Places on the map
The sailing areas, hazards and club places on the Cal Sailing Club 3D map of the South Sailing Basin and Berkeley Marina. Each has its own page, and opens in the map.
Sailing areas by rating
- Novice Area: Where Novice windsurfers and Novice skippers sail, in wind under 10 knots: the water in the South Sailing Basin north of Hs Lordships…
- Junior Area: Where Junior and J+ windsurfers and Junior skippers sail: within sight of the clubhouse, north of Ashby Ave and east of a line from the…
- Senior Dinghy & Windsurf Area: Where Senior windsurfers and Senior dinghy skippers sail: the Bay off Berkeley and Emeryville, out to the X buoy, between a line from the…
- Senior Keelboat Area: Where Senior keelboat skippers sail: the Bay north of a line from the Emeryville Peninsula to Treasure Island, east of a line from the Bay…
- Cruising Dinghy Area: Where Cruising dinghy skippers sail: the east side of the Bay from Clipper Cove at Treasure Island north to Point Richmond.
- Cruising Keelboat Area: Where Cruising keelboat skippers sail: all of San Francisco Bay and its tributaries, and outside the Golden Gate as far west as a line from…
Hazards
- Harbor entrance: Three entrances lead in past the breakwaters, and the south one is the deepest.
- Berkeley Pier: Closed to the public since 2015. The old pier runs about 2.5 miles out with a gap near the standing end.
- Ashby Shoal: Muddy sandbar between Berkeley and Emeryville that only shows above water at extreme low tides.
- Berkeley Reef: Rocks about 0.4 nautical miles west of César Chávez Park, charted as awash at mean lower low water: just under the surface most of the…
Club places
- Cal Sailing Club: Nonprofit, volunteer-run sailing and windsurfing club, 124 University Ave. Lessons and open houses launch into the South Sailing Basin.
- J-Dock (club keelboats): The club's keelboats berth at the outer end of J-Dock. In 2024 the City Council kept these berths (including slips 360–368) for sailing…
Navigation aids
- Lights and daybeacons: the 18 charted lights and daybeacons in the Senior areas.