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.
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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 tables 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.
Saturday 13-Oct
Sunday 14-Oct
Monday 15-Oct
Tuesday 16-Oct
Wednesday 17-Oct
Thursday 18-Oct
Friday 19-Oct
Saturday 20-Oct
Sunday 21-Oct
Monday 22-Oct
Tuesday 23-Oct
Wednesday 24-Oct
Thursday 25-Oct
Friday 26-Oct
Saturday 27-Oct
Sunday 28-Oct
Monday 29-Oct
Tuesday 30-Oct
Wednesday 31-Oct
Thursday 01-Nov
Friday 02-Nov
Saturday 03-Nov
Sunday 04-Nov
Monday 05-Nov
Tuesday 06-Nov
Wednesday 07-Nov
Thursday 08-Nov
Friday 09-Nov
Saturday 10-Nov
Sunday 11-Nov
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.