Herring Cove Beach

THE legendary P-Town sunset -- sun drops into Cape Cod Bay, the whole town turns out, the water flat and golden

Sunset
nightly

Sunset Cam

hit time-lapse

SUNSET CAM

LIVE cam

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Animated preview · watch the live Herring Cove Beach cam →

Tonight’s Lineup

artisans & buskers

🌅

Cape Cod Bay Sunset

at sunset

🏮

Harbor Lighthouse

after sunset

🐋

Whale Spouts

seasonal

🌊

Flat Bay Water

all evening

Sunset Score

cloud-color forecast

High cirrus rolling in — expect fire skies.

Know Before You Go

Sunset direction

due west

sun drops directly into Cape Cod Bay -- faces west

Water

Cape Cod Bay

calmer, warmer than Race Point

Park entry

$35/vehicle

free with National Parks annual pass

Best sunset spot

center beach

the full bay horizon with no obstruction

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