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Live webcams on Bellingham Bay

Watch the Bay.

Community-run webcams at Marine Park, Post Point, and Fairhaven Cove. Internet donated by PogoZone.

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Conditions on the bay

Live wind from the Se’lhaem buoy off Marine Park, with tides and the forecast. Then watch the cams below to see it for yourself.

Reading the buoy…
Pro forecast: the models local kiters watch

Bellingham’s wind is best predicted by high‑resolution weather models. The one local pilots and kiters watch is the UW WRF model and TJ Olney’s wxtofly RASP loop. They show a top‑down map of the region shaded by wind speed, hour by hour. Zoom to Bellingham Bay and scrub the loop: warm colors over the bay mean stronger wind, and the little arrows show direction. Southerlies (arrows pointing up from the south) are the classic working direction here.

UW real‑time WRF maps → wxtofly RASP loop →

Wind & water temp: Se’lhaem buoy, UW APL / NANOOS. Tides: NOAA. Forecast: Open‑Meteo. A guide, not a guarantee. Always judge conditions yourself.

Marine Park

One live camera at the pavilion. Three raptor pole cameras are offline until permanent power is installed.

Marine Park Lawn / Post Point Buoy At the Marine Park pavilion
Offline Needs permanent power
Marine Park Panorama Raptor pole · panoramic view
Offline Needs permanent power
Finish Line Beach Raptor pole PTZ camera
Offline Needs permanent power
Final Buoy Raptor pole camera
Map of Marine Park and Fairhaven Cove showing camera positions and fields of view.
Camera coverage across Marine Park and Fairhaven.

Fairhaven Cove

Two cameras at the marina and cove.

Fairhaven Cove Panorama Wide bay view from Fairhaven
Fairhaven Boat Ramp Launch dock

Zuanich Point Park

Wide view of Bellingham Bay from the north. Camera hosted by the Port of Bellingham.

Zuanich Point Park Looking out over Bellingham Bay

These cameras shouldn't be temporary. You can help.

Three of the Marine Park cameras live on the osprey pole, the tall structure near the beach at Marine Park. They ran on temporary power for Ski to Sea and are now offline. We want to make them permanent.

The osprey pole at Marine Park, with a person on a ladder installing cameras and Bellingham Bay in the background.
Installing the cameras on the osprey pole at Marine Park. Bellingham Bay behind.

The ask: we're petitioning the Port of Bellingham to install permanent power and internet to the osprey pole, so the Marine Park cameras can stay year round.

The bonus: the same conduit could host a raptor cam during nesting season, so people can watch the ospreys when they return in spring.

The webcams are set up, maintained and run by community volunteers.

They're used by boaters, kiteboarders, fishermen, and anyone who wants to know what the bay looks like right now. Tell us how you use them and we'll bring every voice to the Port Commissioners.

Tell the Port why the cameras matter

Takes about 30 seconds. Approved responses appear on the wall below and go to the Port with the petition.