The Clam Cam is a live web cam which updates its image here every 45 seconds. It reflects a view of the Pacific Ocean beach Boardwalk, and Discovery Trail in Long Beach, Washington. You can see Discovery Trail interpretive sculpture, including the re-articulated Gray Whale skeleton (on the right of the image, between Boardwalk and beach). At night, the lit whale skeleton is sometimes mistaken for a campfire in the dunes. Don't worry; fires are kept safely away from the highly flammable dune grass.

From the Lightship Restaurant, where the Clam Cam is located, you can watch a variety of events which are held on the beach, including the annual SandSations Sand Sculpture Contest, the Beach to Chowder Walk & Run, Washington State International Kite Festival (and a number of other kite events) as well as horseback riding, dog romping and good, old-fashioned, beach blanket family fun.

The name "Clam Cam" comes from the fact that the camera also captures the activity of people digging for razor clams both spring and fall. If the low tides fall during the late evening or very early morning, you will see 'clammers' digging by lantern light all up and down the beach. The camera view is to the north by northwest.

If your view of the beach appears as if the glass is wet, it is probably raining. If a partial image appears, it is likely that your browser was updating to the most recent image and the old and new images have overlapped. Just reload or refresh the page and the latest image will be captured.

Thanks to Pacific Realty for allowing us to showcase the Clam Cam on this site.