Carmel Beach

Pacific sunset · cypress silhouettes · fire pits lit

Fire pits
nightly

Sunset Cam

hit time-lapse

SUNSET CAM

LIVE cam

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Animated preview · watch the live cam →

Tonight’s Lineup

artisans & buskers

🔥

Beach Fire Pits

evening

🌲

Cypress Silhouettes

at sunset

🐕

Dog Parade

all evening

🎨

Bluff Painters

before sunset

Sunset Score

cloud-color forecast

High cirrus rolling in — expect fire skies.

Know Before You Go

Fire pits

free

First-come, permanent pits on the sand

Orientation

due west

Sun drops straight into the Pacific

Wildlife

sea otters

kelp beds offshore, visible at dusk

Best perch

Scenic Rd

elevated cypress blufftop walk

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