Bayview, California — 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 for Bayview, Humboldt County.
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Bayview spills across a low-lying coastal plain, a modest scattering of homes and businesses where the land begins its gentle, almost reluctant, rise toward the forested hills. It lies 2.3 miles south-south-west of Eureka, CA (from Eureka, CA: bearing 208°T), and is situated 8.4 miles south-west of Arcata. The air here is a constant, cool breath drawn from the Pacific, carrying the faint, briny scent of kelp and damp earth. Fog often drifts inland, a soft, grey veil that can swallow the distant, humped shapes of the coastal mountains, leaving the world feeling intimate and hushed. Along the few main roads, weathered signs point toward access points to the Humboldt Bay, its waters a muted, steely blue under the often overcast sky. This stretch of coast, once a place of quiet fishing and logging, now sees its economy more closely tied to the ebb and flow of tourism and the enduring presence of its marine industries. The Humboldt Bay, a vast and intricate estuary, forms the lifeblood of the region, its channels and mudflats teeming with unseen life and supporting a hardy community of fishermen. The memory of the old timber mills, their timbers long since weathered to silver, still whispers through the air, a faint echo of a more robust past. Bayview retains a certain unvarnished character, a no-nonsense practicality born of its proximity to the sea and the unforgiving beauty of the Northern California coast.
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| Location | Bayview, Humboldt County, California |
| Coordinates | 40.772627°N, 124.18395°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 94806, 95503 |
| Area Code | 510, 530 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bayview, California, 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 Bayview includes coordinates 40.772627°N, 124.183950°W, situated in Humboldt County. ZIP code 94806, 95503. Telephone area code: 510, 530. Timezone: Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles).
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.