Marina del Rey
Los Angeles · near Marina del Rey / Los Angeles · Los Angeles / SoCal
Sailing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- Spring–fall (afternoon sea breeze)
- Water temperature
- Mild (60s°F)
What is here
- Amenities
- North America's largest small-craft harbor · Charter fleets, schools & clubs galore · Sheltered mega-marina base · Gateway to Santa Monica Bay & Catalina
- Best for
- Charter, learning & LA day-sailing
- Features
- North America's largest man-made small-craft harbor · LA's sailing hub · Charter, schools & clubs galore · Jump-off to Santa Monica Bay & Catalina
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Busy harbor entrance & channel traffic · Afternoon Santa Monica Bay chop · Fog (May–June gloom) · Crowds on weekends
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Guides, rentals and operators
- Lessons
- Yes
Sailing detail
- Styles
- charter · learn · day-sail
- Breeze
- moderate
- Venue
- bay
- Exposure
- 2
- Sailing
- North America's largest man-made small-craft harbor (~4,600 slips) — a sheltered mega-marina and LA's sailing hub, opening onto Santa Monica Bay's afternoon sea breeze (10–18 kt)
- Intl tip
- North America's largest man-made small-craft harbor and LA's sailing hub — every charter fleet, school, and club you could want, in a sheltered mega-marina minutes from Santa Monica Bay. Reliable afternoon sea breeze (10–18 kt); mild water. Busy entrance/channel traffic, weekend crowds, late-spring 'June gloom' fog. Jump-off to Catalina. The easiest place to learn or charter in SoCal.
The guide
Marina del Rey — the largest man-made small-craft harbor in North America (about 4,600 slips) — is the sailing capital of Los A…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Marina del Rey — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 33.98, -118.45