Cocoa West, Florida Weather
Cocoa West, Florida — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Cocoa West, Brevard County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Cocoa West. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Cocoa West is published on the Merritt Island Airport (KCOI) page, 9 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 Cocoa West 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 Cocoa West: Space Coast Regional Airport (KTIX) 18 km · Patrick Space Force Base (KCOF) 21 km · Cape Canaveral SFS Skid Strip (KXMR) 23 km · Space Florida Launch and Landing Facility (KTTS) 29 km · Arthur Dunn Air Park (KX21) 30 km
Conditions reported at KCOI describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cocoa West specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Cocoa West, Florida
Cocoa West, a stretch of Florida's east coast, unfolds with the muted greens of palmetto scrub and the occasional flash of sunlight on the brackish waters of its tidal creeks. It lies 2.9 miles west-north-west of Rockledge, FL (from Rockledge, FL: bearing 282°T), and is situated 8.2 miles south of Port St. John. The air here carries a persistent hum of insect life, a subtle soundtrack to the slow sway of cabbage palms and the rustle of sea grape leaves. Low-slung dwellings, often painted in faded pastels that echo the washed-out hues of seashells, dot the landscape, separated by yards where hibiscus blooms blaze defiantly against the encroaching wildness. The ground itself, a sandy loam, readily yields to the insistent push of vegetation, giving the impression of a place perpetually on the verge of being reclaimed by nature, a gentle surrender to the humid embrace of the sub-tropical climate. The history of Cocoa West is inextricably linked to the fertile lands and the nearby waterways, once prime territory for citrus groves that flourished under the Floridian sun. While the great groves have largely receded, replaced by residential development, echoes of that agricultural past linger in the names of streets and the enduring appreciation for the region's natural bounty. The local economy, now more diversified, still benefits from the proximity to the Indian River Lagoon, a vital estuary supporting fishing and boating industries, and the ever-present draw of the Atlantic coast, a mere stone's throw away. This proximity to the ocean imbues Cocoa West with a certain easygoing spirit, a rhythm dictated less by rigid schedules and more by the ebb and flow of the tides and the shifting patterns of the coastal light.
Live animated radar for Cocoa West 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 | Cocoa West, Brevard County, Florida |
| Coordinates | 28.3591°N, 80.7713°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 32926, 32922 |
| Area Code | 321, 407 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cocoa West, Florida Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cocoa West, Florida, 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 Cocoa West includes coordinates 28.359100°N, 80.771300°W, situated in Brevard County. ZIP code 32926, 32922. Telephone area code: 321, 407. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
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.
