Playita Cortada, Puerto Rico Weather
Playita Cortada, Puerto Rico — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery for Playita Cortada, Santa Isabel County.
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About Playita Cortada, Puerto Rico
Playita Cortada lies where the land, a study in ochre dust and tenacious green, gently slopes toward the sea. It lies 11.6 miles east of Ponce, PR (from Ponce, PR: bearing 99°T), and is situated 8.5 miles south-west of Coamo. Here, the air itself seems to carry the scent of sun-baked earth and the distant, salty breath of the Caribbean, a warm embrace that lingers long after the sun dips below the horizon, painting the sky in hues of rose and lavender. The landscape is a subtle mosaic of low scrub, hardy grasses that rustle with a dry whisper, and the occasional shade tree offering a brief respite from the insistent sun. The houses, painted in a spectrum of cheerful, sun-faded colors, seem to huddle together as if sharing stories of the day's heat and the cool promise of evening. The history of Playita Cortada is a narrative etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet perseverance of its people and the resourceful spirit that has long defined this coastal stretch of Santa Isabel. For generations, the rhythm of life here has been tied to the sea and the land, with fishing and small-scale agriculture forming the backbone of its economy. The bounty of the ocean, from the shimmering scales of fresh catch to the steady pulse of the tides, has always been a central character in the story of Playita Cortada. While not a place of bustling industry, its distinctive character is found in the unpretentious beauty of its coastline, where the gentle lapping of waves against the shore offers a constant, soothing soundtrack to the lives lived under the vast, cerulean sky.
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| Location | Playita Cortada, Santa Isabel County, Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates | 17.984965°N, 66.439059°W |
| Timezone | Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 00757 |
| Area Code | 787, 939 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Playita Cortada, Puerto Rico Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Playita Cortada, Puerto Rico, 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 Playita Cortada includes coordinates 17.984965°N, 66.439059°W, situated in Santa Isabel County. ZIP code 00757. Telephone area code: 787, 939. Timezone: Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico).
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.
