Watch Hurricane Idalia approach the Florida coast on beach camera livestreams

As Hurricane Idalia strengthens and spins in the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida, livestream cameras up and down the Gulf Coast are in position to capture the storm on video making landfall.

Idalia is expected to become a major hurricane as it moves over the eastern Gulf of Mexico today before reaching the Gulf Coast of Florida with intense winds and storm surge.

Idalia is also expected to bring widespread power outages to Florida and could cause cell phone service to go down in some places.

A variety of viewpoints of the approaching storm can be seen thanks to cameras stationed on the barrier islands off of Manatee and Sarasota counties by businesses and local governments, which will allow residents and officials to closely monitor the storm in real time.

Views include Holmes Beach, Bradenton Beach, Longboat Key, Siesta Key, Englewood Beach, as well as traffic cams at the Skyway Bridge and other landmarks.

Check out the live hurricane feeds below.

Anna Maria Island

White Sands Beach Resort in Holmes Beach

Seabreeze Vacation in Holmes Beach: seabreezevacation.com/beachcamera

EarthCam in Bradenton Beach: earthcam.com/usa/florida/annamariaisland/?cam=annamariaisland

Sunshine Skyway Bridge

Live video streams of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge and other area bridges and intersections are available on the Florida Department of Transportation’s website at fl511.com.

Longboat Key

Sand Cay Beach Resort: earthcam.com/usa/florida/longboatkey/?cam=longboatkey

Sarasota and Siesta Key

Siesta Key Beach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLhxcyzXQxM

The Island House Beach Resort: islandhousebeachresort.com/siesta-key-webcam

EarthCam in Englewood Beach: earthcam.com/usa/florida/portcharlotte/?cam=englewoodbeach

Beach Bistro: https://www.beachbistro.com/live-streaming-camera

Tampa

Tampa Bay Riverfront

Clearwater

Cedar Key

Cedar Key Beach https://livebeachcam.net/cedar-key-beach-webcam-florida/

This story was originally published August 29, 2023 at 1:24 PM.

Michael Moore Jr.

Bradenton Herald

Michael Moore Jr. is the public safety and justice reporter for the Bradenton Herald. He covers crime, courts and law enforcement. Michael grew up in Bradenton and graduated from University of South Florida St. Petersburg.