On this page you can view the images captured by the
Mallaig and Sound of Sleat webcam 17 hours a day over the past
30 days.
Briefly, use the table of times and dates below to choose the point of
interest. Press the play button under the image to play a time-lapse
sequence of images from the current time until the end of the
selected day.
The first of two webcams near Armadale at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig College, part of the University of the Highlands and Islands.
This webcam looks south east from the college across the Sound of Sleet to the fishing and ferry port of Mallaig. The peaks of Sgurr an Eilein Ghiubhais and Sgurr Eireagoraidh are visible on the left. Mallaig is to the right but difficult to see except at night time. If you look out at the right time you might just catch sight the CalMac ferry leaving Mallaig for Armadale or the Small Isles of Rùm, Eigg, Muck and Canna.
A picture is taken every 15 minutes between
the hours of 05:00 and 22:00 UK local time (5am to 10pm). Outside of
these hours there is nothing to see but blackness. Not just any
blackness, but that special West Coast of Scotland blackness that,
devoid of light pollution, is so black that light literally
falls in to it. Click on the table of times and dates to the left to jump
directly to a hour. Please remember that you can only view pictures for today up to the current
time!
Use the video recorder style buttons
forward and
rewind buttons under the picture
to step through the selected day 15 minutes at a time. Alternatively
press the
play button to play a
time-lapse sequence from morning until night.
The Last Thirty Days
The pictures below have been taken at 13:00 (1pm UK local time) on each of the past thirty days.
Click on a picture to display a larger version of it above.
Thursday 05-Aug
Friday 06-Aug
Saturday 07-Aug
Sunday 08-Aug
Monday 09-Aug
Tuesday 10-Aug
Wednesday 11-Aug
Thursday 12-Aug
Friday 13-Aug
Saturday 14-Aug
Sunday 15-Aug
Monday 16-Aug
Tuesday 17-Aug
Wednesday 18-Aug
Thursday 19-Aug
Friday 20-Aug
Saturday 21-Aug
Sunday 22-Aug
Monday 23-Aug
Tuesday 24-Aug
Wednesday 25-Aug
Thursday 26-Aug
Friday 27-Aug
Saturday 28-Aug
Sunday 29-Aug
Monday 30-Aug
Tuesday 31-Aug
Wednesday 01-Sep
Thursday 02-Sep
Friday 03-Sep
More Information
This webcam is located on the Àrainn Chalum Chille campus of the
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig College,
approximately 3km (2 miles) north east of the Armadale ferry terminal.
Satellite image showing the location of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig College and approximate field of view of this webcam. Original image copyright 2006 MDA Earthsat
Satellite image showing the location of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig College and approximate field of view of this webcam. Original image copyright 2006 MDA Earthsat
Click here
to view a zoomable map of the area covered by the webcam courtesy of
Multimap.
The Sound of Sleat used to be the main thoroughfare for coastal shipping
to and from the Highland and Islands. Today commercial shipping has
largely been displaced by pleasure and leisure craft, including the
luxurious Hebridean Princess
cruise ship (the former CalMac ferry MV "Columba").
These waters were
used extensively by the
Royal Navy
for training during World War II and were protected at each end by an
anti-submarine barriers controlled from a nearby requisitioned
hunting lodge, now the
Duisdale Country House Hotel.
Today the barriers may be gone but Royal Navy surface vessels can
still be seen on this webcam as they traverse the Sound on their
way to the British Underwater Test and Evaluation Centre (BUTEC)
to the north west of the Skye Bridge. The submarines are much
harder to spot, especially when submerged!
Acknowledgment
Thank you to Sabhal Mòr Ostaig College
for providing the infrastructure and view. A special thank you to Caoimhín and Dòmhnall for their assistance and enthusiasm.