Kayak camping, tides & launches: California Central Coast & San Francisco Bay

California Central Coast & San Francisco Bay: Coastal paddling with 299 campsites, 192 boat launches and 121 tide stations, plus slack-water times for 168 tidal current stations. See them on the map, check today's tides and wind, or, with a Coast Map Pass, download the whole region (84 MB) to your phone for trips without signal.

Campsites

From OpenStreetMap, coloured on the map by what you need before staying. 4 mention boat, canoe or kayak access (🛶). Always confirm fees, permits and closures with the operator.

Fee or reservation (30)

• Azalea Flat Campground
• Ben Ries Campground
• Big Sur Campground & Cabins
• Bort Meadow Group Camp
• CityTeam Camp MayMac
• Eucalyptus Grove & Southview Tents
• Glen Campground
• Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park Campground
• High Valley Camp
• Hike and Bike Campsites
• Hike and Bike Campsites
• Hike and Bike Campsites in Campground
• Hiker-Biker Campsite - Monterey Veteran's Park
• Huckleberry Flat Dog Campground
• Kayak Group Camp 🛶
• New Brighton State Beach Campground 🛶
• North Terrace Tents
• Santa Cruz Ranch RV Park
• Sequoia Flat Campground
• Site 10
• South Camp
• South Terrace Tents
• Steep Ravine Environmental Campground
• Stewartville Backpack Camp
• Sunrise Sites
• Upper Bench Youth Camp
• Walden West Outdoor School
• West Ridge Trail Camp
• Wildcat Campground
• Wurr Flat Group Campground

Permit, protocol or private (11)

• [CLOSED] Toyon Group Camp 1
• [CLOSED] Toyon Group Camp 2
• [CLOSED] Toyon Group Camp 3
• Arequipa
• Black Mountain Group Camp
• Boy Scouts of America Camp
• Fernwood Camp
• Maggie's Half Acre
• Pico Blanco Boy Scout Camp
• Pioneer Camp
• Riverside Campground & Cabins

Free or backcountry (6)

• Coast Campground
• Danish Creek Camp
• Hiding Canyon Camp
• Pat Springs Camp
• Sibley Back Pack Camp
• Sky Campground

Fees not recorded (check locally) (234)

