Beach Guide

Stinson Beach

Pacific sunset - Mount Tamalpais silhouette - village glow

Marin Classic
Mountain backdrop

Sunset Cam

hit time-lapse
SUNSET CAM
LIVE cam

Animated preview · watch the live cam →

Tonight’s Lineup

artisans & buskers
⛰️

Mount Tamalpais

all afternoon

🌊

Pacific Shore Break

all day

🌅

Open Horizon

sunset

🦅

Shorebirds

dusk

Sunset Score

cloud-color forecast
8OUT OF 10

High cirrus rolling in — expect fire skies.

Know Before You Go

Sunset

Due west

Open Pacific horizon, fog-free more often than SF

Best Spot

North end

Frame Tam's silhouette behind the beach

Entry

Free

NPS beach -- no fee or reservation needed

Wildlife

Harbor seals

Seals rest on the Bolinas Lagoon sandbars nearby

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