Live webcams
Enjoy the best of the Academy, streaming live 24/7.
Use this handy guide to identify the rays and fish swimming across your screen.
Webcams
Reef Lagoon Cam
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Be mesmerized by a variety of graceful ray species and shimmering schools of tropical fish swimming across your screen—streaming 24/7 via webcam.
Training our rays
Academy biologists regularly conduct in-water training and enrichment exercises with our resident rays—which is why human feet occasionally make a webcam cameo.
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Stingrays Live app
New! Stream our graceful, otherworldly stingrays to your smartphone or Apple TV with the new Stingrays Live app.
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Reef Lagoon FAQs
What do the rays and bony fishes eat?
The rays eat clam tongue, prawns, squid, white bait, live Manila clams, and capelin. The bony fishes eat krill, gel food, and pellets.
What species am I seeing?
Check out our Reef Lagoon field guide.
Why don’t I hear anything?
At present, there is no microphone in the water or attached to presenters when they feed the fish.
Why is it dark?
The fish may be sleeping. We dim and brighten our lights according to a schedule that best matches their natural habit. That may not correspond to the time zone where you are.
The webcam doesn’t work on my computer. What should I do?
Try launching the webcams via YouTube: Reef View and Lagoon View.
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More to explore
Learn more about the Academy's role in passing AB 376—California's ban on the shark fin trade.
Be mesmerized by the brilliant colors of tropical fish in our Philippine Coral Reef.
Explore our evolutionary history while surrounded by dioramas of African wildlife and splashing penguins.
Technical difficulties?
Our live webcams are installed in very wet and salty environments, and with animals that can get rambunctious at times. If you notice anything that doesn’t seem quite right with any of our webcams, please let us know by sending an email to webcams@calacademy.org.