Webcam for Southampton port

[Travelexpert35]

I have friends leaving today from Southampton - Horizon dock on MSC. I can’t find any decent webcams of the port. Can anyone send me a link. Thanks a bunch…

[John Bull]

Yes, a poor & unusable selection of webcams in Southampton.

 

But sailing down Southampton Water she'll show on this cam at Netley Abbey, a few minutes after leaving Southampton Docks

https://www.webcamtaxi.com/en/england/hampshire/netley-cam-southampton-water.html

 

Mebbe ten minutes later, where Southampton Water joins The Solent, she'll swing hard to port  to pass Cowes (from left to right) on the Isle of Wight

https://www.camsecure.co.uk/cowes_webcam.html

 

By far the best of the three, at Ryde on the Isle of Wight

https://isleofwightwebcams.co.uk/webcams/solent-view/

will also pick her up near the start of its left-to-right sweep as she turns out of Southampton Water  and stays close to the Isle of Wight coast (avoiding the Brambles Bank mudflats on the mainland side). 

Toward the end of the sweep you see on the far shore the tall Spinnaker Tower at the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour.

On the near shore is Ryde Pier & hovercraft pad, where most cruise ships go mid-channel and at the end of the cam sweep they usually pass the other side of the two Napoleonic "Solent Forts".

 

The port website says MSC Virtuosa isn't scheduled to depart until 8pm tonight, it's dry but cloudy at the moment, but you should certainly see her fully lit-up

 

Here's what she should look like (this photo in Liverpool)

 

JB 🙂

 

[defbref]

 

[Travelexpert35]

Thanks so much John Bull for all of the links. I’ll be sure to watch it at 4pm my time here in the Maritimes in Canada. My English friend from my Yoga Zoom class is on the MSC for a 2 day getaway to Guernsey. Cheers!!

[John Bull]

8.16pm

Currently turning at the head of Southampton Water

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-1.400/centery:50.890/zoom:13

 

JB 🙂

 

[Travelexpert35]

Haven’t seen the ship yet. I was watching the first webcam since 8pm and now switching back and forth. 

[John Bull]

7 minutes ago, Travelexpert35 said:

Haven’t seen the ship yet. I was watching the first webcam since 8pm and now switching back and forth. 

 Now full-on in the first cam

 

JB 🙂

[John Bull]

Just passed the webcam on P&O's Britannia posted by Defbref , which is now sailing ahead of her

[Travelexpert35]

17 minutes ago, John Bull said:

 Now full-on in the first cam

 

JB 🙂

Thanks JB….finally…I’ve been watching…they left late tonight.

[John Bull]

Just now, Travelexpert35 said:

Thanks JB….finally…I’ve been watching…they left late tonight.

 

Left her berth five minutes late - but she was facing up-stream (mebbe late arriving thismorning so had to leave turning round until sail;-away. Took half an hour to turn, a bit tight.

 

Probably forget the second cam - it's buffered on my screen & still in sunset even tho its now pitch-dak outside.

 

The bright lights near the left end of the sweep of cam 3 are Britannia with Virtuosa behind 

 

[John Bull]

I'm now watching Virtuosa live from my balcony at Lee-on-the-Solent on the mainland.

She's passed Cowes.

But both webcam 3 and the Marine Traffic map are on a delay of about 5 minutes.

 

 

[John Bull]

9.52pm

Now very clear on the third webcam 🙂