• Alder Trail Camp
• Alice Eastwood Group Campground
• Anthony Chabot Family Campground
• Apple Tree Rustic Campsite
• Ardilla Group Camp
• Arrowhead Group Camp
• Arroyo Flats Group Camp
• Ashanti
• Back Ranch Meadows Campground
• Barbecue Terrace Horse Camp
• Barbeque Terrace Group Camp
• Barlow Flat Camp
• Bear Basin Camp
• Bicentennial Campground
• Big Pines Rustic Campsite
• Black Mountain Backpack Camp
• Bodega Dunes Campground
• Bootjack Campground
• Bottcher's Gap Campground
• Boundary Group Camp
• Boyd Camp
• Boys Cabins
• Buckeye Group Camp
• Buckskin Flat Camp
• Butano Trail Camp
• Caballo Loco Horse Camp
• Camp Butano Creek
• Camp Herbert Trail Camp
• Camp Herms BSA
• Camp Jones Gulch YMCA
• Camp Loma (Future Farmers of America)
• Camp MC
• Camp Saint Francis
• Camp Taylor
• Camp Via (Sonoma Developmental Center)
• Canyon Camp
• Carmel River Camp
• Castle Rock Trail Camp
• Cathedral
• Cedar Group Camp
• Cienega Camp
• Circle Group Campground
• Circle Group Campground
• Clover Basin Camp
• Cold Spring Camp
• Comings Rustic Campsite
• Corral Camp
• Costanoa
• Costanoa Campsite
• Creekside Campground
• Dairy Glenn
• Deer Meadow Group Campground
• Del Valle Family Campground
• Devil's Gulch Campsite
• Dirksen Grove
• Divide Camp
• Doe Canyon Horse Camp
• Doran Regional Park Campground
• Duffy
• Dunes Camp
• Eagle Spring Backpack Camp
• Eagle's Eyrie
• Eagles View Group Camp
• East Bay Sites
• El Venado Group Camping Area
• Equestrian Campground
• Family Walk-in Sites
• Fish Camp
• Five Brooks Horse Camp
• Fox Camp
• Francis Beach Campground 🛶
• Frank Valley Group Horse Campground
• free campsite
• Free Campsite. Sunset-Sunrise
• Frog Flat Camp
• Gazos Mountain Camp
• Gilwell
• Girls Cabins
• Girls Camp
• Group Camp
• Group Camp 2
• Group Camp 3
• Group Horse Camp 1
• Group Site
• Hall's Valley Campground
• Hawk Camp
• Hawk Ridge Group Camping Area
• Hawk's Nest
• Haypress Campground
• Hetch Hetchy Group Camp
• Higgins Cabin Camp
• Hike & Bike. Pfeiffer Big Sur Campground
• Hillside Group Camp Sites
• Historic Bear Basin Camp
• Homestead Flat Youth Camp
• Homestead Valley
• Huckleberry Campground
• Huckleberry Campground
• Huckleberry Group Camp
• Impeesa
• Indian Valley Camp
• Jackson Camp
• Junction Campground
• Juniper Campground
• Kashmir
• Kirby Cove
• Kyber
• Laguna Seca A Camp
• Laguna Seca B Camp
• Laguna Seca C Camp
• Laguna Seca Corkscrew Camping
• Laguna Seca Fox Hill Camping
• Laguna Seca General Camping
• Laguna Seca General Camping
• Laguna Seca Terrace Camping
• Laguna Seca Trackview D Camp
• Launtz Creek Camp
• Lawsons Landing
• Lawsons Landing
• Lil' Chaparral Equestrian Campground
• Little Basin Cabins and Campground
• Little Basin Cabins and Camping
• Little Pines Camp
• Little Sur Camp
• Live Oak Campground
• Lone Pine Camp
• Lookout Ridge Group Camping Area
• Lost Ridge Group Camping Area
• Lupin Lodge
• Madrone Cabins
• Madrone Group Campsite
• Mafeking
• Main Camp
• Manti Trail Camp
• Manzanita Group Camp
• Marshall Beach Boat-In Campsites 🛶
• Maud Whalen
• Monterey Vacation RV Park
• Morgan Territory Backcountry Campsite
• Nephi Trail Camp
• New Woodland Group Camp
• Oak Del RV Park
• Oak Knoll Group Area
• Oak View
• Ocean View Private Tenting
• Ohlone
• Oil Creek Trail Camp
• Oil Creek Trail Camp
• Orchard Hill Campground
• Outlaw Camp
• Pal Camp
• Pantoll Campground
• Pfeiffer Big Sur
• Pico Blanco Camp
• Pine Creek Camp
• Pine Hollow Camp
• Pine Ridge Camp
• Pine Valley
• Pine Valley Camp
• Point Group Campground
• Portola Campground
• Portola Campground
• Portola Campground
• Punta Vaca
• Rainbow Camp
• Rancho Del Oso Walk-in Campground
• Ravine Group Camp Sites
• Red Mountain Trail Camp
• Red Mountain Trail Camp
• Redwood Creek Camp
• Ridge Sites
• Ringtail Camp
• Rob Hill Campground
• Round Rock Camp
• Round Valley Group Camp
• Ruppel's Roost
• Shady Grove Private Tenting
• Shaw Flat Trail Camp (primitive)
• Shingle Mill Point Campground
• Skinner Creek Camp
• Sky Camp (lower)
• Sky Camp (upper)
• Sky Meadow Group Camp
• Skyline Wilderness Park Horse Camp Area
• Skyline Wilderness Park RV Camp Area
• Skyline Wilderness Park Tent Camp Area
• Slate Creek Trail Camp
• South Fork Camp
• Staff Campsite
• Stagecoach Group Camp
• Star's Rest
• Stewart's Camp
• Strawberry Camp
• Suez
• Sulphur Springs Camp
• Sunset Trail Camp
• Sweetwood Group Camp
• Sycamore
• Sykes Camp
• Tan Oak Campground
• Tarwater Trail Camp (primitive)
• Teepee
• Terrace Creek Campsite
• Thorpe Camp
• Timber Top Camp
• Tin House Camp
• Trail Camp
• Trails End
• Turner Creek Rustic Camp
• Twin Redwoods Trail Camp
• Two Rocks Group Camping Area
• Upper Higgins Camp
• Uvas Canyon County Park Campground
• Vado Camp
• Valley View 1
• Valley View 2
• Valley View 3
• Venados Group Camp
• Ventana Camp
• Ventana Campground
• Veteran's Memorial Park Campground
• Walk-in Camps
• Wastahi Campground
• Waterman Gap Trail Camp
• Wee-Ta-Chi
• West Deer Pen Youth Camp
• Westside Regional Park Campground
• Wild Turkey Group Camp
• Wildcat Group Camp
• Wildcat View Group Camp
• Wilder Ranch State Park Horse Camping
• Woodland Youth Camp
• Youth Group Camp Area
• Zulu

Tide stations

Highs and lows for the next year, the 24-hour tide curve, wind and the marine forecast.

