San Francisco Bay

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San Francisco Bay

This is the cruising guide for boating in the San Francisco Bay area of California state.

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Cruising Guide to the San Francisco Bay - California - US

"San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean. Technically, both rivers flow into Suisun Bay, which flows through the Carquinez Strait to meet with the Napa River at the entrance to San Pablo Bay, which connects at its south end to San Francisco Bay, although the entire group of interconnected bays are often referred to as "San Francisco Bay."

San Francisco Bay is located in the U.S. state of California, surrounded by a contiguous region known as the San Francisco Bay Area, dominated by the large cities San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose." [source: wikipedia]

Marine Charts (free online):

• 18649 Entrance to San Francisco Bay
• 18650 San Francisco Bay Candlestick Point to Angel Island
• 18651 San Francisco Bay-southern part;Redwood Creek.;Oyster Point
• 18652 VARIOUS FOLIO SMALL CRAFT CHART San Francisco Bay to Antioch
• 18653 San Francisco Bay-Angel Island to Point San Pedro
• 18654 San Pablo Bay

Currents for the San Francisco Bay:

• Golden Gate Bridge
• San Francisco Bay, southern end
• San Francisco Bay, northern end
• San Pablo Bay

NOAA tides for San Francisco Bay:

• Golden Gate Bridge to San Mateo Bridge
• San Mateo Bridge to Coyote Creek
• Sausalito, Berkeley, and San Quentin
• San Pablo Bay, Carquinez Strait and Suisun Bay

AIS:

• Recent Ship Positions on the San Francisco Bay (AIS)

Marine Weather Links for San Francisco Bay - California:

• NOAA Forecast San Francisco Bay
  
• Marine Forecast - San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, Suisun Bay and the West Delta
• Wind patterns SF Bay (real time)
• Wind Forecast
• Radar Image- National Weather Service
• Satellite Image - NWS