Beach Guide

Turner Beach

Gulf sunset · green flash · Mucky Duck crowd

Sunset
nightly

Sunset Cam

hit time-lapse
SUNSET CAM
LIVE cam

Animated preview · watch the live Island Cam cam →

Tonight’s Lineup

artisans & buskers
🌅

Green Flash Watchers

at the dip

🦆

Mucky Duck Crowd

before sunset

🐚

The Sanibel Stoop

low tide

🐬

Dolphins at the Pass

at dusk

🦩

Wading Birds

all evening

Sunset Score

cloud-color forecast
8OUT OF 10

High cirrus rolling in — expect fire skies.

Know Before You Go

Beach access

free

lot is paid, sand is always free

Green flash

rare treat

clearest on cloud-free horizons

Best spot

Turner Beach

due-west view off the Captiva sand

Live cam

Island cam

sun sets straight off the sand

applause at the dip

Sunset time, countdown and the Sunset Score are computed live from Open-Meteo’s real cloud forecast at each day’s sunset hour. The in-page cam is an animated preview — tap “live cam” for the real Island Cam webcam. The Captiva Sunset runs nightly, weather permitting, from about two hours before sunset.