Beach Guide

Rudee Inlet

Inlet sunset · marina · the fleet comes in

Sunset
nightly

Sunset Cam

hit time-lapse
SUNSET CAM
LIVE cam

Animated preview · watch the live cam →

Tonight’s Lineup

artisans & buskers
🛥️

Returning Fleet

before dusk

🐬

Inlet Dolphins

at dusk

🎣

Jetty Anglers

all evening

🛶

Owl Creek Paddlers

before dusk

📸

Photographers

at the dip

Sunset Score

cloud-color forecast
8OUT OF 10

High cirrus rolling in — expect fire skies.

Know Before You Go

Access

free

walk the Rudee Inlet jetty

Dolphins

common

in the inlet at dusk in season

Best spot

Rudee jetty

west over the marina & Owl Creek

Sunrise

the ocean

the Boardwalk faces east for dawn

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 Rudee Inlet Sunset runs nightly, weather permitting, from about two hours before sunset.

At Virginia Beach, the sun sets at 8:10 PM today — about 13h 58m of daylight. Sunrise was 6:12 AM. Live water temperature, surf height, UV index, wind and tide for Virginia Beach update at the top of the conditions page.