Beach Guide

Galveston Harbor

Harbor sunset · tall ships · Pier 21

Sunset
nightly

Sunset Cam

hit time-lapse
SUNSET CAM
LIVE cam

Animated preview · watch the live Visit Galveston cam →

Tonight’s Lineup

artisans & buskers
🦐

Returning Shrimp Fleet

before dusk

Tall Ship Elissa

at the harbor

🐬

Harbor Dolphins

at dusk

🎡

Pleasure Pier Lights

after dark

🎣

Seawall Anglers

all evening

Sunset Score

cloud-color forecast
8OUT OF 10

High cirrus rolling in — expect fire skies.

Know Before You Go

Harbor

free

walk Pier 21 & the wharf

Best photo

Pier 21

tall ship & the channel

Best spot

the harbor

west-facing over the water

Live cam

Seawall

watch the gulf roll in

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 Visit Galveston webcam. The Galveston Harbor Sunset runs nightly, weather permitting, from about two hours before sunset.

At Galveston, the sun sets at 8:11 PM today — about 13h 30m of daylight. Sunrise was 6:41 AM. Live water temperature, surf height, UV index, wind and tide for Galveston update at the top of the conditions page.