Francis Beach

Pacific sunset - coastal bluffs - Mavericks offshore

Open Coast
Mavericks backdrop

Sunset Cam

hit time-lapse

SUNSET CAM

LIVE cam

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Animated preview · watch the live cam →

Tonight’s Lineup

artisans & buskers

🏄

Mavericks Swell

winter

🌅

Pacific Horizon

sunset

🌾

Pumpkin Fields

fall

🦭

Harbor Seals

low tide

Sunset Score

cloud-color forecast

High cirrus rolling in — expect fire skies.

Know Before You Go

Sunset

Due west

Open Pacific horizon from the blufftop trail

Best Spot

Francis Beach

Walk south on the coastal trail for the widest view

Entry

$10/day

CA State Parks day use fee -- cash or app

Waves

Mavericks

Big-wave break offshore -- visible on large winter swells

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 Half Moon Bay Sunset runs nightly, weather permitting, from about two hours before sunset.