Beach Guide

Pismo Beach Pier

Pacific sunset · pier walkout · Monarch butterfly dusk

Pier sunset
nightly

Sunset Cam

hit time-lapse
SUNSET CAM
LIVE cam

Animated preview · watch the live cam →

Tonight’s Lineup

artisans & buskers
🦋

Monarch Butterflies

Oct-Feb dusk

🪁

Pier Silhouette

at sunset

🦅

Pelican Flyover

at dusk

🔥

Bonfire Circle

after sunset

Sunset Score

cloud-color forecast
8OUT OF 10

High cirrus rolling in — expect fire skies.

Know Before You Go

Pier walk

free

Public pier, open to fishing and walking

Best spot

pier end

Sun sets directly over the Pacific

Wildlife

monarchs

Butterfly grove 5 min south (Oct-Feb)

Length

1,370 ft

One of the longest piers on the coast

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 Pismo Pier Sunset runs nightly, weather permitting, from about two hours before sunset.