Totland Bay Shoreline

A Static Watch Over Colwell Bay

Mounted at Brambles Chine, this fixed shoreline camera holds a steady frame on Colwell Bay and the adjoining curve of Totland Bay, on the far western edge of the Isle of Wight. Unlike a roaming lens, its unwavering angle makes it easy to track the same patch of shoreline and water over time.

A Working Channel

The bay sits on the doorstep of the Solent, the famously busy stretch of water separating the Island from the English mainland. Sailing dinghies and cruising yachts share the channel with the occasional deep-sea freighter making its way toward Southampton and onward to the open English Channel.

The Island's Wild West Coast

Behind the water, the chalk downland of the western Wight rolls away toward The Needles and Alum Bay, giving this stretch of coast an open, windswept character quite different from the Island's busier northern harbours.

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The feed is run by isleofwight.com on full-fibre broadband, part of a small independent network of cameras placed around the Island to share its everyday coastal life with viewers anywhere in the world.