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Kenting: 3 Live Cameras — Taiwan's southern tip

Three cameras at Taiwan's southern tip, where the Kuroshio runs close to shore. A sheltered harbour, a beach with a sail-shaped rock, and a sea lookout.

What you can see

Kenting is the southern tip of Taiwan, in the tropics.

Houbihu is a sheltered harbour, so the water in front of the camera is usually flat even when the open sea is not. Chuanfanshi is a beach named after a coral rock offshore that looks like a sail. That rock is the useful part: it stays in the same place, so you can read the tide and the swell off it rather than guessing from the water.

Guanhailou, the sea pavilion in Kenting Forest Recreation Area, looks down on the same coast from above the trees. It is run by a different agency from the other two but stands on the same headland.

The reason this coast matters: the Kuroshio passes close to shore here, the same warm current that runs up the Pacific side of Japan. These three and the Japanese coast cameras are watching one current at different points along it.

Cameras you can watch now: 3

All 3 are live video. Tap one to open it in the camera list.

When to watch

The operator does not publish a viewing season, and we do not invent one here.

Taiwan is only one hour behind Japan, and there is no daylight saving. 06:00 in Taiwan is 07:00 in Japan; 18:00 in Taiwan is 19:00 in Japan.

Being in the tropics, the length of the day barely changes here. There is no season where the camera is dark by mid-afternoon, which is not true of the mountain cameras further north. If you want moving water, an afternoon with wind is better than a calm morning.

If it isn't showing

All three are also listed on the Taiwan page and under Sea; Guanhailou is also under Nature.

The same current on the Japanese side is on The Kuroshio Coast, and warm-water reefs are on Coral and Kelp. A calmer inland sea is The Seto Inland Sea.

Choosing a camera by the hour is covered in Which cameras are in daylight now.

Where to find Kenting

Agencies publishing the cameras on this page

The footage belongs to each agency. This site is an unofficial guide, and each sample frame was copied once per camera under that agency's terms of use.

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