Water Island Webcam — Live Camera at Honeymoon Beach
The live camera on Water Island looks down Honeymoon Beach from Dinghy's Beach Bar and Grill. Water Island is the fourth U.S. Virgin Island — about 500 acres off the south shore of St. Thomas, a ten-minute ferry from Crown Bay Marina — and this is the only public live camera on it.
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📍 Map of Water Island, U.S. Virgin Islands showing the Honeymoon Beach live webcam location off the south shore of St. Thomas
Live from Dinghy's Beach Bar and Grill looking down Honeymoon Beach on Water Island — the fourth U.S. Virgin Island, a ten-minute ferry from Crown Bay Marina on St. Thomas. The frame refreshes every two minutes; the continuous stream plays at SkylineWebcams.
What to watch for: The only live camera on Water Island. Honeymoon Beach faces north-east into Druif Bay, so it is sheltered from the prevailing swell and the water is usually flat. Count the boats on the mooring balls to gauge how busy the beach will be.
The nearest other live camera is on St. Thomas, just across the water to the north — the Lime Out floating bar in Lindbergh Bay. Sapphire Beach, on the far east end of St. Thomas, is the next closest.
Lime Out — St. Thomas — Live Camera
📍 Lindbergh Bay · St. Thomas
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Floating BarSt. Thomas
Live from Lime Out's floating taco bar in Lindbergh Bay, St. Thomas — just off the beach near the airport.
What to watch for: Lindbergh Bay sits on the south-west shore directly under the Cyril E. King (STT) approach, so departing and arriving aircraft cross the frame all day. A waterline view of a normally sheltered south-facing bay.
The camera sits at Dinghy's Beach Bar and Grill and looks down the length of Honeymoon Beach. Honeymoon sits on Druif Bay on the island's west side, facing roughly north-east into a sheltered bay, which is why the water there is usually flat when the exposed east-end beaches on St. Thomas are choppy.
This is a refreshing still image rather than a continuous video stream: the operator, SkylineWebcams, publishes a new frame about every two minutes and we pull the newest one automatically. The continuous stream plays on their own site, linked from the camera above. We show the still rather than a dead embed because SkylineWebcams blocks third-party framing and gates its video behind a per-session token.
A practical use: count the boats on the mooring balls in frame. Honeymoon Beach is a standard stop for day-charter boats out of St. Thomas, and a full mooring field in the picture means a full beach.
How to get to Water Island
The Water Island Ferry runs between Crown Bay Marina on St. Thomas and Phillips Landing on Water Island. The crossing takes about ten minutes and runs several times a day. There is no car ferry — residents and visitors get around on golf carts and on foot, and Honeymoon Beach is a short walk or cart ride from the landing.
Because Water Island is part of the U.S. Virgin Islands, U.S. citizens need no passport to visit. There are no hotels on the island; most visitors come over for the day from St. Thomas.
Honeymoon Beach is the main beach and the only one with a camera, but the island has three others, all reachable on foot or by cart from Phillips Landing.
Water Island was not always part of the U.S. Virgin Islands. It was held by the U.S. federal government for decades — the U.S. Army built Fort Segarra there during the Second World War, an installation that was never finished and whose tunnels are still on the island — and it was formally transferred to the territorial government of the U.S. Virgin Islands in December 1996, which is when it became the fourth U.S. Virgin Island in the way people usually mean the phrase.
Water Island at a glance
Territory
U.S. Virgin Islands — the fourth main island, after St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix
Area
About 500 acres (roughly 0.8 square miles)
Population
Around 180–200 residents
Location
About half a mile off the south shore of St. Thomas, across Crown Bay
Getting there
Water Island Ferry from Crown Bay Marina to Phillips Landing — about 10 minutes
Main beach
Honeymoon Beach, on Druif Bay on the west side
Getting around
Golf carts and walking — there is no car ferry and no rental-car agency
Time zone
Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−4) year-round — no daylight saving
Live cameras
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Water Island webcam FAQ
Is there a live webcam on Water Island?
Yes — one. It looks down Honeymoon Beach from Dinghy's Beach Bar and Grill on Druif Bay. It is a refreshing still image that updates about every two minutes rather than a continuous video stream; the continuous stream plays on SkylineWebcams, which is linked from the camera.
Where is the Water Island webcam pointed?
Down the length of Honeymoon Beach on Druif Bay, the island's west side. The bay faces north-east and is sheltered, so the water in frame is usually calmer than on the exposed east-end beaches of St. Thomas.
How do you get to Water Island?
By the Water Island Ferry from Crown Bay Marina on St. Thomas to Phillips Landing — about a ten-minute crossing, several times a day. There is no car ferry; the island runs on golf carts and walking.
Is Water Island part of the U.S. Virgin Islands?
Yes. It is the fourth U.S. Virgin Island, after St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix. It was held by the U.S. federal government for decades and transferred to the territorial government in December 1996. U.S. citizens need no passport to visit.
How big is Water Island?
About 500 acres, roughly 0.8 square miles, with a resident population of around 180 to 200 people.
Why does the Water Island camera update every two minutes instead of streaming?
The operator, SkylineWebcams, blocks third-party framing of its player and protects its video behind a per-session token, so a live embed here would simply fail. Instead we pull their own live frame, which advances about every two minutes, and link out to the continuous stream.
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.
