Silver Strand (Coronado)
Coronado / South San Diego Bay · near Coronado / Imperial Beach · San Diego
Wind Sports
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best season
- Spring–summer (afternoons)
- Water temperature
- Mild (60s°F) — shorty or 3/2
What is here
- Amenities
- Bay flatwater + ocean options · Mild water · Coronado setting · Kite & wing riding
- Best for
- Bay-or-ocean riding near San Diego
- Features
- San Diego Bay flatwater · Ocean side for chop/waves · Mild water · Coronado scenery
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- Naval restrictions (respect boundaries) · Boat traffic · Ocean rips (ocean side) · Designated areas
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Guides, rentals and operators
- Lessons
- No
Wind Sports detail
- Discipline
- kite · wing · windsurf
- Conditions
- flat
- Venue
- bay
- Wind kt
- 15
- Wind
- W/NW, 10–20 kt afternoons — bay flatwater + ocean side
- Intl tip
- Coronado's Silver Strand — bay FLATWATER on one side, open OCEAN on the other, W/NW afternoon breeze (10–20 kt). Mild water (shorty/3/2). Scenic (SD skyline across the bay). IMPORTANT: respect the naval boundaries/restrictions in the area and any designated zones; mind boat traffic. Intermediate. Versatile bay-or-ocean riding near San Diego.
The guide
The Silver Strand, the narrow sand spit connecting Coronado to Imperial Beach, offers wind-sports riding with a choice of venue…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Silver Strand (Coronado) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 32.63, -117.14