Doran Beach (Bodega Bay)
Sonoma Coast · near Bodega Bay · North Coast
Wind Sports
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- Spring–fall (spring windiest)
- Water temperature
- Cold (low-mid 50s°F) — 4/3 + boots
What is here
- Amenities
- Sheltered bay + ocean options · Sonoma Coast setting · Reliable NW wind · Doran spit launch
- Best for
- Sonoma Coast riding, bay or ocean
- Features
- Bay flatwater + ocean waves · Reliable spring/summer NW · Wild Sonoma Coast · Sheltered spit launch
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Very cold water · Harbor entrance current · Ocean rips outside · White shark territory offshore
- 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
- 20
- Wind
- NW, 15–28 kt afternoons — bay flatwater + ocean side
- Intl tip
- Sonoma Coast riding with a choice: sheltered BAY flatwater or open OCEAN waves — reliable NW (15–28 kt, spring windiest). VERY cold water (4/3 + boots year-round), harbor-mouth current, ocean rips, white shark territory offshore. Sheltered spit launch. For experienced cold-water riders. Combine with Bodega Bay and the wine country. Dress warm.
The guide
Doran Beach, on the sandy spit that shelters Bodega Bay's harbor entrance on the Sonoma Coast, offers wind-sports riding with a…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Doran Beach (Bodega Bay) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 38.312, -123.035