Beach Guide

Gulf Beach Access

Uncrowded Gulf sunset · 11 miles of beach · quiet evenings

Quiet
nightly

Sunset Cam

hit time-lapse
SUNSET CAM
LIVE cam

Animated preview · watch the live Town of Longboat Key cam →

Tonight’s Lineup

artisans & buskers
🌅

Gulf Horizon

at the dip

🐬

Dolphins

at dusk

🦅

Osprey

all afternoon

🎣

Surf Anglers

at dusk

🌟

Dark Skies

after dark

Sunset Score

cloud-color forecast
8OUT OF 10

High cirrus rolling in — expect fire skies.

Know Before You Go

Access

free

21 public access points, free parking

Dolphins

daily

in the passes and surf zone, especially at dusk

Crowds

minimal

one of the quietest long beaches on the Gulf coast

Tip

any access #

mid-island accesses are the least visited

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 Town of Longboat Key webcam. The Longboat Key Sunset runs nightly, weather permitting, from about two hours before sunset.