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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.

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Right nowat the camera

Caniçal: East Coast & Port is 24°C and overcast with a fresh breeze from the N at 26 km/h as of 16:26 local time. Golden hour starts around 19:17, sunset at 19:49.

Temperature: 24°C
Wind: 26 km/h N
Sky: Overcast
Golden hour: 19:17

Sunrise 08:04 · Sunset 19:49 (Madeira time). Weather from Open-Meteo, refreshed every 10 minutes; sun times calculated for these exact coordinates.

Region

Caniçal

Facing

Coordinates

32.739, -16.736

Updated

2026-06-10

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.

Is the east peninsula clear for the Ponta de São Lourenço walk?

If the view is clear:: PR8 is exposed and shadeless, go early, and carry more water than you think.
If it’s grey or rough:: Wind is the real risk here; whitecaps in frame mean an uncomfortable ridge walk.

Ponta de São Lourenço walk →Live trail conditions →Madeira beaches →

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.