Cape Town – Sea Point and Lion's Head live cam

Broadcast from the Sea Point district on Cape Town's Atlantic seaboard, this camera frames the coastal road, the seafront walkway and, behind them, the 669-metre peak of Lion's Head. At sunset the Sea Point live webcam shows the mountain's outline sharpening against the lights along the shore.

Sea Point and the Promenade

Sea Point is a narrow strip squeezed between Lion's Head and the Atlantic. The name is said to date from 1776, when a naval commander camped his crew here to avoid a smallpox outbreak in town. Today it is one of the most densely populated parts of Cape Town, known for the Promenade that runs from Mouille Point to Bantry Bay, roughly seven kilometres according to local sources. Runners, cyclists and families with children keep it busy from early morning until late evening, and the tidal pools at Sea Point Pavilion are the summer meeting place. At the northern end stand the Green Point lighthouse and the stadium built for the 2010 World Cup. The southern end leads on to Bantry Bay, the Clifton beaches and Camps Bay; because of the Benguela Current the water on this coast often stays between 12 and 16 degrees even in summer, and a strong south-easter can chill it further overnight.

Lion's Head

The peak sits between Table Mountain and Signal Hill and was named Leeuwen Kop by the Dutch in the seventeenth century. The spiral path to the summit takes one to two hours, and full-moon hikes have become a local tradition. From the camera's angle the slopes turning orange at dusk and the cloud level above them are a practical guide to Cape Town weather.

Access and seasons

MyCiTi buses stop frequently along Beach Road, and the city centre is three to four kilometres away. Winter (June to August) brings north-westerly storms that send waves over the sea wall; on summer afternoons the south-easter is felt less on this coast than elsewhere.

Cape Town – Sea Point and Lion's Head is a public live camera in Cape Town, South Africa. The stream is published by Vanilla (YouTube channel). We do not broadcast or record anything ourselves: if the owner allows embedding, the stream plays here in the owner’s official player; otherwise only the owner’s own player opens in a separate window.

On this page you’ll also find the live weather for this exact location, the stream status (checked every 15 minutes) and other live cams nearby. Categories: Beach Cams, City Skylines & Views.