Beach Guide

Dana Point Harbor

Pacific sunset behind the Dana Point headland

Sunset
nightly

Sunset Cam

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SUNSET CAM
LIVE cam

Animated preview · watch the live cam →

Tonight’s Lineup

artisans & buskers
🐋

Gray Whales

offshore

🏄

Longboard Surfers

golden hour

🦅

Brown Pelicans

at dusk

⛰️

Dana Point Headland

silhouette

Sunset Score

cloud-color forecast
8OUT OF 10

High cirrus rolling in — expect fire skies.

Know Before You Go

Beach access

$15/car

walk-in and bike-in are free

Best spot

creek jetty

open southwest horizon at the creek mouth

Wildlife

gray whales

migrate past Dana Point December to April

Backdrop

the headland

the Dana Point bluffs frame the sunset

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 Doheny Sunset runs nightly, weather permitting, from about two hours before sunset.

At Doheny State Beach, the sun sets at 7:50 PM today — about 13h 45m of daylight. Sunrise was 6:05 AM. Live water temperature, surf height, UV index, wind and tide for Doheny State Beach update at the top of the conditions page.