Beach Guide

Carlsbad Seawall

Pacific sunset · seawall promenade · surf

Sunset
nightly

Sunset Cam

hit time-lapse
SUNSET CAM
LIVE cam

Animated preview · watch the live Surfline cam →

Tonight’s Lineup

artisans & buskers
🏄

Tamarack Surfers

golden hour

🐬

Passing Dolphins

at dusk

🐦

Pelican Patrol

at dusk

🚶

Seawall Strollers

all evening

📸

Bluff Photographers

at the dip

Sunset Score

cloud-color forecast
8OUT OF 10

High cirrus rolling in — expect fire skies.

Know Before You Go

Park & walk

free

seawall lots along Carlsbad Blvd

Best spot

the seawall

west-facing over Tamarack

Surf break

Tamarack

long right off the point

Live cam

Surfline

sun sets over the water

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 Surfline webcam. The Carlsbad Sunset runs nightly, weather permitting, from about two hours before sunset.

At Carlsbad State Beach, the sun sets at 7:48 PM today — about 13h 43m of daylight. Sunrise was 6:05 AM. Live water temperature, surf height, UV index, wind and tide for Carlsbad State Beach update at the top of the conditions page.