Beach Guide

Good Harbor Beach

Cape Ann headlands at dusk, Salt Island silhouetted, fishing boats passing Eastern Point, the Atlantic turning gold

Sunset
nightly

Sunset Cam

hit time-lapse
SUNSET CAM
LIVE cam

Animated preview · watch the live Good Harbor Beach cam →

Tonight’s Lineup

artisans & buskers
🏝

Salt Island

low tide sunset

🚢

Gloucester Fleet

evening return

🏮

Eastern Point Light

after sunset

🌊

Atlantic Surf

all evening

Sunset Score

cloud-color forecast
8OUT OF 10

High cirrus rolling in — expect fire skies.

Know Before You Go

Salt Island

low tide only

sandbar connects beach to island -- check tides

Parking

$25-$30/car

non-resident, City of Gloucester

Sunset

headland glow

watch from the dune ridge at the east end

Surf

2-5 ft

Atlantic, consistent Cape Ann swell

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