Live Webcams in the Solent

The Solent, the strait between Southampton and the Isle of Wight, carries more kinds of boat per square mile than any water in Britain, and the live webcams on the Solent take to the water: ferry decks between Southampton and Cowes, passing container giants and cruise ships in the channel and dinghies and yachts everywhere else, with Southampton Water, the docks and the island's shore sliding past. Sailing’s home waters and one of Europe’s big ports share the same lane, every day. The Solent keeps Greenwich Mean Time, UTC+0, and UTC+1 in British summer; the cruise ships leave Southampton in the late afternoon, and the crossings run from early morning to late evening in all weathers. Cowes Week has been sailed here every August since 1826, one of the oldest regattas in the world. Any month works; summer brings the most sails.