Live Cameras on and Around Tortola, BVI
There is no public live camera on Tortola itself — not at Road Town, not at Cane Garden Bay, not at Soper's Hole. The two nearest live views are both within sight of the island: Scrub Island, a few hundred metres off Tortola's north-east tip, and Cooper Island across the Sir Francis Drake Channel to the south. Both are below, and both stream live.
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📍 Map of Tortola and the Sir Francis Drake Channel, BVI, showing the Scrub Island and Cooper Island live webcam locations
The nearest live cameras to Tortola
Neither camera stands on Tortola, but both look at water Tortola sits on. Scrub Island is separated from Beef Island — which is joined to Tortola by the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge — by a narrow channel, and Cooper Island faces Tortola across the Drake Channel.
Scrub Island Resort — Live Camera
📍 Scrub Island · BVI
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Live from Scrub Island Resort — a private-island resort just off the north-east tip of Tortola, with views over the marina and the neighboring cays of the British Virgin Islands.
What to watch for: The closest live camera to Tortola: Scrub Island sits a few hundred metres off Tortola's north-east tip, just north of Beef Island and the Terrance B. Lettsome (EIS) runway. The marina in frame is a good read on BVI charter traffic.
A live-updating view from Quart-A-Nancy Point on Cooper Island, BVI — a small island south of Tortola with a beach club and mooring field. The image refreshes automatically every 30 seconds.
What to watch for: Cooper Island sits on the south side of the Sir Francis Drake Channel, across from Tortola. Manchioneel Bay's mooring field fills from early afternoon in season, and this frame shows it filling.
Scrub Island is the closer of the two. It is a private-island resort off Tortola's north-east tip, just north of Beef Island and the Terrance B. Lettsome (EIS) runway, and its camera looks over the marina and the surrounding cays. Because it watches a working charter marina, it is a decent read on how busy BVI boating traffic is on any given day.
Cooper Island is across the Sir Francis Drake Channel to the south — the same stretch of water Tortola's whole south coast faces. Its camera at Quart-A-Nancy Point updates every 30 seconds and looks over Manchioneel Bay, one of the busiest overnight mooring fields in the territory. Watching the balls fill through the afternoon is a live read on charter-fleet pressure in the central BVI.
Why Tortola itself has no public camera
Several Tortola businesses and marinas run cameras, but none currently publish a public feed that can be embedded elsewhere — the streams are same-origin locked, behind a session token, or on social platforms that do not offer a stable embed. We would rather name that gap than show you an empty player.
If a Road Town, Cane Garden Bay or Soper's Hole camera opens a public feed, it will go on this page.
Getting to Tortola
Most visitors from the U.S. Virgin Islands arrive by ferry. The main crossings are Charlotte Amalie or Red Hook on St. Thomas to Road Town or West End, and there are onward boats to Virgin Gorda, Jost Van Dyke and Anegada. A passport is required: the British Virgin Islands are a British Overseas Territory, not part of the United States, even though the currency is the U.S. dollar.
British Virgin Islands (British Overseas Territory)
Area
About 21 square miles — the largest of the British Virgin Islands
Capital
Road Town — also the capital of the BVI
Airport
Terrance B. Lettsome International (EIS), on Beef Island
Ferry terminals
Road Town, West End (Soper's Hole) and Trellis Bay
Entry
A passport is required — the BVI is not part of the United States
Currency
U.S. dollar
Time zone
Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−4) year-round — no daylight saving
Live cameras
None on Tortola; 2 within sight of it
Tortola webcam FAQ
Is there a live webcam on Tortola?
Not a public one. Several Tortola businesses run cameras, but none currently publish a feed that can be embedded elsewhere. The two nearest live cameras are Scrub Island, a few hundred metres off Tortola's north-east tip, and Cooper Island across the Sir Francis Drake Channel.
Is there a Cane Garden Bay or Road Town webcam?
No public live stream for either. The closest live view of the same waters is the Scrub Island camera off the north-east tip of the island.
How close is the Scrub Island webcam to Tortola?
Very close. Scrub Island sits a few hundred metres off Beef Island, which is joined to Tortola by the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge and carries Tortola's airport. The camera looks over the Scrub Island marina and the surrounding cays.
Do I need a passport to visit Tortola?
Yes. The British Virgin Islands are a British Overseas Territory and are not part of the United States, so U.S. citizens need a passport even when arriving by ferry from St. Thomas or St. John. The currency, however, is the U.S. dollar.
What time zone is Tortola in?
Atlantic Standard Time, UTC−4, year-round. The BVI does not observe daylight saving time, so it matches U.S. Eastern in summer and runs an hour ahead of it in winter.
Streams are provided by third parties and may occasionally be offline. VIslandGuide links to publicly available live feeds and does not operate the cameras. Where an operator publishes a still image rather than a continuous stream, the camera above says so and states its refresh interval.
