Robbie's Tarpon Dock
Hand-feeding giant tarpon off a Florida Keys dock, with pelicans waiting at the rail for a miss.
About this view
Robbie's Marina has been feeding tarpon off this dock since the 1970s, after a hooked fish was nursed back to health here and never left. The camera looks straight down at the feeding platform: gin-clear water, a queue of people holding buckets of baitfish, and the silver shapes waiting underneath.
Tarpon here run to around two metres and take the bait with a lunge that soaks whoever is holding it. Pelicans have worked the arrangement out completely and stand at the rail for the misses. Behind them the marina bar keeps up its turnover of boat trips, beers and sunburn.
The Keys run on Eastern Time, UTC−5 and UTC−4 in summer. Feeding goes on through the day and peaks from late morning to mid-afternoon, when the tour boats are in. Winter is high season; late summer is hot, quiet, and your best chance of an empty rail.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is the Robbie's Tarpon Dock live cam located?
- The camera looks over Islamorada, Florida, in United States. Its position is 24.883°N, 80.691°W, which you can open on our world map.
- What time is it at the Robbie's Tarpon Dock camera?
- Islamorada, Florida runs on UTC−4, and the live clock at the top of this page shows the current local time and whether it is day or night there. It is worth checking before you watch: this view changes completely between the middle of the night and the busiest hours of the day.
- Are there other live cams near Islamorada, Florida?
- Yes — the closest ones are Lower Keys Underwater Cam, Collins Avenue and Southernmost Point Buoy. They are listed under "Nearby cams" further down this page, and every camera we carry is plotted on the world map.
- Is this stream really live?
- Yes. This is a real 24/7 live feed broadcast by Robbie's of Islamorada, played through the official YouTube player — free, no account needed. Every stream in our catalogue is checked automatically before each update to confirm it is still live and watchable.
