Santa Cruz, California, United States · public cameras

Live cameras in Santa Cruz, CA

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132 public cameras within 30 km of Santa Cruz, CA 28 with live video, 100 traffic cameras. Nearest: Big Basin Redwoods State Park, under 1 km N.

Traffic cameras, highway cams and public webcams around Santa Cruz, CA, closest first. Open any camera to watch it live on the map.

Cameras within 30 km
132
Live video
28 21%; the rest refresh as still images
Traffic & highway
100
Weather & scenic
10
Camera operators
9
Nearest camera
< 1 km N Big Basin Redwoods State Park

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Live cams in Santa Cruz, CA

GodsView indexes 132 public cameras within 30 km of central Santa Cruz, California, United States: 100 traffic & highway, 19 wildfire & volcano, 6 river & coast, 4 weather & scenic, 3 city & other. 28 stream live video; the others are still images that the operator refreshes every few seconds to few minutes.

37 cameras are within 10 km of the centre, 36 between 10 and 20 km and 59 between 20 and 30 km. The closest is Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz, under 1 km N of the centre; the closest live video feed is SR-1 : Ocean Street, 2 km NNE.

The biggest source here is caltrans with 38 cameras, followed by windy (36), opentrafficcam (25), alertcalifornia (19). Across United States there are 107,616 cameras, so Santa Cruz, CA has 0% of the national total.

CameraKindProviderFeedDistance
Big Basin Redwoods State ParkWeather & scenicphenocamStill image< 1 km N
USGS CoastCam - Santa Cruz Main BeachRiver & coastsmall cams 2Still image1 km SSE
USGS CoastCam - Santa Cruz CowellsCity & othersmall cams 2Still image1 km SSE
Dream InnWildfire & volcanoalertcaliforniaStill image2 km SSE
Santa Cruz: Downtown › East: Main BeachRiver & coastwindyStill image2 km SSE
SR-1 : Ocean StreetTraffic & highwayopentrafficcamLive video2 km NNE
Santa Cruz: Eastside › South: SR-1 : Ocean StreetTraffic & highwaywindyStill image2 km NNE
SR-1 : Ocean StreetTraffic & highwaycaltransStill image2 km NNE
Santa Cruz › South: Cowell BeachRiver & coastwindyStill image2 km SSE
Santa Cruz Wharf at Santa Cruz, CACity & otherwebcoosLive video2 km SE
SR-1 : Emeline AvenueTraffic & highwayopentrafficcamLive video2 km NNE
Santa Cruz: Eastside › North: SR-1 : Emeline AvenueTraffic & highwaywindyStill image2 km NNE
SR-1 : Emeline AvenueTraffic & highwaycaltransStill image2 km NNE
SR-17 : FishhookTraffic & highwayopentrafficcamLive video2 km NNE
SR-17 : FishhookTraffic & highwaycaltransStill image2 km NNE
Santa Cruz: Eastside › North: SR-17 : FishhookTraffic & highwaywindyStill image2 km NNE
SR-1 : West of Morrissey BlvdTraffic & highwayopentrafficcamLive video3 km NE
Santa Cruz: Eastside › North: SR-1 : West of Morrissey BlvdTraffic & highwaywindyStill image3 km NE
SR-1 : West of Morrissey BlvdTraffic & highwaycaltransStill image3 km NE
Walton Lighthouse, Santa Cruz, CACity & otherwebcoosLive video3 km ESE
SR-1 : East of Morrissey BlvdTraffic & highwayopentrafficcamLive video3 km ENE
Santa Cruz: East Morrissey › North: SR-1 : East of Morrissey BlvdTraffic & highwaywindyStill image3 km ENE
SR-1 : East of Morrissey BlvdTraffic & highwaycaltransStill image3 km ENE
SR-1 : Soquel AveTraffic & highwayopentrafficcamLive video4 km ENE
Santa Cruz: Eastside › North: SR-1 : Soquel AveTraffic & highwaywindyStill image4 km ENE
SR-1 : Soquel AveTraffic & highwaycaltransStill image4 km ENE
SR-1 : 41st AvenueTraffic & highwayopentrafficcamLive video6 km E
Soquel › South: SR-1 : 41st AvenueTraffic & highwaywindyStill image6 km E
SR-1 : 41st AvenueTraffic & highwaycaltransStill image6 km E
SR-1 : 41st Ave Southbound OnrampTraffic & highwayopentrafficcamLive video6 km E
Capitola › South: SR-1 : 41st Ave Southbound OnrampTraffic & highwaywindyStill image6 km E
SR-1 : 41st Ave Southbound OnrampTraffic & highwaycaltransStill image6 km E
SR-1 : Bay Ave / Porter StTraffic & highwayopentrafficcamLive video7 km E
Capitola › North: SR-1 : Bay Ave - Porter StTraffic & highwaywindyStill image7 km E
SR-1 : Bay Ave / Porter StTraffic & highwaycaltransStill image7 km E
TVA53 -- SR-17 : Just South Of Granite Creek OvercrossTraffic & highwaycaltransStill image8 km N
SR-1 : Park AveTraffic & highwayCalifornia Department of Transportation (Caltrans)Still image9 km E
Scotts Valley › SouthWeather & scenicwindyStill image13 km N
Scotts Valley › SouthWeather & scenicwindyStill image13 km N
SR-1 : Rio Del Mar BlvdTraffic & highwayopentrafficcamLive video13 km E

