Playa del Rey, California Weather
Playa del Rey, 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 Playa del Rey, Los Angeles County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Playa del Rey. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Playa del Rey is published on the Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX) page, 4 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 Playa del Rey 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 Playa del Rey: Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport (KHHR) 11 km · Zamperini Field (KTOA) 19 km · Compton Woodley Airport (KCPM) 20 km · Long Beach International Airport (KLGB) 31 km · Los Alamitos Army Air Field (KSLI) 40 km
Conditions reported at KLAX describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Playa del Rey specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Playa del Rey, California
Playa del Rey breathes the salty tang of the Pacific, a thin sliver of land where the Santa Monica Bay laps at bluffs and encroaches on marshy wetlands. It lies 3.0 miles south-south-east of Venice, CA (from Venice, CA: bearing 164°T), and is situated 9.9 miles north-west of Torrance. The air, often thick with the scent of brine and sun-baked earth, carries the distant cries of gulls and the murmur of waves. Low-slung stucco buildings, painted in muted desert tones of ochre and sand, huddle close to the coastline, their roofs often bleached by the relentless California sun. The landscape here is a study in subtle transitions: from the scrubby, resilient coastal sage that clings to the hillsides, to the flatter, more developed areas closer to the water, where a perpetual breeze stirs the palm fronds. The light at dusk is a particular marvel, deepening the blues of the ocean and casting long, theatrical shadows across the unassuming residential streets, imbuing Playa del Rey with a quiet, almost painterly luminescence. Historically, Playa del Rey’s identity is tied to the ebb and flow of the nearby Ballona Wetlands and its role as a gateway to the sea. Once a more rugged, less developed stretch, its fortunes shifted with the expansion of Los Angeles, becoming a place for recreation and, for a time, a hub for early aviation. The local economy, while no longer dominated by the agricultural ventures of its past, still benefits from the proximity to the vast LAX airport, a constant hum of activity overhead, and the allure of its beaches, which draw visitors seeking a less crowded alternative to its more famous neighbors. This particular stretch of coast has long been a place of transit and transformation, a quiet sentinel watching the ships pass and the planes ascend, its character shaped by the enduring power of wind, water, and the ever-present sky.
Live animated radar for Playa del Rey 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 | Playa del Rey, Los Angeles County, California |
| Coordinates | 33.948901°N, 118.445633°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 90293, 90296 |
| Area Code | 310, 424 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Playa del Rey, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Playa del Rey, 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 Playa del Rey includes coordinates 33.948901°N, 118.445633°W, situated in Los Angeles County. ZIP code 90293, 90296. Telephone area code: 310, 424. 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.
