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

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SUNSET CAM
LIVE cam
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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.

At Good Harbor Beach, the sun sets at 8:02 PM today — about 14h 25m of daylight. Sunrise was 5:37 AM. Live water temperature, surf height, UV index, wind and tide for Good Harbor Beach update at the top of the conditions page.