Caniçal — East Coast & Port
Live view over Caniçal on Madeira's dry eastern tip — the fishing port, whaling-museum village and the road out to the Ponta de São Lourenço peninsula walk.
Live · checked 14 min agoAutomatically checked every hour · last check 14 min ago
Caniçal is 24°C and clear with a fresh breeze from the N at 28 km/h as of 23:20 local time. The camera is in darkness — sunrise is at 07:24.
- Temperature
- 24°C
- Wind
- 28 km/h N
- Sky
- Clear
- Sunrise
- 07:24
Sunrise 07:24 · Sunset 21:03 (Madeira time). Weather from Open-Meteo, refreshed every 10 minutes; sun times calculated for these exact coordinates.
What you're looking at
Caniçal occupies the island's dry eastern tip, and the camera looks east over the fishing port and the village towards the road that leads to the Ponta de São Lourenço peninsula. The landscape in frame is unlike the rest of Madeira: ochre and rust-coloured, almost treeless, shaped by constant wind. You can see the working harbour where the tuna fleet ties up, the container quay and, beyond the houses, the start of the exposed peninsula ridge.
Best time to check this camera
Morning, before the wind builds, is the time to check this camera if you are walking Ponta de São Lourenço — the peninsula is fully exposed and the trail becomes unpleasant in strong easterlies, which the whitecaps in this frame reveal. Because the east is the driest corner of the island, this feed is frequently sunny when Funchal and the north are overcast, making it a good fallback plan on a grey day.
Location
Caniçal · East Coast, Madeira · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps
Questions about this camera
Is the Ponta de São Lourenço walk windy today?
The Caniçal camera is the closest public feed to the trailhead, and the sea state it shows is a good proxy: pronounced whitecaps and spray in the frame usually mean strong easterly wind along the peninsula ridge, where there is no shelter at all. Calm water generally means comfortable walking conditions.
Why does Caniçal look so much drier than the rest of Madeira?
It lies in the rain shadow at the island's eastern extremity, well beyond the mountain spine that catches the moist north-easterly airflow. The result is a semi-arid landscape of ochre rock and low scrub, and the sunniest, driest weather on the island.
Source
Live feed operated by Portal Netmadeira. Madeira Info curates and geo-locates the stream — credit and traffic go to the operator.