Santa Catalina Island, California Weather
Santa Catalina Island, 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 Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Santa Catalina Island.
About Santa Catalina Island, California
Santa Catalina Island rises from the Pacific, a rugged emerald jewel where the land folds in steep, tawny canyons that tumble down to the sea. It lies 24.7 miles south of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (from Rancho Palos Verdes, CA: bearing 184°T), and is situated 6.1 miles west-north-west of Avalon. The air here carries the scent of sagebrush and salt, a bracing perfume that clings to the chaparral-covered slopes and the occasional hardy pine. Wildflowers, in season, paint ephemeral splashes of color against the ochre earth, and shy island foxes, descendants of ancient inhabitants, dart through the scrub. The coastline is a dramatic interplay of sheer cliffs and secluded coves, where the turquoise water, so clear it seems to hold the sky, laps at wave-smoothed pebbles. Even in the midday sun, there are pockets of cool, shadowed ravines, echoing with the distant cry of gulls. For over a century, Santa Catalina Island has beckoned visitors, its history intertwined with the whispers of its original Chumash inhabitants and the ambitious vision of chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. Wrigley transformed the island into a glamorous resort destination, a playground for Hollywood's elite, and this legacy still imbues the charming village of Avalon with a timeless, almost cinematic, atmosphere. The economy, once reliant on whaling and mining, now thrives on tourism, with its bustling harbor filled with pleasure craft and divers drawn to the underwater wonders of the kelp forests. The iconic Catalina Casino, a grand, circular building that has never hosted gambling, stands as a striking landmark, its white facade gleaming against the deep blue of the ocean, a silent sentinel to decades of revelry and quiet contemplation.
Live animated radar for Santa Catalina Island 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.
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| Location | Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California |
| Coordinates | 33.388°N, 118.418°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 90704 |
| Area Code | 818, 747 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Santa Catalina Island, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Santa Catalina Island, 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 Santa Catalina Island includes coordinates 33.388000°N, 118.418000°W, situated in Los Angeles County. ZIP code 90704. Telephone area code: 818, 747. 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.