The 40 closest of 132. Open the live map to browse them all.

Traffic cameras in Santa Cruz, CA

100 traffic and highway cameras cover roads within 30 km, 26 of them with live video. The most-covered roads are SR-1 (65), SR-17 (31), SR-129 (6), Hwy 17 (4), SR-152 (3).

Road cameras are run by transport agencies for traffic management; they show congestion, crashes and road conditions such as snow, but agencies may turn a camera away or blank it during incidents.

CameraKindProviderFeedDistance
SR-1 : Ocean StreetTraffic & highwayopentrafficcamLive video2 km NNE
Santa Cruz: Eastside › South: SR-1 : Ocean StreetTraffic & highwaywindyStill image2 km NNE
SR-1 : Ocean StreetTraffic & highwaycaltransStill image2 km NNE
SR-1 : Emeline AvenueTraffic & highwayopentrafficcamLive video2 km NNE
Santa Cruz: Eastside › North: SR-1 : Emeline AvenueTraffic & highwaywindyStill image2 km NNE
SR-1 : Emeline AvenueTraffic & highwaycaltransStill image2 km NNE
SR-17 : FishhookTraffic & highwayopentrafficcamLive video2 km NNE
SR-17 : FishhookTraffic & highwaycaltransStill image2 km NNE
Santa Cruz: Eastside › North: SR-17 : FishhookTraffic & highwaywindyStill image2 km NNE
SR-1 : West of Morrissey BlvdTraffic & highwayopentrafficcamLive video3 km NE
Santa Cruz: Eastside › North: SR-1 : West of Morrissey BlvdTraffic & highwaywindyStill image3 km NE
SR-1 : West of Morrissey BlvdTraffic & highwaycaltransStill image3 km NE
SR-1 : East of Morrissey BlvdTraffic & highwayopentrafficcamLive video3 km ENE
Santa Cruz: East Morrissey › North: SR-1 : East of Morrissey BlvdTraffic & highwaywindyStill image3 km ENE
SR-1 : East of Morrissey BlvdTraffic & highwaycaltransStill image3 km ENE

Webcams around Santa Cruz, CA: weather, skyline and landmarks

32 webcams that are not road cameras: 19 wildfire & volcano, 6 river & coast, 4 weather & scenic, 3 city & other. 19 watch for wildfire or volcanic activity. Weather and skyline webcams are the quickest way to check conditions right now before heading out.

Live cameras in nearby cities

14 of 14 nearby cities have more cameras than Santa Cruz, CA.

About these cameras

Every camera here is published openly by its operator: transport departments, 511 traveller services, tourism boards, weather networks and webcam hosts. GodsView lists them and opens the feed from the operator inside the app; it does not record or store footage.

Feeds go offline for maintenance, at night, or when an operator restricts them during incidents. If a camera is dark, try the next closest one.

Counted within 30 km of the city centre (36.974, -122.031). Camera kinds are inferred from the operator and camera name.

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Data: Public camera operators (state DOTs, 511 services, national road agencies, webcam networks) via the Argus open camera index, GeoNames (cities, CC BY 4.0).