Tybee Island Live Webcams in the state of Georgia

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Live Webcams Tybee Island

Watch live HD webcams in the city of Tybee Island, Georgia. Tybee Island is home to more than three miles of inviting beaches and 1.3 million cubic yards of recently re-nourished sand. Tybee’s beaches are perfect for swimming, building sandcastles, searching for seashells and watching spectacular sunrises and sunsets.

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Main Attractions

Additionally, explore the top tourist attractions on Tybee Island.

  • Tybee Island Light Station And Museum
  • Tybee Island Beach
  • Fort Pulaski National Monument
  • Tybee Island Marine Science Center
  • North Beach
  • Tybee Pier
  • Cockspur lighthouse
  • Tybee Island Museum – Battery Garland
  • Tybee Island Visitor Center
  • Savannah River Beach
  • Back River Beach
  • Mid Beach

County: Chatham County

Cities in Chatham County: Tybee Island, Pooler, Savannah, Garden City, Port Wentworth, Wilmington Island

About Tybee Beaches

Known for its mild, fresh air and salty ocean breezes, Tybee Island took a new course toward the end of the 1800s. Consequently, becoming a destination well known as a tonic for people with asthma, allergies, and other ailments. The practice called “taking the salts” likely derived from the many beneficial qualities. They can be attributed to the area by doctors, who urged patients to spend time on Tybee to cure their ailments. Supported by the Froebel Circle of Savannah, the Fresh Air Home provided a camp atmosphere in which inland children could increase their health and happiness through exposure to the sea during the summer months.

Tybee also became well known during this time as a resort town. A short boat or train ride away from Savannah, Savannah Beach promised relief from the summertime heat and humidity that plagued inland areas. The Tybrisa Pavilion, with its famous crystal ball, big bands, and dime dances, was the island’s most popular destination. With the opening of Tybee Road in 1923 to automobile traffic, the way of life on the island slowly started to change. When the Tybrisa Pavilion and other local establishments burned down in 1967, the end of an era was apparent.

Tybee Lighthouse

The Tybee Island Light Station, known as the Tybee Lighthouse, having lit the entrance of the Savannah River since 1736, is perhaps the most identifiable landmark on the island. It is one of the oldest U.S. lighthouses still in existence, and one of a few original lighthouses in full operation that still stands with its original base. Renovation commenced on the lighthouse in 1999, and in 2002 it was one of the first lighthouses transferred from federal to private ownership under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000. It is now owned and managed by the Tybee Island Historical Society.

The rate of construction on the island increased at the turn of the last century and echoed the popularity of the area as a resort. Although the grand hotels that once lined the beach, including the Hotel Tybee and the DeSoto Beach Hotel, no longer exist, classic beach-style architecture remains a common feature of the island’s houses.

Although visitors can no longer ride a train to Tybee, they are still able to sit under the Tybee Pavilion, fish off the Tybee Pier, and walk along beachfront avenues. Local events include several arts, food, and music festivals held at Tybee Pavilion; the annual Beach Bums Parade along Butler Avenue; and the Polar Bear Plunge swim in the Atlantic Ocean each New Year’s Day.

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