Sunset Beach
Orange County, California, United States
Today at a glance
Best: 9 am to 6 pm, sunset 6:08 pm6.6
4 km/h2 mph wind, Good
8.2
3 km/h2 mph wind, Great
8.2
6 km/h4 mph wind, Great
7.9
8 km/h5 mph wind, Great
8.1
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great
8.3
13 km/h8 mph wind, Great
8.6
17 km/h10 mph wind, Excellent
8.3
21 km/h13 mph wind, Great
8.1
21 km/h13 mph wind, Great
8.1
20 km/h12 mph wind, Great
7.4
16 km/h10 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 9 am to 6 pm. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 17°C63°F
- Water
- 23°C73°F
- Wind
- 64 km/hmph NNE
- Gusts
- 159 km/hmph
- Waves
- 0.9 m3 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 28%
- Sunset
- 6:08 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- Low 1 am, -0.2 m<1 ft
- High 7 am, 1.2 m4 ft
- Low 2 pm, -0.2 m<1 ft
- High 8 pm, 1.0 m3 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
Facilities
- LifeguardStation listedOpenStreetMap lists a lifeguard station.
- Restrooms120 m390 ft away
- Parking26 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 100 m320 ft. Fee not listed
- Food and drink14 within 1 km0.6 mi
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 200 m640 ft
- Nearest town
- 4.1 km2.6 miSeal Beach (town)
- Nearest airport
- 13 km8 miLong Beach Airport (LGB)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Surfside Beach1.3 km0.8 mi north-west away8.2 Great later
- Bolsa Chica State Beach3.2 km2.0 mi south-east away8.3 Great later
- Seal Beach4.0 km2.5 mi north-west away8.3 Great later
- Mother's Beach6.2 km3.9 mi north-west away8.3 Great later
- Alamitos Bay Beach6.8 km4.2 mi north-west away8.3 Great later
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat9.5 ExcellentBest 9 am to 7 pmWind up to 20 km/h13 mph, rain 1%
- Sun9.3 ExcellentBest 8 am to 1 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 0%
- Mon9.2 ExcellentBest 12 pm to 7 pmWind up to 23 km/h15 mph, rain 0%
- Tue7.2 GreatBest 8 am to 1 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 0%
- Wed6.4 GoodBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 20 km/h12 mph, rain 0%