Palo Alto Baylands
South San Francisco Bay · near Palo Alto / Mountain View · SF Bay Area
Wind Sports
At a glance
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Best season
- April–September (afternoons)
- Water temperature
- Cool (upper 50s–60s°F) — 3/2 to 4/3 wetsuit
What is here
- Amenities
- South Bay flatwater · Light-wind & foil friendly · Wingfoil favorite · Tech-hub convenience
- Best for
- Light-wind foiling & flatwater practice
- Features
- Flatwater for foiling · Lighter, manageable wind · South Bay convenience · Wingfoil-friendly
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Very shallow/muddy (tide-critical) · Light-wind days common · Cool water · Sensitive marsh habitat — respect closures
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Guides, rentals and operators
- Lessons
- No
Wind Sports detail
- Discipline
- wing · kite · windsurf
- Conditions
- flat
- Venue
- bay
- Wind kt
- 14
- Wind
- NW, 10–20 kt summer afternoons — lighter south-bay breeze, flatwater
- Intl tip
- South Bay flatwater, convenient to Silicon Valley — lighter 10–20 kt NW, great for WINGFOILING/foiling (which needs less wind). Tide-CRITICAL (very shallow/muddy — must go at high tide). Lighter and less reliable than north-bay spots. Respect the sensitive marsh closures. Cool water. Best for foilers and flatwater practice close to home.
The guide
The Palo Alto Baylands, at the southern end of San Francisco Bay, offer flatwater riding convenient to Silicon Valley — a shall…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Palo Alto Baylands — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 37.459, -122.105