{"id":866,"date":"2026-08-24T14:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T13:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/funchal-penha-de-franca-webcam\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T14:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T13:02:07","slug":"funchal-penha-de-franca-webcam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/en\/funchal-penha-de-franca-webcam\/","title":{"rendered":"Penha de Franca webcam, Funchal: live view out to sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><style>\n.wom-cams{display:grid;gap:1.5rem;margin:1.5rem 0}\n.wom-cam{margin:0}\n.wom-cam__frame{position:relative;width:100%;aspect-ratio:16\/9;background:#1b1b1b;border:0;padding:0;\n  display:block;cursor:pointer;overflow:hidden;border-radius:6px}\n.wom-cam__frame img{width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;display:block}\n.wom-cam__play{position:absolute;inset:0;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center}\n.wom-cam__play span{background:rgba(0,0,0,.72);color:#fff;font:600 .95rem\/1 system-ui,sans-serif;\n  padding:.8rem 1.2rem;border-radius:2rem}\n.wom-cam__frame:hover .wom-cam__play span,.wom-cam__frame:focus-visible .wom-cam__play span{background:#c0392b}\n.wom-cam__frame iframe{position:absolute;inset:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0}\n.wom-cam__meta{font-size:.85rem;line-height:1.45;margin:.5rem 0 0;color:#555}\n.wom-cam__meta a{color:inherit}\n.wom-cam__grid{display:grid;gap:1rem;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fill,minmax(220px,1fr));\n  list-style:none;padding:0;margin:1.5rem 0}\n.wom-cam__grid a{display:block;text-decoration:none}\n.wom-cam__grid img{width:100%;aspect-ratio:16\/9;object-fit:cover;border-radius:6px;display:block;background:#1b1b1b}\n.wom-cam__grid strong{display:block;font-size:.95rem;margin-top:.4rem}\n.wom-cam__grid span{display:block;font-size:.8rem;color:#666}\n@media(min-width:700px){.wom-cams--zwei{grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr}}<\/style><script>\ndocument.addEventListener('click',function(e){\n  var b=e.target.closest('.wom-cam__frame');\n  if(!b||b.dataset.done)return;\n  var f=document.createElement('iframe');\n  f.src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/'+encodeURIComponent(b.dataset.yt)+'?autoplay=1&rel=0';\n  f.title=b.dataset.label||'Livestream';\n  f.allow='autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture';\n  f.allowFullscreen=true;\n  f.referrerPolicy='strict-origin-when-cross-origin';\n  b.dataset.done='1';\n  b.innerHTML='';\n  b.appendChild(f);\n});<\/script><div class=\"wom-cams\"><figure class=\"wom-cam\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"wom-cam__frame\" data-yt=\"yUuaAsk3xXU\" data-label=\"Penha de Franca Mar\" aria-label=\"Start the live stream: Penha de Franca Mar\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/wom-brand\/webcams\/yUuaAsk3xXU.webp\" alt=\"Penha de Franca Mar\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\"><span class=\"wom-cam__play\"><span>&#9654; Start the live stream<\/span><\/span><\/button><figcaption class=\"wom-cam__meta\"><strong>Penha de Franca Mar<\/strong><br>Camera by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@MadeiraWebLive\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Madeira-Web<\/a>. Nothing reaches YouTube until you click. The click sends data to Google, including your IP address.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<h2>What you see<\/h2>\n<p>Mostly water, and that&#8217;s the point. Funchal has no sand beach \u2014 you swim from concrete platforms and ladders, and whether that is pleasant or unpleasant is decided entirely by the swell. In a southerly the sets come in against the platforms and the bathing complexes put out the red flag.<\/p>\n<p>That is exactly what this shows, and better than any wave forecast: whether the water is glassy today or capped with white.<\/p>\n<h2>When it&#8217;s best<\/h2>\n<p>Mornings. Wind builds through the day on Madeira; the sea is calmest early. If you&#8217;re planning to snorkel or <a href=\"\/en\/diving\/\">dive<\/a>, decide before breakfast.<\/p>\n<h2>Watch it or go?<\/h2>\n<p>For swimming, go elsewhere. The concrete platforms in Funchal are practical, but nobody comes to the island for them. The better spots are east at <a href=\"\/en\/canico-reis-magos-beach-webcam\/\">Cani\u00e7o<\/a> and west at <a href=\"\/en\/calheta-beach-webcam\/\">Calheta<\/a> \u2014 both with their own camera.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This camera sits on the Penha de Franca hotel strip, east of the old town at the water&#8217;s edge, looking out to open sea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":65,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coast-ocean"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonmadeira.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}