Redwood City & the South Bay
South San Francisco Bay · near Redwood City · SF Bay Area
Sailing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Best season
- Spring–fall (afternoons)
- Water temperature
- Cool (upper 50s–60s°F) — milder than the central bay
What is here
- Amenities
- Spinnaker Sailing school & charter · Sequoia Yacht Club · Sheltered, milder south-bay water · Peninsula / Silicon Valley convenience
- Best for
- Learning & mellow day-sailing on the Peninsula
- Features
- Milder, lighter south-bay conditions · Peninsula learn-to-sail base · Sheltered shallow water · Convenient to Silicon Valley
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Very shallow (channels & tide-dependent) · Lighter, less reliable wind · Mudflats at low tide · Sensitive marsh habitat — respect closures
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Guides, rentals and operators
- Lessons
- Yes
Sailing detail
- Styles
- day-sail · learn
- Breeze
- light
- Venue
- bay
- Exposure
- 2
- Sailing
- Lighter, warmer south-bay breeze (8–18 kt) on shallow, sheltered water — a mellow classroom and club-sailing base for the Peninsula and Silicon Valley
- Intl tip
- The Peninsula's convenient, mellow sailing — lighter, warmer, more sheltered than the central bay, good for learning (Spinnaker Sailing school) and club sailing (Sequoia YC). Gentle afternoon breeze (8–18 kt). VERY shallow — stick to marked channels, mind low-tide mudflats. Wind lighter/less reliable than up north. Respect the marsh closures. Handy for Silicon Valley. A relaxed classroom.
The guide
The South Bay around Redwood City offers the Peninsula's most convenient sailing — milder, lighter, and more sheltered than the…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Redwood City & the South Bay — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 37.5, -122.21