Channel Islands Beach, California Weather
Channel Islands 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 for Channel Islands Beach, Ventura County.
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About Channel Islands Beach, California
Channel Islands Beach unfolds as a sun-kissed sliver of Ventura County, where the Pacific breathes a constant, salty sigh against shores of coarse sand and scattered driftwood. It lies 3.8 miles south-west of Oxnard, CA (from Oxnard, CA: bearing 224°T), and is situated 9.2 miles south-south-east of Ventura. Low, rolling bluffs, softened by scrubby coastal sage and hardy succulents, cup the shoreline, their ochre tones deepening under the vast, often cerulean sky. The air here carries the sharp tang of kelp and the faint, sweet perfume of wild fennel, a scent that clings to the wind as it sweeps inland from the endless expanse of ocean. To the west, the imposing silhouettes of the Channel Islands rise from the sea like sleeping giants, their rugged forms a constant presence on the horizon, shaping the light and the very character of Channel Islands Beach. This coastal stretch, though seemingly untouched by the hurried march of time, holds echoes of its past, particularly its connection to the agricultural heartland that lies just beyond the dunes. For generations, the fertile valleys surrounding Channel Islands Beach have yielded bountiful harvests, their produce often finding its way to markets by sea or through the network of roads that now connect this locale to the wider world. The local economy, while now embracing tourism and recreation, still carries the quiet hum of its agrarian roots, a subtle undercurrent beneath the rhythmic crash of waves. Fishermen still mend their nets near the modest harbor, a tradition that speaks to a long-held reliance on the ocean's bounty, a bounty that has sustained Channel Islands Beach and its inhabitants through changing seasons and evolving times.
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| Location | Channel Islands Beach, Ventura County, California |
| Coordinates | 34.15806°N, 119.223164°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93035 |
| Area Code | 805 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Channel Islands Beach, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Channel Islands 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 Channel Islands Beach includes coordinates 34.158060°N, 119.223164°W, situated in Ventura County. ZIP code 93035. Telephone area code: 805. 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.
