Sherman Island (The Delta)
Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta · near Rio Vista / Antioch · SF Bay Area
Wind Sports
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- May–September (afternoon thermals)
- Water temperature
- Mild (60s°F) — 3/2 or shorty in summer, warmer than the coast
What is here
- Amenities
- The Bay Area's premier wind spot · County park launch & camping · Windsurf & kite schools nearby · Warm-ish water vs the coast
- Best for
- Reliable strong-wind sessions all summer
- Features
- The Bay Area's #1 wind mecca · Screaming summer thermals · Warmer water than the coast · Camp-and-sail culture
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Strong current & big river · Powerboat & barge traffic · Wind can overpower — size down · Long swim if you can't self-rescue
- Good for a first timer
- No
Guides, rentals and operators
- Lessons
- Yes
Wind Sports detail
- Discipline
- windsurf · kite · wing
- Conditions
- chop
- Venue
- delta-river
- Wind kt
- 25
- Wind
- SW thermal, 20–35 kt, screaming on hot summer afternoons — the Bay Area's most reliable strong wind
- Intl tip
- The Bay Area's most reliable strong wind — SW thermal, 20–35 kt on hot summer afternoons (the hotter the valley, the more it blows). Warmer water than the coast (summer shorty). Strong current and barge traffic — solid skills and self-rescue needed. County park launch with camping. Size your gear down. Schools nearby for lessons. The local's #1 spot.
- Nickname
- The Bay Area's wind mecca
The guide
Sherman Island, on the western edge of the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta, is the beating heart of Bay Area wind sports — the mos…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Sherman Island (The Delta) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 38.043, -121.808