Beach Guide

Ditch Plains Beach

Last sets of the day · fire pits · Montauk hotel bars

Sunset
nightly

Sunset Cam

hit time-lapse
SUNSET CAM
LIVE cam

Animated preview · watch the live Ditch Plains cam →

Tonight’s Lineup

artisans & buskers
🏄

Last Session Surfers

golden hour

🔥

Beach Fire Pits

after sunset

🌊

Atlantic Break

all evening

🏛️

Cliffs & Lighthouse

blue hour

Sunset Score

cloud-color forecast
8OUT OF 10

High cirrus rolling in — expect fire skies.

Know Before You Go

Parking

$20/day

county lot · fills on swell days

Best spot

reef right

consistent right-handers

Surf

2-8 ft

reef break · best on south swell

Lighthouse

10 min walk

1796 · tip of Long Island

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 Ditch Plains webcam. The Ditch Plains Dusk runs nightly, weather permitting, from about two hours before sunset.

At Ditch Plains Beach, the sun sets at 8:03 PM today — about 14h 17m of daylight. Sunrise was 5:46 AM. Live water temperature, surf height, UV index, wind and tide for Ditch Plains Beach update at the top of the conditions page.