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This webcam should let us know in a few minutes if this is real: https://www.pacificblue.biz/noyo-harbor-webcam/

Edit: arrival time has come and gone. No indication of movement in water level.

Well I didn't see a Tsunami but thanks to this thread I do have a few nice live streams of pleasant water views going. Kind of relaxing tbh.

That's pretty much how I felt about the surfing portion of this year's Olympics

I loved the days when people could/would set up webcams like this. Just to see outside and share it with others. They're getting so much harder to find.

This is quite relaxing, I agree. Here's a couple from Pacifica, CA for you.

https://www.pacificaview.net/livecam/

https://www.window-swap.com/Window

surfline.com has them all over the world, but you have to pay $9/mo to watch them (I have a sub for surfing info). They have a 24h rewind feature which is pretty cool. People use it sometimes for video of themselves surfing, but I guess it would also be useful for random events like tsunamis.

On that note, I checked feeds at both Ocean Beach and Linda Mar at the predicted time but didn't see anything unusual, except that they apparently made all the surfers get out (first time I've ever seen Linda Mar empty of surfers during daylight hours apart from big storms/flat spells). OB had a bunch of spectators lined up on the dunes... an interesting reaction to a tsunami warning is "let's go to the beach and watch!".

I'm seeing lots of boats exiting the harbor, presumably to enter the ocean where any tsunami effects will be lessened?

From the link in other threads: https://www.tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/2024/12/05/so1aq0/1/WEAK...

* Boat operators,

     * Where time and conditions permit, move your boat out to
       sea to a depth of at least 180 feet.

     * If at sea avoid entering shallow water, harbors,
       marinas, bays, and inlets to avoid floating and
       submerged debris and strong currents.

Presumably, but this is near the focal point of the earthquake, and surge should have arrived 8 minutes ago as I write this. No indication of any water level change. I think this was a false positive.

typically, yes. Tsunamis are usually unnoticeable away from the shore. They aren't like a massive, traveling, cresting wave. They are usually a pulse of high energy that can move a lot of water just a few feet, which can be devastating when it reaches the shore because it is relentless as it moves up to that height.

Here is a yt link if that site gets overloaded https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESsx4MdloQw

Looks nice, I want to go have lunch there (without the Tsunami).

For sure!

I have had lunch there, can confirm. Though I think the best food in the harbor is at Noyo Harbor Inn. The Wharf was pretty good for an old-school seafood restaurant.

Likewise. Stopped in on a whim, and was pleasantly surprised. Delightful little area in that harbor, and the food was better than expected. I appreciate the surprise nostalgia from this webcam. :)

There are a handful of good restaurants (e.g. Sea Pal Cove) and a nice off-leash beach beach there despite it being a very sleepy corner of the small city.

How does one livestream a nest camera feed?

Lots of boats beginning to move out

Down now. Went out around 14:21 ET

It's back

I think it just times out after a while, comes back up refreshing the page, but the page seems to be getting hugged now. A twitch stream it ain't.

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