Candlestick Point (San Francisco)
San Francisco Bay (south) · near San Francisco · SF Bay Area
Wind Sports
At a glance
- Difficulty
- advanced
- Best season
- May–September (afternoons)
- Water temperature
- Cold (mid-50s°F) — 4/3+ wetsuit
What is here
- Amenities
- Famously strong wind · Big-air bump-and-jump · State rec area launch · Uncrowded on big days
- Best for
- Powered-up advanced sessions
- Features
- Legendarily windy (the old 'Stick) · Strong gusty conditions · Big-air potential · Advanced bump-and-jump
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Strong gusty wind · Cold water & current · Chop & shipping · Exposed, committing spot
- 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
- 24
- Wind
- W/NW, 18–30 kt — famously strong and gusty (the old ballpark's infamous wind)
- Intl tip
- Legendarily windy and gusty (the old ballpark's infamous wind) — strong 18–30 kt westerly, big-air bump-and-jump for ADVANCED riders. Cold water (4/3+), current, chop. Uncrowded on the biggest days (the wind filters out beginners). Committing and exposed — solid skills and self-rescue required. Not a learner's spot. State rec area launch.
The guide
Candlestick Point — site of the infamously windy old ballpark — lives up to its reputation as one of the strongest, gustiest wi…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Candlestick Point (San Francisco) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 37.712, -122.383