Los Osos, 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 Los Osos, San Luis Obispo County.
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Los Osos breathes a gentle air, a coastal embrace where rolling hills meet the Pacific’s insistent murmur. It lies 9.9 miles west-north-west of San Luis Obispo, CA (from San Luis Obispo, CA: bearing 281°T), and is situated 3.9 miles south-south-east of Morro Bay. The landscape here is a study in muted greens and blues, a palette softened by the ubiquitous fog that often drapes the Morro Bay estuary like a spectral veil. Cypress trees, wind-sculpted into lean, resolute forms, stand sentinel against the prevailing westerly breezes, their branches reaching out as if in perpetual greeting to the unseen ocean beyond. The land itself seems to sigh, a slow exhalation of salt and earth, as the sun, when it breaks through, casts a honeyed glow upon the chaparral and the scattered, low-slung homes that follow the contours of the terrain. This quiet corner of the coast, Los Osos, has long been shaped by the rhythm of the tides and the bounty of the sea. Historically, it was a place of fishing villages and modest agricultural endeavors, a life lived in close communion with the natural world. The economy, while now diversified, still carries echoes of its maritime heritage, with oyster farms and the ever-present allure of Morro Bay for recreation and tourism forming significant threads in its fabric. The iconic Morro Rock, a colossal volcanic plug visible from many vantage points, serves as a silent, ancient witness to the generations who have found solace and sustenance in this distinctive stretch of coastline.
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| Location | Los Osos, San Luis Obispo County, California |
| Coordinates | 35.311086°N, 120.832401°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93402, 93412 |
| Area Code | 805 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Los Osos, 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 Los Osos includes coordinates 35.311086°N, 120.832401°W, situated in San Luis Obispo County. ZIP code 93402, 93412. 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.