Best anchorages and harbours in San Francisco Bay

Half Moon Bay Yacht Club

Volunteer-run yacht club inside Pillar Point Harbour at Princeton-by-the-Sea, about 25 miles south of San Francisco.

Hidden Harbor Marina

Private marina of 102 berths at the confluence of Cache and Steamboat Sloughs, two miles north of Rio Vista in the Sacramento Delta.

Holland Riverside Marina

Marina on Holland Tract reclaimed island in the northern California Delta, near Oakley.

Hyde Street Harbor

Working commercial fishing harbour at the foot of Hyde Street in Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, opened in June 2001.

Jack London Square Marina

Public marina on the Oakland Estuary at the foot of Broadway, run by the Port of Oakland on the downtown Oakland waterfront.

Jims Holiday Harbor

Private marina on Dutch Slough near Bethel Island bridge, in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Larkspur Point Marina

Small private marina at 2170 Redwood Highway in Greenbrae, on Corte Madera Creek, Marin County.

Lauritzen Yacht Harbor

Family-run harbour of 137 berths on the San Joaquin River at Oakley, on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Loch Lomond Yacht Club Inc

Private members yacht club on the south side of San Rafael, founded in 1961, sharing the basin of Loch Lomond Marina.

Lowrie Yacht Harbor

Family-run marina at 40 Point San Pedro Road in San Rafael, on the San Rafael Canal, north San Francisco Bay.

Marin Yacht Club

Private yacht club and 27 acre marina at the mouth of the San Rafael Canal, San Rafael, with 115 berths.

Marina Plaza Harbor

Public marina of 103 berths on Richardson Bay, in the Marinship district of Sausalito.

Marina Village Yacht Harbor

Large marina on the Alameda side of the Oakland estuary, 738 berths for boats from 7 to 30 metres on protected estuary waters.

Mariner Square Drystack & Marina

First marina you reach entering the Oakland-Alameda estuary, with around 50 wet berths from 12 to 45 metres plus a dry-stack facility.

Martinez Marina

Municipal marina of 332 berths on the Carquinez Strait, between San Pablo Bay and the Sacramento River delta, eastern San Francisco Bay.

Mildred Island

Flooded island anchorage in the South Delta of California, between Bethel Island and Discovery Bay.

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New Bridge Marina Inc

Marina of over 200 covered berths on the San Joaquin River, directly west of the Antioch Bridge in the California Delta.

Oakland Yacht Club

Private club marina on the Oakland Estuary, Alameda side, with 200 berths from 28 to 50 feet on seven pontoons.

Owl Harbor

Quiet marina on Sevenmile Slough at Isleton, off the San Joaquin River. 165 wet berths and around 1,700 ft of side-tie dockage on a 20-acre site.

Ox Bow Marina

Large full-service marina on Georgiana Slough at Isleton, with 423 covered berths from 18 to 50 ft plus 16 large guest berths.

Oyster Point Marina

Public marina of 408 to 455 berths on the west shore of San Francisco Bay, run by the San Mateo County Harbor District.

Pelican Harbour

Marina of 90 berths on Richardson Bay at 200 Johnson Street, on the downtown Sausalito waterfront.

Perry's Boat Harbor

Family-run harbour on the Mokelumne River at Isleton, in business for over 70 years. One of the most sheltered basins in the Delta.

Piper Point Marina

Small marina on Piper Slough at Bethel Island, on the edge of Franks Tract, in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Pittsburg Marina

Municipal marina of 575 berths on New York Slough, gateway to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, 40 nm east of San Francisco Bay.

Port Sonoma-Marina

Marina at the mouth of the Petaluma River where it opens into San Pablo Bay, north of San Francisco.

Portobello Marina

Small Oakland marina on the Embarcadero waterfront in the estuary, around 60 berths for boats up to 18 metres with a fuel berth on site.

Redwood City Marina

Municipal marina of 190 berths at the Port of Redwood City, the only deep-water port in south San Francisco Bay.

Redwood Landing Marina

Small marina of 28 berths on Redwood Creek, in Redwood City, at the Port of Redwood City.

Richardson Bay Marina

Marina at the head of Richardson Bay in north Sausalito, opposite Belvedere, about 4 nautical miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge.