Useful Links

USGS Satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. Light gray areas are heavily urbanized regions (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Tidal Currents

San Francisco Bay:

http://www.mobilegeographics.com:81/locations/5545.html

Great explanation of tides in SF Bay:

http://www.scienceisart.com/B_Tides/TidesMain.html

Swell & Wind Wave Heights

Open Coast:

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?minlon=-124.5&maxlon=-119.3&minlat=35.65&maxlat=39.65&mapwidth=354&site=mtr&zmx=1&zmy=1&map.x=157&map.y=183

San Francisco Bay:

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?minlon=-124.5&maxlon=-119.3&minlat=35.65&maxlat=39.65&mapwidth=354&site=mtr&zmx=1&zmy=1&map.x=171&map.y=149

Half Moon Bay buoy data:

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=46012

18nm West of San Francisco buoy data:

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=46026

Real Time Wind Speeds & Direction

San Francisco Bay: http://www.sailflow.com/windandwhere.iws?regionID=202&regionProductID=29&timeoffset=0

Chart of San Francisco Bay (not to be used for navigation)

http://sailvector.com/1823/San-Francisco-Entrance

River Flows

http://www.dreamflows.com/

Launch Sites

San Francisco Bay Area:

http://gotoes.org/put-ins/

Lower American River:

http://www.dbw.ca.gov/Pubs/Ar/Parkway/INDEX.HTM

Sacramento River:

http://www.sacramentoriver.org/access_site.php?activities=Kayaking%2FCanoeing

MLPA Exclusion Zones

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mlpa/pdfs/nccsr12_22_09.pdf

PADDLING CLUBS

California Paddlers Hub

A non-affiliated Facebook Group for arranging paddles, obtaining advice, etc:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/California-Paddlers-Hub/168610319820481

Bay Area Sea Kayakers (BASK)

A club dedicated to the safe enjoyment of the sport of sea kayaking in the San Francisco Bay Area.

http://www.bask.org/

Western Sea Kayakers (WSK)

A club interested in safe, enjoyable sea kayaking in Monterey Bay, San Francisco Bay, Elkhorn Slough – actually, just about any waters between Alaska and Baja.

http://www.westernseakayakers.org/

Sacramento Sea Kayakers

A group of fun paddlers dedicated to promoting sea kayaking in a safe and responsible manner, while making new friendships with a common interest.

http://www.sskpc.org/

Petaluma Paddlers

A community of paddle sport enthusiasts in the Petaluma area dedicated to fun and safety on the water.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/petaluma_paddlers/

River City Paddlers

A group designed to be an easy way for Sacramento area paddlers who enjoy racing to communicate with each other and miss less races.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rivercitypaddlers/

Loma Prieta Paddlers

A whitewater paddling club based in the San Jose area.

http://lomaprieta.sierraclub.org/lpp/

Gold Country Paddlers

A Northern California club oriented toward whitewater kayaking, canoeing and rafting.

http://www.goldcountrypaddlers.org/

Stanford Kayak Club

A student-run organization dedicated to whitewater kayaking.

http://kayak.stanford.edu/

COMPETITION

WaveChaser Series

The premier open water racing series in Northern California.

http://wavechaser.com/

 

Santa Cruz Paddle Surf Festival

 

The largest paddle surf festival /competition in the world.

http://www.asudoit.com/paddle_fest/

 

Bay Area Kayak Polo Club

 

The Bay Area’s Kayak Polo Club.

 

http://www.bayareakayakpolo.org

EVENTS

 

Golden Gate Sea Kayak Symposium

 

The Bay Area’s sea kayaking skills symposium,:

 

http://www.ggsks.com/

Bay Area Paddlefest

 

Anon-affiliated two day paddlesports festival and demo:

http://thebayareapaddlefest.org/

 

 We hope you find these links useful. Please call us at either of the retail stores for further help and advice on all aspects of paddlesport or visit our main website: www.calkayak.com

 

Point Bonita, Marin Headlands.