Ocean Beach Esplanade

Pacific sunset - open horizon - fog bank burns orange

Wide Open
Fog Show

Sunset Cam

hit time-lapse

SUNSET CAM

LIVE cam

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Animated preview · watch the live cam →

Tonight’s Lineup

artisans & buskers

🏄

The Surfers

all afternoon

🌫️

The Fog Bank

golden hour

🌅

Open Horizon

sunset

🌊

Shore Break

all day

Sunset Score

cloud-color forecast

High cirrus rolling in — expect fire skies.

Know Before You Go

Sunset

Due west

Unobstructed 3-mile horizon view

Best Spot

Esplanade rail

The seawall path at any beach access point

Entry

Free

Open beach -- no fee, no reservation

Surf

Kelly's Cove

Year-round shortboard and longboard break

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 Ocean Beach Sunset runs nightly, weather permitting, from about two hours before sunset.