• Alameda
• Alameda Creek
• Alameda Naval Air Station
• Alcatraz Island
• Angel Island (west side)
• Angel Island, East Garrison
• Ano Nuevo Island
• Antioch
• Bay Slough, east end
• Bay Slough, west end
• Benicia
• Berkeley
• Blakes Landing, Tomales Bay
• Bodega Harbor entrance
• Bolinas Lagoon
• Bradmoor Island, Nurse Slough
• Brazos Drawbridge, Napa River
• Carmel Cove, Carmel Bay
• Chevron Oil Company Pier, Richmond
• Collinsville
• Corkscrew Slough
• Corte Madera Creek
• Coyote Creek, Alviso Slough
• Coyote Creek, Tributary no.1
• Coyote Hills Slough entrance
• Coyote Point Marina
• Crockett
• Dumbarton Highway Bridge
• Dutch Slough
• Edgerley Island, Napa River
• Elkhorn Slough railroad bridge
• Elkhorn Slough, Highway 1 Bridge
• Elkhorn Yacht Club
• Elkhorn, Elkhorn Slough
• False River
• Gallinas, Gallinas Creek
• General Fish Company Pier
• Gold Street Bridge, Alviso Slough
• Granite Rock, Redwood Creek
• Hercules, Refugio Landing
• Hog Island, San Antonio Creek
• Hunters Point
• Inverness, Tomales Bay
• Joice Island, Suisun Slough
• Kirby Park, Elkhorn Slough
• Lakeville, Petaluma River
• Mallard Island Ferry Wharf
• Mare Island
• Marshall, Tomales Bay
• Martinez-Amorco Pier
• Meins Landing, Montezuma Slough
• MONTEREY, MONTEREY BAY
• Montezuma Slough
• Montezuma Slough Bridge
• Moss Landing, Ocean Pier
• Mowry Slough
• Napa, Napa River
• Newark Slough
• Oakland Airport
• Oakland Harbor, Grove Street
• Oakland Harbor, Park Street Bridge
• Oakland Inner Harbor
• Oakland Middle Harbor
• Oakland Pier
• Oakland, Matson Wharf
• Ocean Beach, outer coast
• Oyster Point Marina
• Pacific Mariculture Dock
• Palo Alto Yacht Harbor
• Petaluma River entrance
• Pierce Harbor, Goodyear Slough
• Pillar Point Harbor, Half Moon Bay
• Pinole Point
• Pittsburg, New York Slough
• Point Bonita, Bonita Cove
• Point Buckler
• Point Chauncey
• Point Isabel
• Point Orient
• Point Reyes
• Point San Bruno
• Point San Pedro
• Point San Quentin
• PORT CHICAGO, SUISUN BAY
• Potrero Point
• Redwood City, Wharf 5
• Redwood Creek Marker 8
• Reynolds, Tomales Bay
• Richmond Inner Harbor
• Rincon Point, Pier 22 1/2
• Rio Vista
• Roberts Landing, 1.3 miles west of
• SAN FRANCISCO (Golden Gate)
• San Francisco, North Point, Pier 41
• San Leandro Channel, San Leandro Bay
• San Leandro Marina
• San Mateo Bridge (east end)
• San Mateo Bridge (west end)
• Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay
• Sausalito
• Sausalito, Corps of Engineers Dock
• Seaplane Harbor
• Selby
• Smith Slough
• Sonoma Creek
• South Bay Wreck
• South San Francisco
• Southeast Farallon Island
• Steamboat Slough, Snug Harbor Marina
• Suisun City, Suisun Slough
• Suisun Slough entrance
• Threemile Slough
• Threemile Slough entrance
• Tidal Creek, Elkhorn Slough
• Tomales Bay entrance
• Upper drawbridge, Petaluma River
• Upper Guadalupe Slough
• Vallejo, Mare Island Strait
• West Point Slough
• Wingo, Sonoma Creek
• Yerba Buena Island

