Beach Guide

The Pier

Pier lights over Saco Bay -- Palace Playland's Ferris wheel, the arcade glow and Thursday-night fireworks

Sunset
nightly

Sunset Cam

hit time-lapse
SUNSET CAM
LIVE cam

Animated preview · watch the live The Pier cam →

Tonight’s Lineup

artisans & buskers
🎡

Palace Playland

after dark

🎆

Thursday Fireworks

summer nights

🎣

Pier Anglers

all evening

🍩

Fried Dough Stands

all evening

🌅

Saco Bay Afterglow

at dusk

Sunset Score

cloud-color forecast
8OUT OF 10

High cirrus rolling in — expect fire skies.

Know Before You Go

The Pier

free to walk

shops & food stalls, seasonal

Sunset side

behind town

beach faces east -- sunrise is the ocean show

Fireworks

Thu nights

summer, ~9:45 PM by the Pier

Best photo

the Pier

neon & Ferris wheel 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 The Pier webcam. The Pier Night runs nightly, weather permitting, from about two hours before sunset.

At Old Orchard Beach, the sun sets at 8:03 PM today — about 14h 29m of daylight. Sunrise was 5:34 AM. Live water temperature, surf height, UV index, wind and tide for Old Orchard Beach update at the top of the conditions page.