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Kite Beach
Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Asia/Dubai
Sunset today
06:42 PM
Open Gulf horizon at dusk. Dubai’s most reliable public sunset beach.
Dubai sunrise & sunset guide
Today's sunset time in Dubai
JBR Beach
Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Asia/Dubai
Sunset today
06:42 PM
The Walk and The Beach complex behind you, Gulf in front. Crowded, photogenic, and west-facing.
Dubai sunrise & sunset guide
Today's sunset time in Dubai
Sunset Beach (Umm Suqeim)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Asia/Dubai
Sunset today
06:42 PM
Named for a reason — Burj Al Arab often sits in the frame as the disk drops over the Gulf.
Dubai sunrise & sunset guide
Today's sunset time in Dubai
Coney Island / Brighton Beach (west light over the water is limited)
New York, United States · America/New_York
Sunset today
07:34 PM
The Atlantic here is south-facing; dusk is sky color more than a disk-in-the-ocean shot. For a water sunset, use the Hudson or Brooklyn Bridge Park.
New York sunrise & sunset guide
Today's sunset time in New York
Echo Beach (Canggu)
Bali, Indonesia · Asia/Makassar
Sunset today
06:18 PM
Surf and west horizon.
Bali sunrise & sunset guide
Custom lat/lng calculator
Jimbaran Bay
Bali, Indonesia · Asia/Makassar
Sunset today
06:18 PM
Bay dusk and grilled fish — touristy, still west-facing.
Bali sunrise & sunset guide
Custom lat/lng calculator
Padang Padang / Bingin
Bali, Indonesia · Asia/Makassar
Sunset today
06:18 PM
Bukit pocket beaches; cliffs can clip the disk — check your angle.
Bali sunrise & sunset guide
Custom lat/lng calculator
Ammoudi Bay
Santorini, Greece · Europe/Athens
Sunset today
07:51 PM
Pebble cove under Oia. West-ish water at sea level; the cliff can steal the last minutes of disk.
Santorini sunrise & sunset guide
Custom lat/lng calculator
Red Beach (near Akrotiri)
Santorini, Greece · Europe/Athens
Sunset today
07:51 PM
Dramatic cliffs; sunset depends on the cove’s facing. Not as reliable as the caldera rim.
Santorini sunrise & sunset guide
Custom lat/lng calculator
West shore / sunset beach of your island
Maldives, Maldives · Indian/Maldives
Sunset today
06:13 PM
Where the disk meets the Indian Ocean at dusk.
Maldives sunrise & sunset guide
Custom lat/lng calculator
Maafushi Bikini Beach
Maldives, Maldives · Indian/Maldives
Sunset today
06:13 PM
Local-island west light without a resort key card.
Maldives sunrise & sunset guide
Custom lat/lng calculator
Magic Island
Honolulu, United States · Pacific/Honolulu
Sunset today
06:52 PM
Lagoon and towers at dusk.
Honolulu sunrise & sunset guide
Today's sunset time in Honolulu
Waikīkī (west end)
Honolulu, United States · Pacific/Honolulu
Sunset today
06:52 PM
Convenient, busy, leeward sky.
Honolulu sunrise & sunset guide
Today's sunset time in Honolulu
Camps Bay
Cape Town, South Africa · Africa/Johannesburg
Sunset today
06:26 PM
Atlantic dusk under the Twelve Apostles.
Cape Town sunrise & sunset guide
Today's sunset time in Cape Town
Clifton
Cape Town, South Africa · Africa/Johannesburg
Sunset today
06:26 PM
Four coves, same west ocean, slightly different wind shelter.
Cape Town sunrise & sunset guide
Today's sunset time in Cape Town
Bloubergstrand
Cape Town, South Africa · Africa/Johannesburg
Sunset today
06:26 PM
Mountain in the frame at sunset.
Cape Town sunrise & sunset guide
Today's sunset time in Cape Town
Balmoral (harbour, west-ish light)
Sydney, Australia · Australia/Sydney
Sunset today
05:35 PM
North-shore harbour sand. Dusk over water without a Pacific west coast (Sydney’s open ocean is east).
Sydney sunrise & sunset guide
Today's sunset time in Sydney
Best Beaches for Sunset — FAQ
What is this sunset beaches page?
Sunset beaches look toward dusk over water. Bondi and Sanur are the other end of the day. If the disk sets inland of an east-facing strand, you are on a sunrise beach at the wrong hour. It is part of the Sunrise & Sunset Tourist Guide, not a replacement for city sunrise-today calculators.
How do I get exact sunrise or sunset times?
Open the destination guide, then the linked city solar page when one exists. Bali, Santorini, and the Maldives use computed times at representative coordinates on each destination page.
Are these the only beaches or viewpoints in the world?
No. This is a curated set tied to the destination guides. City popular-places pages cover local parks and waterfronts for many more cities.