Rockaway Beach, Oregon Weather
Rockaway Beach, Oregon — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Rockaway Beach, Tillamook County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Rockaway Beach. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Rockaway Beach is published on the Tillamook Airport (KTMK) page, 24 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. 2 airfields within reach of Rockaway Beach 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 Rockaway Beach: Pacific City State Airport (KPFC) 46 km
Conditions reported at KTMK describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rockaway Beach specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rockaway Beach.
About Rockaway Beach, Oregon
Rockaway Beach unfurls along a wide, sandy expanse where the Pacific Ocean’s restless grey surf meets the stoic Oregon coast. It lies 40.8 miles west of Forest Grove, OR (from Forest Grove, OR: bearing 279°T), and is situated 6.8 miles north-north-west of Bay City. The air here, perpetually damp and carrying the brine of kelp and salt spray, hangs heavy with the scent of pine needles from the dense coastal forests that claw their way up the gentle slopes inland. Low-slung beach houses, painted in faded blues and greens, huddle against the wind, their weathered clapboard speaking of countless storms weathered and sun-drenched summers endured. The beach itself, a vast, unbroken ribbon of pale gold, stretches for miles, a playground for gulls and sandpipers, and a quiet invitation to wander, to feel the gritty texture of the sand shift beneath your feet. At dusk, the sky bleeds into bruised purples and fiery oranges, casting a fleeting, ethereal glow across the water and the sparse, windswept dune grass. The history of Rockaway Beach is as deeply entwined with the sea as the barnacles on a forgotten hull. Once a logging town, its fortunes shifted with the ebb and flow of timber, eventually finding its footing in the quiet tourism that draws visitors seeking the raw, untamed beauty of the Oregon coast. The Neskowin Creek, a slender artery of freshwater, winds its way through the eastern edge of Rockaway Beach, a gentle counterpoint to the ocean’s roar, and offers a different kind of natural solace. Local businesses, many of them family-run establishments that have seen generations pass through their doors, cater to the steady stream of anglers, beachcombers, and those simply looking for a respite from the inland world. The rhythm of life in Rockaway Beach moves with the tides, a steady, unhurried pulse that respects the power and majesty of the natural world.
Live animated radar for Rockaway Beach 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 | Rockaway Beach, Tillamook County, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 45.613438°N, 123.942911°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 97136 |
| Area Code | 503, 971 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rockaway Beach, Oregon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rockaway Beach, Oregon, 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 Rockaway Beach includes coordinates 45.613438°N, 123.942911°W, situated in Tillamook County. ZIP code 97136. Telephone area code: 503, 971. 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.
