Shilshole Bay & Puget Sound, Seattle

A Waterfront Window on Shilshole Bay

Gaze across Shilshole Bay from the Ballard shoreline in Seattle, where this high-definition live webcam delivers a real-time view over one of Puget Sound's most beloved stretches of water.

Historic Pilings and Shifting Tides

Clusters of weathered wooden pilings, remnants of a long-vanished pier, rise from the shallows as the tides endlessly reshape the expansive flats along the beach.

The Olympic Mountains Horizon

Across the open water, the jagged silhouette of the Olympic Mountains crowns the horizon above a maritime corridor plied by ferries, freighters and sailboats bound for the Ballard Locks and Shilshole Bay Marina.

Ballard's Maritime Soul

Steeped in Scandinavian fishing heritage, Ballard remains the maritime heart of Seattle — its beaches, marinas and locks make this captivating live webcam a year-round window on the Pacific Northwest coast.