Beach Guide

Beachwalker Park

West-end inlet sunset · empty sand

Sunset
nightly

Sunset Cam

hit time-lapse
SUNSET CAM
LIVE cam

Animated preview · watch the live cam →

Tonight’s Lineup

artisans & buskers
🐦

Shorebirds

at dusk

🐬

Inlet Dolphins

at dusk

🚶

Beach Walkers

all evening

📸

Photographers

at the dip

Sunset Score

cloud-color forecast
8OUT OF 10

High cirrus rolling in — expect fire skies.

Know Before You Go

Access

Beachwalker

one public gate, fee per car

Best spot

West end

over Captain Sam's Inlet

Dolphins

common

in the Kiawah River at dusk

Sunrise

east ocean

long empty sand at dawn

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 Beachwalker Sunset runs nightly, weather permitting, from about two hours before sunset.

At Kiawah Island, the sun sets at 8:18 PM today — about 13h 42m of daylight. Sunrise was 6:37 AM. Live water temperature, surf height, UV index, wind and tide for Kiawah Island update at the top of the conditions page.