Best anchorages and harbours in Southern California

Dana Landing Marina

Marina of 140 berths on five pontoons at 2630 Ingraham Street, in the heart of Mission Bay, San Diego.

Dana Point Marina Co

Marina inside Dana Point Harbor, between Los Angeles and San Diego, with more than 2,200 permanent berths split across East Marina and Dana West Marina.

Dana Point Yacht Club

Private yacht club at 24399 Dana Drive in Dana Point Harbor, with around 100 berths from 30 to 55 feet and a clubhouse open to members and reciprocal visitors.

Dana West Marina

Marina of 135 berths at 24500 Dana Point Harbor Drive, on the west side of Dana Point Harbor. Office on 714 493 6222.

Dana West Yacht Club

Membership yacht club on the west side of Dana Point Harbor, sharing the basin with Dana West Marina. Office on 949 661 1185.

Davenport Marina

Small marina at 4052 Davenport Drive in Huntington Harbour, Huntington Beach, California.

Del Rey Yacht Club

Private yacht club in Marina del Rey, Los Angeles, with around 300 berths on Palawan Way inside the main harbour basin.

Driscoll Mission Bay

Full-service boatyard and marina at 1500 Quivira Way, on Quivira Basin in Mission Bay, San Diego.

Embarcadero Marina

Dry storage and launch facility at 34512 Embarcadero Drive in Dana Point Harbor, with a small wet basin of 13 berths for vessels up to 40 feet.

Shelter Island Guest Dock

Public guest dock and free pump-out station maintained by the Port of San Diego at the Harbor Police Sub Station on Shelter Island Drive, San Diego Bay.

Freedom Boat Club - Huntington Beach, CA

Membership boat club operating from Peter's Landing Marina in Huntington Harbour, across from Sunset Beach.

Glorietta Bay Marina

Public marina on Glorietta Bay in Coronado, next to the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego Bay.

Huntington Harbour Marina

Marina of 171 berths at 4281 Warner Avenue in Huntington Beach, set inside the network of channels of Huntington Harbour, north Orange County.

Huntington Harbour Yacht Club

Members yacht club on Warner Avenue, on the south side of Huntington Harbour in Huntington Beach, California.

Intrepid landing

Private marina on Shelter Island in San Diego Bay, at 2805 Dickens Street in Point Loma. Berths vessels from 9 to 60 metres LOA.

King Harbor Marina

Largest privately owned marina between Marina del Rey and Newport Beach, in Redondo Beach on the south Santa Monica Bay.

Kona Kai Marina

Resort marina on Shelter Island in San Diego Bay, the closest berthing facility to the harbour entrance and open ocean.

Lake Mission Viejo

Private 124-acre man-made lake in Mission Viejo, Orange County, California, reserved for member households of the surrounding planned community.

Leeward Bay Marina

140-berth marina in the inner Port of Los Angeles, at Wilmington in California.

Lido Dry Stack

Dry-stack boat storage at Lido Yacht Anchorage on the Newport Beach waterfront, in California.

Lobster Bay

Small bay on the west coast of Santa Catalina Island, California, about 0.85 miles west of Catalina Harbor.

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Long Beach

Public marina in downtown Long Beach, California, between Shoreline Village and the Aquarium of the Pacific.

Long Beach Yacht Club

Private yacht club on the shore of Alamitos Bay in Long Beach, California, founded 1929.

Newport Dunes Marina

Full-service marina at 1131 Back Bay Drive, where Upper Newport Bay meets the main harbour, in Newport Beach, California.

Marina Cortez B Dock

B Dock at Marina Cortez on Harbor Island, San Diego Bay, California. The marina has 70 berths and takes vessels up to 90 feet.

Marina Del Rey

Man-made small-craft harbour on the coast of Los Angeles County, California, between Venice Beach and Playa del Rey, completed in 1965.

Marina Village - San Diego

Large marina in Quivira Basin, Mission Bay, San Diego, about 7 miles north-west of downtown.

Neptune Marina Boat Slips

Private marina with 184 covered berths in the Marquesas Way basin of Marina del Rey, west Los Angeles.

Newport 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.

Newport Dunes Marina

Marina inside Upper Newport Bay, on the north side of Newport Harbour, with around 450 concrete berths from 22 to 46 feet.