Elbo Room Bar Cam, Fort Lauderdale Beach

This ElboTV camera sits behind the bar at the Elbo Room, Fort Lauderdale's most famous beach bar, looking along the main rail and straight out to the ocean. It is the view every bartender has had since 1938: the bar, the crowd and the Atlantic beyond.

The Elbo Room stands at the corner of Las Olas Boulevard and State Road A1A, across from Fort Lauderdale Beach. It shot to fame after the 1960 movie Where the Boys Are, which turned Fort Lauderdale into the spring break capital of America, and it has been a landmark of beach culture ever since. Generations of visitors have stopped by for a cold drink, live music and the ocean breeze.

From this camera, you can watch the rail fill up from opening to last call: locals stopping in after work, tourists fresh off the beach, and big crowds during weekends, holidays and special events. Behind them, the ocean changes color through the day, from bright turquoise in the morning to the deep blue of the evening.

Fort Lauderdale is warm year-round, with the busiest season in winter and spring.

The stream is provided by the Elbo Room, home of ElboTV.