Beach Guide

Lovers Key

Full Gulf sunset · shelling · wild sand

Sunset
nightly

Sunset Cam

hit time-lapse
SUNSET CAM
LIVE cam

Animated preview · watch the live cam →

Tonight’s Lineup

artisans & buskers
🐬

Estero Bay Dolphins

offshore

🦦

Manatees

in the bay

🐚

Shell Seekers

at low tide

🦩

Wading Birds

at dusk

📸

Wedding Parties

at the gazebo

Sunset Score

cloud-color forecast
8OUT OF 10

High cirrus rolling in — expect fire skies.

Know Before You Go

Entry

$8/vehicle

pay at the state-park gate

Gate

closes at dusk

plan to be out by sundown

Launch

boat ramp

straight into Estero Bay

Sunset

due west

a full open-Gulf horizon

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

At Lovers Key State Park, the sun sets at 8:14 PM today — about 13h 20m of daylight. Sunrise was 6:55 AM. Live water temperature, surf height, UV index, wind and tide for Lovers Key State Park update at the top of the conditions page.