Bombay Beach, California Weather
Bombay Beach, 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, soil and crop conditions for Bombay Beach, Imperial County.
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About Bombay Beach, California
Bombay Beach rests at the edge of a vast, shimmering expanse, a place where the desert air hums with an almost palpable stillness. It lies 28.2 miles north-north-west of Brawley, CA (from Brawley, CA: bearing 336°T), and is situated 19.9 miles north-west of Calipatria. The landscape here is stark, defined by the bleached bones of the Salton Sea and the tenacious scrub clinging to the baked earth. Sun-bleached trailers and ramshackle dwellings huddle together, their corrugated metal skins reflecting the relentless sun, creating a mirage of movement against the unchanging horizon. The wind, a constant companion, whips fine dust into ephemeral veils that dance across the cracked playa, carrying the faint, briny scent of the distant water. Even in the muted light of late afternoon, a peculiar luminescence seems to emanate from the very ground, a muted glow that softens the sharp edges of this resilient settlement. This is a place etched by the ebb and flow of a man-made sea, a testament to a grand, if ultimately fleeting, vision. Once, the Salton Sea promised a vibrant resort destination, a Californian Riviera, and Bombay Beach was meant to be a jewel in its crown. Its fortunes, like the sea itself, have been subject to dramatic shifts, a cycle of boom and bust that has shaped its tenacious character. The local economy, once buoyed by tourism and the promise of waterfront living, now largely subsists on the fringes, a quiet resilience born from necessity. The remnants of that hopeful past – abandoned marinas, ghostly piers reaching into the saline depths, and the faded grandeur of forgotten hotels – whisper stories of a different era, a time when dreams were cast upon these increasingly saline waters. Bombay Beach, in its unassuming way, embodies the enduring spirit of those who choose to make their home in the shadow of such potent, elemental forces.
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| Location | Bombay Beach, Imperial County, California |
| Coordinates | 33.350867°N, 115.729715°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 92257 |
| Area Code | 714 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bombay Beach, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bombay Beach, 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 Bombay Beach includes coordinates 33.350867°N, 115.729715°W, situated in Imperial County. ZIP code 92257. Telephone area code: 714. 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.
