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Gulf Coast Guide

Holly Beach

Cajun Riviera

Everything for a day on the Cajun Riviera: drive your truck straight onto the sand, cast a line, shell the tide line and watch a wide-open Gulf sunset with no crowd in sight.

Today on the Sand

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Water Temp

84°

warm · gentle surf

UV Index

9

very high · 10am–4pm

Beach Crowd

Busy

holiday weekend

Beach Toolkit

Beach Conditions

Surf, tides & water temp

Parking Finder

Drive-on sand & beach access

Gulf Sunset

Wide-open send-off from the sand

Dining

Boiled shrimp, boudin & plate lunches

Things to Do

Surf fishing, crabbing & Big Lake charters

Events

What's on this week

Pick Your Sand

north to south

Holly Beach

The Cajun Riviera · drive-on sand

Free · drive-on

Constance Beach

Quiet residential beach · west

Free · shelling

Little Florida Beach

Shelling stretch off LA-82

Free parking

Long Beach

Westernmost Cameron sand

Free · remote

Rutherford Beach

Remote drive-on beach east of Cameron

Free · 4WD helps

Dolphin Cruises

Open →

Compare daily sails from the marina — wild dolphins on nearly every trip.

Beyond the Beach

day trips

Cameron

Ferry east

Shrimping town across the Calcasieu ferry

Creole Nature Trail

All around

Gator and bird byway through the marsh

Sabine NWR

20 min north

Marsh boardwalk & alligators

Lake Charles

45 min north

Casinos, boudin & festivals

see you on the sand

Water temp, surf and UV are live from NOAA & Open-Meteo; sunset is computed locally for Holly Beach. Crowd level is a weekday/weekend estimate.

Right now at Holly Beach, the water is 88°F, surf is running 2–3 ft and the air is 85°F but feels like 94°F. Wind is 6 mph from the ENE and the UV index peaks at 7 (high) today. Unprotected fair skin burns in about 45 minutes right now, and the strongest stretch runs 12 PM to 4 PM. Today’s tides: Low 2:02 PM.