Long Beach & Alamitos Bay
Long Beach · near Long Beach · Los Angeles / SoCal
Sailing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- Spring–fall (steady afternoon sea breeze)
- Water temperature
- Mild (60s°F)
What is here
- Amenities
- 1984 Olympic sailing venue; returns for 2028 · Long Beach YC & Alamitos Bay YC · US Sailing Center & dinghy waters · Congressional Cup match racing
- Best for
- World-class racing & learning to sail
- Features
- Olympic sailing (1984; windsurf/kite in 2028) · Legendary racing & match-racing scene · Sheltered Alamitos Bay dinghy waters · Top-tier clubs & sailing center
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Harbor & shipping traffic (busy port) · Afternoon chop outside the breakwater · Water quality (check advisories inside the bay) · Weekend crowds
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Guides, rentals and operators
- Lessons
- Yes
Sailing detail
- Styles
- racing · learn · day-sail
- Breeze
- moderate
- Venue
- bay
- Exposure
- 2
- Sailing
- An Olympic sailing venue — reliable, steady sea breeze over a big protected bay, with a world-class racing scene and superb sheltered dinghy waters at Alamitos Bay
- Intl tip
- A genuine sailing capital — the 1984 Olympic sailing venue, with sailing returning in 2028 (windsurfing and kite off Belmont Shore; the boat racing at the Port of LA nearby) — reliable steady sea breeze and a big protected bay. Long Beach YC (Congressional Cup match racing), Alamitos Bay YC, and the US Sailing Center; superb sheltered dinghy waters at Alamitos Bay/Naples for learning. Mild water. Busy port — mind shipping traffic outside; check water-quality advisories inside the bay. World-class for all levels.
The guide
Long Beach is one of the great sailing cities in America — the 1984 Olympic sailing venue, and sailing returns to Long Beach fo…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Long Beach & Alamitos Bay — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 33.75, -118.12