Hawaiʻi Island · live from home

How bad is the weather at home, Audrey?

Brace yourself. Here are live cameras from the volcano, the mountain tops and the coast, so you can see exactly how much everyone back home is suffering.

Kona: 84°F, sunny, again Hilo: a warm passing shower Mauna Kea: cold, clear, full of stars

It is … at home right now.

Kīlauea volcano

Halemaʻumaʻu crater, from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Live video runs around the clock; the still cameras refresh every few minutes. After dark is the best time to look for the glow.

Live videoCrater, west viewHVO V1cam · Halemaʻumaʻu
Live videoCrater, east viewHVO V2cam · Halemaʻumaʻu
Live video · tap to playCrater, south viewHVO V3cam · Halemaʻumaʻu
Latest still from the south rim, looking west
Still photoSouth rim, looking westHVO S2cam · updates every few minutes
Latest still from the caldera west rim
Still photoCaldera west rimHVO KWcam · updates every few minutes
Latest thermal image of the crater
Still photo · thermalThermal cameraHVO F1cam · heat, not light · updates every few minutes
Latest still from the caldera east rim
Still photoCaldera east rimHVO B1cam · updates every few minutes

The mountains

Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, nearly 14,000 feet up. Snow happens. So do sunsets above the clouds.

Live video · tap to playMauna Kea summit skyCFHT-Asahi StarCam
Latest still of Mauna Loa seen from Mauna Kea
Still photoMauna Loa from Mauna KeaHVO MKcam · updates every few minutes
Latest still of the Mauna Loa summit
Still photoMauna Loa summitHVO KPcam · Strip Road · updates every few minutes

Beaches and surf

The Kona and Kohala coast. Free surf cams that can sit on a page like this are scarce here, so apart from the video tour these are links: each one opens the camera's own page in a new tab.

Live video · tap to playBig Island webcam tourKohala Coast beaches and Kīlauea, rotating
Camera page · opens in a new tabKailua-Kona bayOutrigger Kona cam Camera page · opens in a new tabʻAnaehoʻomalu BayWaikoloa Beach Marriott Camera page · opens in a new tabAliʻi Drive and the seawallKonaweb cams · Kailua-Kona Surf report · opens in a new tabBig Island surfSurfline · search “Kona” for spot reports