Beach Guide

Marginal Way & Perkins Cove

Golden hour on the Marginal Way -- surf on the rocks, the cove drawbridge and the lobster fleet at rest

Sunset
nightly

Sunset Cam

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SUNSET CAM
LIVE cam

Animated preview · watch the live Perkins Cove cam →

Tonight’s Lineup

artisans & buskers
🚶

Marginal Way Walkers

golden hour

🦞

Lobster Fleet

at the cove

🌉

The Cove Drawbridge

on demand

🐦

River Shorebirds

at dusk

🎭

Playhouse Crowd

evening

Sunset Score

cloud-color forecast
8OUT OF 10

High cirrus rolling in — expect fire skies.

Know Before You Go

Marginal Way

free

1.25-mi cliff walk, dawn to dark

Sunset side

behind town

beach faces east -- rocks catch the glow

Perkins Cove

lobster fleet

boats, shops & the drawbridge

Best photo

the cove

drawbridge & boats at blue hour

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 Perkins Cove webcam. The Marginal Way Golden Hour runs nightly, weather permitting, from about two hours before sunset.

At Ogunquit Beach, the sun sets at 8:03 PM today — about 14h 28m of daylight. Sunrise was 5:35 AM. Live water temperature, surf height, UV index, wind and tide for Ogunquit Beach update at the top of the conditions page.