Rio Vista (Sandy Beach, Delta)
Sacramento River Delta · near Rio Vista · SF Bay Area
Wind Sports
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- May–September (afternoons)
- Water temperature
- Mild (60s°F) — 3/2 or shorty in summer
What is here
- Amenities
- Delta thermal wind · Sandy Beach county park & camping · Warmer water · Quieter than Sherman Island
- Best for
- Delta thermals with camping
- Features
- Delta's reliable summer thermal · Sandy Beach camping · Warmer water than the coast · Quieter Sherman Island alternative
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- River current · Powerboat traffic · Strong gusty wind · Self-rescue distance
- Good for a first timer
- No
Guides, rentals and operators
- Lessons
- No
Wind Sports detail
- Discipline
- windsurf · kite · wing
- Conditions
- chop
- Venue
- delta-river
- Wind kt
- 23
- Wind
- SW thermal, 18–30 kt summer afternoons — the same delta thermal as Sherman Island
- Intl tip
- The same reliable delta thermal as Sherman Island — 18–30 kt SW on hot summer afternoons — but quieter, with camping at Sandy Beach county park. Warmer water than the coast (summer shorty). River current and powerboats — self-rescue skills needed. Camp on the riverbank and wait for the afternoon fill-in. A mellower delta option.
The guide
Rio Vista's Sandy Beach, on the Sacramento River a few miles upstream from Sherman Island, catches the same reliable delta ther…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Rio Vista (Sandy Beach, Delta) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 38.145, -121.69