Live webcams across Puerto Vallarta and Banderas Bay
Choose a live view from Playa Los Muertos and downtown to the Hotel Zone, Marina Vallarta, the South Shore, Nuevo Nayarit, La Cruz, and Bucerías. Filter by area, then open a camera when you are ready.
Planning more than a look at the waves? Our guide to the Romantic Zone and the map of Puerto Vallarta zones show what is around each camera.
Wondering if the sky will look like this next week? See Puerto Vallarta weather month by month, and during storm season our hurricane guide.
How to use these Puerto Vallarta webcams
The cameras on this page are grouped by area, so you can start with the part of Banderas Bay you care about. Pick a zone with the filter buttons, or open the map and click a pin. Each card tells you where the camera is and what it looks at.
What you can see, area by area
Romantic Zone. This is the old part of town south of the Cuale River. The cams here look at Playa Los Muertos, the city’s largest public beach, with its pier and the water taxis that leave from it, and at Playa Olas Altas, which runs from the Cuale River south to that pier. One camera is not on the sand at all: it watches Basilio Badillo, a street full of restaurants and galleries, which is a nice change if you want to see people instead of waves.
Marina Vallarta and the Hotel Zone. The Hotel Zone runs along the shore from downtown to the airport, and Marina Vallarta sits next to the airport. The marina cams show the harbor entrance, the boats at the docks, the cruise terminal and the promenade, so on a busy day you may catch a cruise ship coming in.
South Shore. South of town the mountains come down to the sea. Here you will find views of Playa Las Gemelas from the Grand Park Royal and of the coast near Garza Blanca. Further south, offshore from Mismaloya, are the rocks of Los Arcos, a national marine park.
Riviera Nayarit. Across the Ameca River you are in the state of Nayarit. The cams there cover Nuevo Nayarit, Flamingos, La Cruz de Huanacaxtle and the surf town of Sayulita.
When to watch
Daylight is best for most of them. The town faces the bay to the west, so late afternoon is a good time to look at the beach cams and see how the sunset is shaping up. After dark, what you see depends on the light around each camera, and some show very little.
Camera down?
These cameras belong to the hotels, restaurants and other businesses that host them, not to us. When one is dark or frozen, the problem is almost always at their end. Try another camera nearby or come back later. That is also why the list changes: we add cams when they come online and take them out when they go quiet for good.
