For the curious angler

BC Live Cams

Working British Columbia waterfront, harbour, marina, ferry, beach, wildlife and underwater kelp cameras. Every card links out to the owner or stream page; no feeds are embedded or hotlinked here.

Featured BC underwater cam

Underwater kelp restoration

Ocean Wise Barkley Sound

A live underwater camera in Barkley Sound watching kelp restoration, fish and changing conditions in local British Columbia water.

Verified October 17, 2026 at 12:23 PM Pacific: the official Ocean Wise/Tofino TV page was available and YouTube reported the stream live. Ocean Wise describes it as British Columbia's first live underwater kelp-restoration camera. Underwater visibility and kelp growth can make the view quiet or murky.
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OrcaLab Main Cams

Blackfish Sound and Johnstone Strait
Wildlife and ocean

Remote northern Vancouver Island cameras operated by OrcaLab with explore.org. Whales, sea lions, seabirds and changing water conditions; highlights can run overnight when the remote feed is dark or interrupted.

539K channel subscribers511,649 public lifetime stream views. Channel: Explore Whale Walrus & Seal Cams.
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OrcaLab Sea Lion Beach

Blackfish Sound
Wildlife and ocean

A second verified OrcaLab view for haul-outs, sea lions, birds and passing marine mammals on the wild coast.

539K channel subscribers133,133 public lifetime stream views. Channel: Explore Whale Walrus & Seal Cams.
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Nanaimo Harbour

Downtown Nanaimo waterfront
Harbour and boats

CHEK's 24/7 harbour camera from the Port Theatre area, covering harbour traffic, weather and the downtown waterfront.

38.1K channel subscribers6,415 public lifetime stream views. Channel: CHEK Media.
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Vancouver Cruise Ships

Canada Place and Vancouver Harbour
Waterfront and ships

A 24/7 city and harbour view for cruise ships, working vessels, seaplanes, Canada Place and the downtown skyline.

7.82K channel subscribers1,295,203 public lifetime stream views. Channel: Vancouver City Views.
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Cox Bay, Tofino

Pacific Sands Beach Resort
Beach and surf

A live surf-and-beach view over Cox Bay, useful for swell, storms, sunsets and a feel for the west coast before a drive.

5.66K channel subscribers1,078,136 public lifetime stream views. Channel: Pacific Sands Beach Resort.
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Vancouver Harbour Action

North Shore view over the port
Harbour and seaplanes

A long-zoom 24/7 view of cruise ships, harbour traffic, seaplanes, storms, city lights and the downtown skyline.

4.87K channel subscribers352,484 public lifetime stream views. Channel: Vancouver Port Live.
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Canoe Cove Marina

Sidney, Saanich Inlet
Marina and boats

A live marina view for boats, docks, weather and daily activity at Canoe Cove.

882 channel subscribers98,135 public lifetime stream views. Channel: BRNKL by Barnacle Systems.

Wildlife cams

Requested after the first directory went live. These four wildlife picks are grouped separately because seasonal and scheduled feeds change.

Wild salmon

Adams River Live Salmon Cam

An underwater view in TsĂștswecw Provincial Park for salmon moving through the Adams River during the run.

Verified October 17, 2026: the Salmon Society page embedded this stream and YouTube reported it live. Seasonal cam, started September 16, 2026.
Underwater habitat

Ocean Networks Canada

Scheduled BC seafloor cameras including Folger Pinnacle, China Creek and Barkley Canyon Axis for rockfish, invertebrates and changing underwater habitat.

Verified October 17, 2026: live playlists and video segments worked for all three examples. ONC says these cameras generally run for five minutes every hour on the hour.
Whales and kelp

OrcaLab Strider Rubbing Beach

Above-water and underwater views at a well-known northern Vancouver Island rubbing beach used by orcas.

Verified October 17, 2026: YouTube reported both the above-water and underwater streams live.
Rescued sea otters

Vancouver Aquarium Sea Otter Cams

Two live views of the rescued sea otters at the Vancouver Aquarium, with feeding, grooming and play.

Verified October 17, 2026: YouTube reported both aquarium streams live. These are rescued aquarium animals, not a wild camera.

More working BC cams

Additional verified feeds that were live when checked.

BC Ferries terminal webcams

Official current-condition cameras at major terminals including Tsawwassen, Swartz Bay, Horseshoe Bay, Departure Bay, Duke Point and Langdale. Good for lineups, loading and terminal weather.

Verified October 16, 2026: official page live and terminal JPEG cameras returned fresh images.

Van Isle Marina

Five official marina camera views in Sidney, updated by the marina every 15 seconds.

Verified October 16, 2026: all five camera images returned current JPEGs.

Beach Gardens Marina

Powell River marina live camera for docks, boats and local weather. The owner's player opens on its own page.

Verified October 16, 2026 at 11:48 PM Pacific: live image carried the same camera timestamp.

Chesterman Beach

The Wickaninnish Inn's Tofino beachcam and conditions page for surf, weather and Chesterman Beach.

Verified October 16, 2026: the page loaded an active live video stream.

Linking and embedding. This directory deliberately links out instead of embedding streams or copying camera images. The owners keep their own players, ads, privacy notices and stream controls. Third-party feeds can go down, switch to highlights or change seasonally; the verification notes above describe what was live when checked on October 16 and 17, 2026.

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