Sunset Score
cloud-color forecastHigh cirrus rolling in — expect fire skies.
Know Before You Go
Pier walk
small fee
the historic Cocoa Beach Pier charges to walk out
Sun sets
west
over the Banana River, not the ocean
Launch view
north
rockets rise over the pads - any hour, day or night
Sunrise
over water
the Atlantic faces east - dawn is the ocean show
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 Pier Cam webcam. The Pier Nights runs nightly, weather permitting, from about two hours before sunset.