About Live Duval Street

Live Duval Street is a free, 24-hour live view of Duval Street in Key West, Florida. Our cameras are mounted at Sloppy Joe’s Bar on the corner of Duval and Greene streets, and they have been showing the world this corner since 2000.

Because people miss it. Most of our viewers have been to Key West and want to see it again from wherever they are now. Others are planning a trip and want to know what the street really looks like on a Tuesday in February. Some are locals checking the weather and the crowd before they ride downtown. And a good number are watching for one particular person, who has just texted them to say “I’m on the corner, look for the hat.”

That last group is our favorite. If you are in Key West, stand outside Sloppy Joe’s, call home and wave. The FAQ explains where to stand.

• Two live cameras. Cam 1 shows the street and the intersection. Cam 2 shows the front of Sloppy Joe’s Bar.
• A 24-hour archive. The Cam Archive keeps a snapshot from every minute of the past day.
• Guides. A block-by-block guide to Duval Street, the street’s history, the story of Sloppy Joe’s, a year-round events calendar and Key West weather month by month.
• Photo galleries. Pictures from Duval Street events over the years.

The cameras send video to a streaming server, which prepares it in several quality levels up to 720p. A content delivery network then carries it to your screen, and the player picks the quality your connection can handle. Like all internet video, the picture runs a little behind real time, so expect a short delay between a wave on the corner and the wave on your screen.