Pier Cams
Scripps Pier
La Jolla Shores
Views of La Jolla Shores, Calif. from Scripps Memorial Pier at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
Weather at La Jolla Shores Sea Surface Temperature
Under Scripps Pier
The Scripps Pier Live Cam managed by Scripps' Coastal Ocean Observing Lab provides high-definition live streaming video from a piling of Scripps Pier at about ~4 meters (13 feet) depth.
Watch closely to see the difference between floating organic bits and mysid shrimp zooming by. Get lucky and see a school of top smelt, a curious lobster, or even a leopard shark or bat ray!
The camera was donated by DeepSea Power & Light with cable and support provided by Ocean Innovations.
Osprey Cam
Ospreys are large, majestic birds of prey that can be found patrolling shorelines and bodies of water, including the waters off La Jolla. When environmentalists Bev Grant and Art Cooley learned about some resident ospreys known to frequent Scripps Pier, they helped support construction of a custom nesting platform to provide a safe space for the birds to breed. The osprey nesting platform was installed on the pier in late 2018 and has already facilitated some nesting activity.
Surf Forecast Science
Surf forecasts for the California coast are provided by the Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP) using state-of-the-art wave-buoys and advanced wave modeling. CDIP's wave buoys are deployed along U.S. coastlines and around the world.
Scripps Pier
Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier is one of the largest active research piers in the world. Originally built in 1916 and reconstructed in the late 1980s, the pier is used for a variety of experiments and has provided for some of the longest-running ocean observations in the world.