Beach Guide

Venice Pier

Venice Pier sunset · Sharky's on the deck · Gulf horizon

Venice Pier
nightly

Sunset Cam

hit time-lapse
SUNSET CAM
LIVE cam

Animated preview · watch the live City of Venice cam →

Tonight’s Lineup

artisans & buskers
🌅

Gulf Horizon

at the dip

🦈

Shark Tooth Season

year-round

🎣

Pier Anglers

all evening

🦅

Pelicans

at dusk

🥁

Nokomis Drum Circle

Fri at sunset

Sunset Score

cloud-color forecast
8OUT OF 10

High cirrus rolling in — expect fire skies.

Know Before You Go

Pier

free to walk

700-ft Venice Pier, open daily

Shark teeth

Caspersen

highest fossil concentration in the US

Parking

free

all Venice beach lots are free

Nokomis

5 min north

Friday drum circles at sunset — famous

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 City of Venice webcam. The Venice Pier Sunset runs nightly, weather permitting, from about two hours before sunset.

At Venice Beach, the sun sets at 8:20 PM today — about 13h 27m of daylight. Sunrise was 6:54 AM. Live water temperature, surf height, UV index, wind and tide for Venice Beach update at the top of the conditions page.