Tidal currents and slack water

• 0.5 nmi. east of entrance
• 1 mile inside entrance
• 1 mile inside west entrance
• Alameda Estuary, southeast end
• Alameda Radar Tower, 0.9 nmi. SSW of
• Alcatraz Island, 0.2 mile west of
• Alcatraz Island, 0.5 mile north of
• Alcatraz Island, south of
• Alcatraz Island, southwest of
• Angel Island, 0.75 mile east of
• Angel Island, off Quarry Point
• Antioch Point
• Antioch Point, 0.3 mile east of
• Antioch, Route 160 bridge
• Army Pt. Pier Lt. 0.2 nmi. SE of
• Avon Pier, 0.15 nmi. north of
• Baker Beach (South Bay), 0.3 nmi. NW of
• Bay Bridge, Pier D
• Bay Bridge, Span B-C
• Benicia Bridge
• Bluff Point, 0.1 mile east of
• Bluff Point, 1.15 nmi. east of
• Brooklyn Basin
• Carquinez Bridge, I-80
• Carquinez Strait
• Coyote Point, 2.3 nmi. NNE of
• Davis Point, (midchannel)
• Davis Point, 1.0 nmi. NW of
• Dillon Point
• Dumbarton Highway Bridge
• Dumbarton Hwy. Bridge, 0.28 nmi. SE of
• Dumbarton Point, 1.15 nmi. SE of
• Dumbarton Point, 2.25 miles SE of
• Emeryville Marina
• Entrance
• Entrance, 0.7 mile SW of Chain Island
• Entrance, 0.7nm SW of Chain Island
• Fleming Point, 1.72 nmi. SW of
• Fort Point, 0.3 nmi. west of
• Fort Point, 0.5 nmi. east of
• Golden Gate Bridge, 0.46 nm E of
• Golden Gate Bridge, 0.8 mile east of
• Golden Gate Bridge, 0.88 nm NE of
• Grizzly Bay entrance
• Hunters Point, 1.6nm SE of
• Little Coyote Pt., 1.2 nmi. NE of
• Little Coyote Pt., 3.1 nmi. ENE of
• Little Coyote Pt., 3.4 nmi. NNE of
• Mare Island Strait (Buoy "4")
• Mare Island Strait, NE of Pier 34
• Martinez Marina, 0.50 nmi. west of
• Martinez Marina, 0.61 nmi. NNW of
• Martinez Marina, 0.65 nmi. NW of
• Middle Point Lt., 0.18 nmi. NNW of
• Middle Point Lt., 0.18 nmi. NNW of
• Mile Rock Lt., 0.2 nmi. NW of
• Mission Rock, 0.6 mile east of
• Mission Rock, 1.3 mile east of
• Mission Rock, 2.0 miles east of
• Montezuma Slough, east end, near bridge
• Mulford Gardens Channel Approach
• New York Slough, 0.6miles E of Pt. Emmet
• New York Slough, 0.6miles E of Pt. Emmet
• New York Slough, Winter Island
• North Point, Pier 35, north of
• Oakland 7th St. Marine, 0.6 nmi. SSW of
• Oakland Airport, southwest of
• Oakland Harbor, Webster Street
• Oakland Inner Harbor Channel
• Oakland Inner Harbor entrance
• Oakland Inner Harbor LB4
• Oakland Inner Harbor Reach
• Oakland Outer Harbor Entrance, LB 3
• Oakland, Yerba Buena Island
• Oyster Point, 2.8 miles east of
• Petaluma River approach
• Petaluma River approach (Buoys 3 and 4)
• Petaluma River entrance
• Pier 23
• Pinole Point, 1.18 nmi. west of
• Pinole Point, 1.27 nmi. NNW of
• Pinole Point, 1.42 nmi. NNW of
• Pinole Point, 3.0 nmi. WNW of
• Pinole Shoal
• Point Avisadero, 0.3 mile east of
• Point Avisadero, 0.6 nmi. ESE of
• Point Avisadero, 1 mile east of
• Point Avisadero, 1.25 nmi. SSE of
• Point Avisadero, 2 miles east of
• Point Beenar, 0.7 nmi. north of
• Point Beenar, 100 yds., NE of
• Point Blunt, Angel I., 0.25 mile S of
• Point Blunt, Angel I., 0.5 nmi. SW of
• Point Bonita Lt., 0.4 nmi. SSE of
• Point Bonita Lt., 5.27 nmi. WSW of
• Point Bonita, 0.8 nmi. NE of
• Point Bonita, 0.95 nm SSE of
• Point Cavallo, 1.3 miles east of
• Point Chauncey, 0.75 nmi. NW of
• Point Chauncey, 1.25 nm north of
• Point Chauncey, 1.3 miles east of
• Point Diablo, 0.2 mile SE of
