Gaviota, California Weather
Gaviota, 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 Gaviota, Santa Barbara County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Gaviota. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Gaviota is published on the Santa Ynez Airport (KIZA) page, 20 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 Gaviota 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 Gaviota: Lompoc Airport (KLPC) 32 km · Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (KSBA) 35 km · Vandenberg Space Force Base (KVBG) 45 km · Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field (KSMX) 52 km · Santa Cruz Island Airport (KSZN) 53 km
Conditions reported at KIZA describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Gaviota specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Gaviota.
About Gaviota, California
Gaviota unfolds as a breath of coastal wildness, where the Santa Ynez Mountains descend with a rugged grace to meet the Pacific. It lies 18.0 miles south-east of Lompoc, CA (from Lompoc, CA: bearing 130°T), and is situated 9.6 miles south-south-west of Solvang. The air here carries the distinct tang of salt and sun-baked chaparral, a scent that clings to the ochre hillsides and whispers through the sparse, resilient scrub. Canyons carve deep, shadowed pathways into the land, their dry creek beds hinting at the ephemeral power of winter rains, while the endless expanse of the ocean, a shifting palette of blues and grays, forms the western horizon. Here, the landscape is less tamed and more a living entity, its contours shaped by wind and water, its silence broken only by the cry of gulls and the distant rumble of waves against the shore. This stretch of coast has long been a passage, a place of transit and quiet industry for those who understood its subtle offerings. Historically, its significance lay in its role as a vital corridor, and later, its economic pulse beat to the rhythm of ranching and agriculture, with fertile valleys yielding their bounty. Today, while the echoes of those times remain, the spirit of Gaviota is also tied to the energy extracted from beneath its earth, a modern counterpoint to the ancient rhythms of the land. Its beaches, though often windswept and secluded, offer a profound connection to the raw beauty of the California coast, a place where the vastness of the ocean can still inspire a sense of awe.
Live animated radar for Gaviota 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 | Gaviota, Santa Barbara County, California |
| Coordinates | 34.471656°N, 120.214872°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93117 |
| Area Code | 805 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Gaviota, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gaviota, 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 Gaviota includes coordinates 34.471656°N, 120.214872°W, situated in Santa Barbara County. ZIP code 93117. 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. 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.
