Folsom Lake
Sacramento area · near Folsom / Sacramento · Gold Country & Central Valley
Wind Sports
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- Spring–summer (afternoons)
- Water temperature
- Warm in summer (70s°F) — shorty or boardshorts
What is here
- Amenities
- Warm summer water · Sacramento-area convenience · Delta-influenced afternoon wind · Big reservoir
- Best for
- Warm-water sessions near Sacramento
- Features
- Warm summer water · Near Sacramento · Delta-influenced breeze · Big open reservoir
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Gusty, variable wind · Powerboat traffic · Fluctuating lake levels · Crowds (busy rec lake)
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Guides, rentals and operators
- Lessons
- No
Wind Sports detail
- Discipline
- kite · windsurf · wing
- Conditions
- chop
- Venue
- lake
- Wind kt
- 16
- Wind
- Afternoon delta-influenced breeze, 10–22 kt — warm-water reservoir near Sacramento
- Intl tip
- Convenient warm-water riding near Sacramento — delta-influenced afternoon breeze (10–22 kt), WARM summer water (70s — shorty/boardshorts). Big reservoir. Gusty/variable wind, fluctuating levels, powerboats and crowds (busy rec lake). Intermediate. Combine with the American River fishing (fishing guide) and gold country. A handy local warm-water spot for the capital region.
The guide
Folsom Lake, a large reservoir in the Sierra foothills northeast of Sacramento, offers convenient warm-water wind-sports riding…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Folsom Lake — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 38.71, -121.15