Beach Guide

Long Key Tidal Lagoon

Turquoise tidal flats · Henry Flagler's fishing camp · pure Keys

Tidal Flats
daily

Sunset Cam

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SUNSET CAM
LIVE cam

Animated preview · watch the live Middle Keys Cam cam →

Tonight’s Lineup

artisans & buskers
🦅

Ospreys & Herons

all day

🌅

Tidal Flat Glow

at dusk

🦞

Lobster Season

Aug-Sep

🐠

Reef Fish

offshore

🌟

Star Watching

after dark

Sunset Score

cloud-color forecast
8OUT OF 10

High cirrus rolling in — expect fire skies.

Know Before You Go

Bay sunset

west-facing

Florida Bay faces west - classic Keys pastel sunset every evening

State park

camping avail

ocean-side tent camping at one of Florida's most beautiful spots

Flats

bonefish

the Long Key tidal flats hold bonefish year-round

Turquoise

tidal lagoon

the lagoon color rivals the Caribbean in clarity and hue

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 Middle Keys Cam webcam. The Long Key Sunset runs nightly, weather permitting, from about two hours before sunset.

At Long Key, the sun sets at 8:10 PM today — about 13h 19m of daylight. Sunrise was 6:51 AM. Live water temperature, surf height, UV index, wind and tide for Long Key update at the top of the conditions page.