• Point Lobos, 1.3 nmi. SW of
• Point Lobos, 3.73 nmi. W of
• Point Lobos, 5.47 nmi. SW of
• Point Richmond, 0.5 mile west of
• Point Richmond, 0.8 nmi. NNW of
• Point Sacramento, 0.2nm NE of
• Point Sacramento, 0.3 mile NE OF
• Point San Bruno, 0.51 nmi. east of
• Point San Pablo, midchannel
• Point San Pedro, 0.55 nmi. SE of
• Point San Quentin, 0.82 nmi. east of
• Point San Quentin, 1.3 nmi. east of
• Point San Quentin, 1.9 miles east of
• Point Simpson, Angel I., 1.05 nmi. E of
• Potrero Point, 1.08 nmi. east of
• Potrero Point, 2 miles east of
• Pt. Blunt, Angel I., 0.25 nmi. east of
• Pt. Blunt, Angel I., 0.8 mi. SE of
• Pt. Edith, 1.7 nmi. NNW of
• Pt. San Joaquin, 0.45 nmi. ENE of
• Raccoon Strait
• Raccoon Strait, off Point Stuart
• Red Rock, 0.60 nmi. NNE of
• Red Rock, east of
• Redwood Creek
• Redwood Point, 1.7nm East of
• Redwood Pt., Blair I., 1.15 nmi. NNE of
• Richmond
• Rincon Point
• Rincon Point, midbay
• Roe Island Channel
• Roe Island, Gilbert Pt., 0.15 nmi. NW of
• Sacramento River Light 14
• San Francisco Bar, north of ship channel
• San Francisco Bay Entrance (Outside)
• San Francisco southern traffic lane, N end
• San Francisco traffic separation zone buoy
• San Mateo Bridge
• Seal Island, south of
• Sherman Island East, 0.2 mile north of
• Sierra Point, 1.2 nmi. east of
• Sierra Point, 1.3 miles ENE of
• Sierra Point, 4.4 miles east of
• Simmons Point, 0.6nm ESE of
• Simmons Pt., Chipps Is., 0.6 nmi. ESE of
• South Channel
• Southampton Shoal Channel, LB 6
• Southampton Shoal Light, 0.2 mile E of
• Spoonbill Creek, near bridge
• Stake Point, 0.9 nmi. NNW of
• Suisun Cutoff
• Treasure Island, 0.2 mile west of
• Treasure Island, 0.3 mile east of
• Treasure Island, 0.5 mile north of
• Treasure Island, 0.78 NM NW of
• Treasure Island, 0.8 mile west of
• Treasure Island, 0.85 nmi. east of
• West entrance
• West Island Lt., 0.5 mile SE of
• West Island, north of
• Wilson Point, 1.55 nmi. north of
• Wilson Point, 3.90 nmi. NNW of
• Yellow Bluff, 0.8 mile east of
• Yellow Bluff, 0.8 nmi. NE of
• Yerba Buena Island, 0.3 nmi. SE of
• Yerba Buena Island, west of (midchannel)

Boat launches

• Alviso Marina
• Boat Ramp Street Slipway
• Breakwater Marina
• Del Valle Boat Ramp
• Eden landing Kayak Launch
• Encinal Boat Ramp
• Foil Kite / Wing launch
• Kayaker's Slipway
• Keel Park
• Kite Launch 3rd Ave Upper
• Kite launch
• Kite launch 3rd Ave Lower
• Kitesurf Launch
• Kitesurf launch
• Marina Boat Launch
• Miller Boat Launch
• Public Boat Launch Ramp
• Russo's Launch Ramp
• San Leandro Marina Slip
• Snug Harbor Slipway
• U.S. Coast Guard - Base Alameda
• Westpoint Harbor Drive
• Windsurf launch

Plus 167 unnamed launches on the map.

Marine forecast areas

Coastal Waters from Pigeon Point to Point Pinos California out to 10 nm · Coastal Waters from Point Arena to Point Reyes California out to 10 nm · Coastal Waters from Point Pinos to Point Piedras Blancas California out to 10 nm · Coastal Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point California out to 10 nm · Monterey Bay · San Francisco Bay South of the Bay Bridge · San Pablo Bay, Suisun Bay, the West Delta and the San Francisco Bay north of the Bay Bridge · Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point 10-60 NM

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