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Santo da Serra Golf: Eastern Plateau

Live view from Santo da Serra golf course on the cool eastern plateau, 670 m above sea level. The best reference for mist and low cloud in the east, it is often clouded in here when Machico and Santa Cruz are clear below.

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Right nowat the camera

Santo da Serra Golf: Eastern Plateau is 20°C and overcast with a fresh breeze from the N at 26 km/h as of 16:27 local time. Golden hour starts around 19:17, sunset at 19:50.

Temperature: 20°C
Wind: 26 km/h N
Sky: Overcast
Golden hour: 19:17

Sunrise 08:04 · Sunset 19:50 (Madeira time). Weather from Open-Meteo, refreshed every 10 minutes; sun times calculated for these exact coordinates.

Region

Santo da Serra

Facing

Coordinates

32.723, -16.817

Updated

2026-08-05

What you’re looking at

The camera looks north-east across the Santo da Serra golf course on the cool eastern plateau, 670 metres above the sea. The frame is fairways, mature stands of pine and eucalyptus and open sky, a landscape closer to northern Europe than to the subtropical coast twenty minutes downhill. When the cloud rolls in from the north-east it arrives here first, which makes the camera an early-warning system for the whole eastern half of the island.

Best time to check this camera

Check it before any east-coast plan, not just golf. It is routinely misted in at this altitude while Machico and Santa Cruz are clear and sunny below, and the reverse almost never happens. Mornings offer the best odds of a clear frame; from mid-afternoon the plateau usually fills with low cloud. Golfers should watch the trees in shot, the wind up here is consistently stronger than the coastal forecast suggests.

Is the eastern plateau under cloud?

If the view is clear:: Golf, Santo da Serra market (Sundays) and the Laurissilva walks nearby are on.
If it’s grey or rough:: This plateau sits right at the cloud line and is often 6-8 °C cooler than the coast.

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Location

Santo da Serra · East, Madeira · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps

Questions about this camera

Why is Santo da Serra often cloudy when the coast is sunny?

It sits at 670 metres on the eastern plateau, right in the path of the moist north-easterly airflow, so cloud forms here well before it reaches the coast. It is common for this camera to be white while the Machico and Santa Cruz feeds a few kilometres away show clear skies.

Is the Santo da Serra webcam useful for golfers?

Yes, it shows the course conditions, visibility and, through the movement of the trees in frame, the wind, which at this altitude is reliably stronger than any coastal forecast implies.