Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0
Live video
Como's lakefront and the first basin looking north, Brunate high on the right.
In the frame · In the sun today: Como 07:28–15:37 · Brunate 07:31–17:06
Webcams
The lake live from twenty-seven points, chosen for what they frame: the two branches and the upper lake, the squares on the water and the peaks around.
12°RainSunrise 07:03 · Sunset 17:09
The live view is watched on the site of whoever runs each camera. The photographs on the cards show the place in the frame, not the live picture.
First Basin5
Centro Lago, Val d'Intelvi and the Lariano Triangle9
Upper Lake5
Lecco Branch8
Where they are, and where they look
The cone shows the direction of the view. The same cameras are a layer on the main map.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
How to read the lake from a webcam
The light comes from the east. In the morning the western shores — Tremezzina, Menaggio, Moltrasio — are in the sun while Varenna is still in the Grigna's shadow; at sunset it is the other way round, and the Grigna turns red last.
The Breva, the afternoon wind from the south, shows as ripples running up from Como and Lecco towards Bellagio; the dawn Tivano as flat water under the shore and a ruffled surface further out.
When the centre of the lake is overcast, the Colico and Lecco rowing-club webcams often show a different sky, and the Sormano observatory's shows whether there is sun above the clouds.