Best anchorages and harbours in Southern California
94 documented anchorages and harbours in Southern California, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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- 61PortUnited States
Marina Village - San Diego
Large marina in Quivira Basin, Mission Bay, San Diego, about 7 miles north-west of downtown.
62PortMarina Del Rey, United StatesNeptune Marina Boat Slips
Private marina with 184 covered berths in the Marquesas Way basin of Marina del Rey, west Los Angeles.
63PortNewport Beach, United StatesNewport Beach Yacht Club
Members-only yacht club at 1099 Bayside Drive in Newport Harbour, sharing the waterfront site with Villa Cove Marina, opposite Balboa Island.
64PortNewport Beach, United StatesNewport Dunes Marina
Marina inside Upper Newport Bay, on the north side of Newport Harbour, with around 450 concrete berths from 22 to 46 feet.
- 65PortNewport Beach, United States
Newport Marina
Small public marina at 621 Lido Park Drive, on Lido Peninsula in Newport Harbor, the busiest recreational harbour on the US Pacific coast.
- 66PortOceanside, United States
Oceanside Harbor Fuel Dock
Public fuel berth at 1380 North Pacific Street in Oceanside Harbor, San Diego County, with a small chandlery and mini-mart.
67PortOxnard, United StatesPeninsula Yacht Anchorage
Marina on the tip of the peninsula between the East and West Channels of Channel Islands Harbor, Oxnard, with wet berths from 7 to 27 metres.
68PortOxnard, United StatesPeninsula Yacht Marina
Commercial marina on the peninsula of Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard, southern California, opposite the harbour entrance.
- 69PortOxnard, United States
Peninsula Yacht Marina
Marina at 3700 Peninsula Road in Channel Islands Harbor, Oxnard, California, on the south side of Ventura County's main harbour.
70PortMarina Del Rey, United StatesPier 44 Marina
Recently rebuilt full-service marina on the south side of Marina del Rey harbour, Los Angeles.
- 71PortLong Beach, United States
Pine Avenue Pier
Pier on Rainbow Harbor in downtown Long Beach, southern California, next to the Aquarium of the Pacific and the Catalina Explorer ferry terminal.
72PortSan Diego, United StatesPoint Loma Marina
Marina in America's Cup Harbour, at the north tip of Shelter Island in San Diego.
73PortLos Angeles, United StatesPort of Los Angeles/Cabrillo Way Marina, Berth 42
Large Port of Los Angeles marina at Berths 42-43 in San Pedro, on the west side of the main harbour behind the federal breakwater.
74PortRedondo Beach, United StatesPort Royal Marina A California Yacht Marina
Private marina inside King Harbor, Redondo Beach, on the South Bay coast of Los Angeles County, California.
- 75PortOxnard, United States
Safe Harbor Anacapa Isle
Full-service marina of 438 berths inside Channel Islands Harbor, Oxnard, taking boats from 20 to 118 ft.
- 76PortUnited States
Safe Harbor Cabrillo Isle
Marina on Harbor Island in San Diego Bay, southern California, on the approach between the bay entrance and downtown San Diego.
77PortChula Vista, United StatesSafe Harbor South Bay
Large marina on the eastern shore of San Diego Bay at Chula Vista, California, formerly California Yacht Marina, now part of the Safe Harbor network.
78PortOxnard, United StatesSail Channel Islands
ASA-affiliated sailing school and charter base inside Channel Islands Harbor, Oxnard.
79PortSanta Barbara, United StatesSanta Barbara Yacht Club
Private members club on the east side of Santa Barbara Harbor breakwater, founded 1872, with one 76 ft reciprocal end tie.
80PortMarina Del Rey, United StatesSanta Monica Windjammers Yacht Club
Private members yacht club founded in 1941, on Mindanao Way in Marina del Rey, Los Angeles.
81PortOxnard, United StatesSeabridge Marina
Marina of 241 berths on the east side of Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard, California, at 1601 South Victoria Avenue. Takes vessels up to 60 ft.
- 82PortSan Diego, United States
Seaforth Marina
Marina on the north-east side of Quivira Basin, in Mission Bay, San Diego, about 10 minutes from the Pacific via the Mission Bay channel.
83PortHuntington Beach, United StatesSeaGate Yacht Club
Small members club serving the SeaGate community on the inner channels of Huntington Harbour, California.
84PortSan Diego, United StatesSeaWorld Marina
Marina of 208 berths at 1660 South Shores Road, on the south-east side of Mission Bay, next to SeaWorld San Diego.
85PortSan Diego, United StatesShelter Cove Marina
Marina with 178 berths in America's Cup Harbour, on the north-west end of Shelter Island in San Diego.
86PortSan Diego, United StatesShelter Island Marina
Marina at the Island Palms Hotel on Shelter Island, San Diego Bay, geared towards larger yachts up to 58 metres.
- 87PortLong Beach, United States
Shoreline Yacht Club
Private yacht club on Shoreline Drive in Long Beach, California, on the east side of Shoreline Marina basin.
88PortVentura, United StatesVentura West Marina
Large marina inside Ventura Harbor on the southern California coast, about 30 miles south of Santa Barbara and a common departure point for the Channel Islands.
89PortVentura, United StatesVentura Yacht Club
Yacht club marina of 91 berths on the west side of Ventura Harbor, between the harbour village and the Channel Islands National Park headquarters.
90PortNewport Beach, United StatesVilla Cove Marina
Forty-two berth marina at 1099 Bayside Drive in Newport Harbour, opposite Balboa Island, operated by CRC Marinas.