Kachemak, Alaska Weather
Kachemak, Alaska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Kachemak, Kenai Peninsula.
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About Kachemak, Alaska
Kachemak breathes the salt-laced air of Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, a place where the land cleaves to the sea in a spectacular embrace. It lies 118.9 miles south-south-west of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 207°T), and is situated 4.2 miles east-north-east of Homer. Here, mountains, still often dusted with snow even as summer ripens, plunge toward the restless waters of Kachemak Bay. Glacial-fed rivers, their currents a milky turquoise, braid their way through valleys cloaked in spruce and birch, their silence broken only by the cry of gulls or the distant groan of a calving ice floe. The shoreline is a mosaic of driftwood-strewn beaches and rocky outcroppings, where tide pools teem with miniature, vibrant life, reflecting the vast, ever-changing sky in their shallow depths. The light here, particularly in the long twilight of the northern summer, possesses a quality of molten gold, a gentle luminosity that softens the rugged contours of the landscape and imbues the very air with a profound, quiet beauty. The history of Kachemak is as layered as the sedimentary rock cliffs that guard its shores, a testament to generations drawn by the promise of its bounty. For millennia, indigenous peoples have navigated these waters and harvested its resources, their ancestral ties deeply etched into the land. Later, prospectors and fishermen arrived, drawn by the lure of gold and the abundant salmon runs, carving out a living from the challenging environment. Today, Kachemak's economy still hums with a connection to the sea and the earth; fishing fleets ply the bay, their weathered hulls a familiar sight against the horizon, while small farms and artistic endeavors flourish, fueled by a spirit of self-reliance and a deep appreciation for the wild. The town itself is a collection of colorful buildings clinging to the coastline, a collection of tenacious outposts that have learned to dance with the tides and the seasons, each possessing a unique character shaped by the raw, untamed beauty of its surroundings.
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| Location | Kachemak, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska |
| Coordinates | 59.674585°N, 151.446272°W |
| Timezone | Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 99603 |
| Area Code | 907 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kachemak, Alaska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kachemak, Alaska, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Kachemak includes coordinates 59.674585°N, 151.446272°W, situated in Kenai Peninsula. ZIP code 99603. Telephone area code: 907. Timezone: Alaska Time (America/Anchorage).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
