Berkeley Marina
East Bay shoreline · near Berkeley · SF Bay Area
Wind Sports
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- April–September (afternoons)
- Water temperature
- Cold (mid-50s°F) — 4/3 wetsuit
What is here
- Amenities
- East Bay windsurf classic · Marina launch & parking · Skyline & bridge views · Reliable summer wind
- Best for
- Classic East Bay chop sailing
- Features
- Longtime East Bay windsurf spot · Reliable westerly · Marina facilities · Golden Gate views across the bay
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Cold water & current · Chop · Shipping & shoreline riprap · Crowded shoreline
- Good for a first timer
- No
Guides, rentals and operators
- Lessons
- No
Wind Sports detail
- Discipline
- windsurf · kite · wing
- Conditions
- chop
- Venue
- bay
- Wind kt
- 19
- Wind
- W, 12–25 kt summer afternoons — classic East Bay westerly
- Intl tip
- A classic East Bay windsurf spot — reliable 12–25 kt summer westerly, chop, and stunning Golden Gate/skyline views. Cold water (4/3 year-round), current, shipping — intermediate+. Easy marina parking and facilities. Great sunset backdrop. Convenient for East Bay riders. Combine with a check of the other bay spots (same westerly).
The guide
The Berkeley Marina has long been an East Bay windsurfing institution — a shoreline that catches the reliable summer westerly (…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Berkeley Marina — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 37.865, -122.32