Galveston Seawall Surf Cam, Texas

Galveston TV's surf cam streams live from the Galveston Seawall, on the Gulf Coast of Texas, and viewers can jump into the live webcam chat shared across all of the channel's cameras.

The Seawall is Galveston's most famous landmark. It was built after the Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900, the deadliest natural disaster in United States history, which killed thousands of people. Over the following decades the seawall was extended along the Gulf side of the island to around ten miles, and the whole city behind it was raised. Today Seawall Boulevard runs along the top, with a wide sidewalk that is one of the longest continuous sidewalks in the country, lined with hotels, restaurants and attractions such as the Pleasure Pier amusement park.

Rock groins stick out into the Gulf at regular intervals along the seawall, and surfers ride the waves that form around them. Galveston's surf depends on the wind and passing weather fronts, and the best waves usually come in autumn and winter, or when tropical systems spin in the Gulf.

Summers are hot and humid, winters mild. Hurricane season runs from June to November. Texas uses Central Time.

The stream is provided by Galveston TV.