Beach Guide

Lanikai Beach

Sunrise glow on the Mokulua Islands · bay light

Sunrise
daily

Sunset Cam

hit time-lapse
SUNSET CAM
LIVE cam

Animated preview · watch the live Lanikai Cam cam →

Tonight’s Lineup

artisans & buskers
🐦

Sea Birds

at dawn

🐢

Honu (Turtles)

morning feed

🏃

Dawn Joggers

at sunrise

📸

Photographers

golden hour

🚣

Kayakers

early morning

Sunset Score

cloud-color forecast
8OUT OF 10

High cirrus rolling in — expect fire skies.

Know Before You Go

Best time

sunrise

east-facing beach catches the first light

Pillboxes

Ka'iwa Ridge

35-min hike for the sunrise panorama

Access

free

6 public right-of-way paths from Mokulua Dr

Sea turtles

morning reef

honu often forage along the inner reef 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 Lanikai Cam webcam. The Lanikai Sunrise runs nightly, weather permitting, from about two hours before sunset.