Oceano, California Weather
Oceano, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Oceano, San Luis Obispo County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Oceano. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Oceano is published on the Oceano County Airport (KL52) page, 1 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. 5 airfields within reach of Oceano 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 Oceano: San Luis County Regional Airport (KSBP) 16 km · Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field (KSMX) 26 km · Vandenberg Space Force Base (KVBG) 40 km · Lompoc Airport (KLPC) 50 km
Conditions reported at KL52 describe the airfield itself. Weather 1 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Oceano specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Oceano, California
Oceano lies where the land surrenders to the Pacific, a place of shifting sands and salt-laced air. It lies 13.0 miles south-south-east of San Luis Obispo, CA (from San Luis Obispo, CA: bearing 168°T), and is situated 1.8 miles south-west of Arroyo Grande. The landscape here is a study in gentle decline, the coastal plain sloping toward the vast, restless ocean. Dunes, sculpted by an insistent wind, rise and fall like slumbering giants, their crests often silhouetted against a sky that can be a startling, almost crystalline blue or a bruised, heavy grey. The air itself carries a peculiar salinity, a damp whisper that clings to everything, softening the edges of sound and sight. Even the scrubby vegetation, tenacious and low-slung, seems to exhale a dry, sun-baked scent. The history of Oceano is inextricably linked to its sandy embrace and the promise of the sea. Once a bustling port and a hub for the burgeoning agricultural economy of the surrounding valleys, its fortunes have ebbed and flowed with the tides of commerce and development. The remnants of its past can still be glimpsed in the weathered structures and the quiet, unhurried pace of life that persists. Today, its primary draw remains its magnificent stretch of beach, a wild and expansive playground for off-road vehicles and those seeking the raw, untamed beauty of the California coast. It is a place that remembers the rumble of horse-drawn wagons and the roar of the surf, a living testament to the enduring power of the sea.
Live animated radar for Oceano 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 | Oceano, San Luis Obispo County, California |
| Coordinates | 35.098865°N, 120.612393°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 93445, 93475 |
| Area Code | 805 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Oceano, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oceano, 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 Oceano includes coordinates 35.098865°N, 120.612393°W, situated in San Luis Obispo County. ZIP code 93445, 93475. 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.
