Beach Guide

Coney Island Boardwalk

Boardwalk lights · Wonder Wheel · Friday fireworks

Sunset
nightly

Sunset Cam

hit time-lapse
SUNSET CAM
LIVE cam

Animated preview · watch the live Coney Island cam →

Tonight’s Lineup

artisans & buskers
🎡

Wonder Wheel

golden hour

🎢

Cyclone at Dusk

all evening

🌊

Atlantic Break

all evening

🎆

Friday Fireworks

Friday nights

Sunset Score

cloud-color forecast
8OUT OF 10

High cirrus rolling in — expect fire skies.

Know Before You Go

Beach access

free

NYC public beach

Best spot

the boardwalk

Wonder Wheel in silhouette

Fireworks

Fridays

July & Aug after Cyclones games

Golden hour

45 min

before sunset · neon starts

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 Coney Island webcam. The Coney Island Dusk runs nightly, weather permitting, from about two hours before sunset.

At Coney Island Beach, the sun sets at 8:10 PM today — about 14h 15m of daylight. Sunrise was 5:55 AM. Live water temperature, surf height, UV index, wind and tide for Coney Island Beach update at the top of the conditions page.