Corralitos, California Weather
Corralitos, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Corralitos, Santa Cruz County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Corralitos. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Corralitos is published on the Watsonville Municipal Airport (KWVI) page, 6 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Corralitos have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Corralitos: Marina Municipal Airport (KOAR) 34 km · Hollister Municipal Airport (KCVH) 37 km · Reid-Hillview Airport of Santa Clara County (KRHV) 38 km · Salinas Municipal Airport (KSNS) 40 km · Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (KSJC) 43 km
Conditions reported at KWVI describe the airfield itself. Weather 6 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Corralitos specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Corralitos.
About Corralitos, California
Corralitos unfolds across rolling hills that gently slope towards the Pacific, a landscape painted in the deep greens of flourishing orchards and the softer hues of sun-kissed vineyards. It lies 6.1 miles north-north-west of Watsonville, CA (from Watsonville, CA: bearing 333°T), and is situated 9.6 miles east of Live Oak. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries the sweet, earthy perfume of ripening fruit, a scent that clings to everything like a second skin. Oak trees, gnarled and ancient, punctuate the fields, their branches reaching out like welcoming arms, while the faint, murmurous hum of unseen irrigation systems whispers a constant, low song to the thirsty earth. The sunlight, when it slants through the misty mornings or burns bright in the clear afternoons, seems to possess a particular golden quality, imbuing the entire valley with a serene, almost timeless, glow. The history of Corralitos is as rich and layered as the soil that sustains its bountiful agriculture. For generations, this land has been shaped by the hands of farmers, coaxing forth apples, berries, and grapes that find their way to markets near and far. This agrarian heart still beats strong, the local economy intrinsically tied to the cycles of planting and harvest, a dependable rhythm that has guided life here for decades. Evidence of earlier lives, perhaps from indigenous peoples who first walked these paths, can still be felt in the quiet reverence of the place, a subtle echo beneath the more recent stories of homesteaders and agricultural pioneers who built this valley into what it is today.
Live animated radar for Corralitos and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Corralitos, Santa Cruz County, California |
| Coordinates | 36.988562°N, 121.806342°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 95076 |
| Area Code | 408, 669 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Corralitos, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Corralitos, California, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. 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 Corralitos includes coordinates 36.988562°N, 121.806342°W, situated in Santa Cruz County. ZIP code 95076. Telephone area code: 408, 669. Timezone: Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. 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.
