Eastshore State Park Photo Gallery
The Berkeley Waterfront Photo of the Week
A visual study of the proposed freeway barrier berm
Proposal for dragon boats and outriggers in the Berkeley Marina
Creek outflows in the Eastshore State Park
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The cove, beach, and mudflat to the east of the Brickyard Peninsula
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Berkeley has seven miles of shoreline,
and nearly all of it is artificial piles of rock
and building debris. This is the view looking north across the Marina entrance to the western shoreline of Cesar Chavez Park.
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| More rocks inside the harbor, looking south near N-dock and Horseshoe Park |  |
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The western shoreline of the Brickyard Peninsula
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The northern edge of the Meadow, looking east to the
short stretch of high-tide beach on the North Basin Strip just north of the Schoolhouse Creek outflow. The tide height for this scene is +4.4 ft above MLLW.
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Swimmers at Shorebird Beach brave the cold water of the
South Sailing Basin. This is the only bit of shoreline in
the entire Marina/park complex that resembles
a beach, and the only place where access to the water is
possible without climbing over artificial piles of rocks.
The tide height is +3.4 ft above MLLW, or 0.1 ft above the average tide level. |
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With a thousand berths and 99% occupancy, the Berkeley Marina
is "underutilized" according to the Sierra Club.
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Small boat facilities at the South Sailing Basin, with a full parking lot in the background. The Berkeley Marina is "underutilized" according to the Sierra Club.
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One of three small craft and sailboard docks on a typical Saturday. The Berkeley Marina is "underutilized" according to the Sierra Club.
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One of several windsurfer rigging areas serving the
South Saiilng Basin. The Berkeley Marina
is "underutilized" according to the Sierra Club.
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Fish boats lining up for bait from the live bait tanks at the
end of K-dock. The Berkeley Marina
is "underutilized" according to the Sierra Club.
(photo credit: Berkeley Marina Sports Center) |
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| Unobstructed view of the freeway, looking east from the North Basin Strip. |
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| A similar view, with a low berm blocking the freeway. |
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"BMX" biker Jesse Degnan rides the home-grown stunt course on the North Basin Strip. (photo credit: Morgan Patrick Murphy)
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For the kids who built it, the BMX course is a great place to hang out.
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A team of volunteers at
Cal Sailing Club,
a non-profit sailing club open to the public, tackles a difficult repair on an older sailboat. Specialized labor like this, available for free, is what allows the non-profits to outperform commercial operations in terms of services offered and fees charged.
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Volunteers from the Cal Sailing Club gave free sailboat rides to 165 people during Berkeley Bay Festival 2001. |
| Cal Sailing Club boats and volunteer skippers also work with local youth groups giving scheduled, free summer sailboat rides. The lifejackets were purchased with a grant from Berkeley Yacht Club. |
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The North Sailing Basin, looking north from the Meadow, with Cesar Chavez Park to the left.
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| The southwest corner of the North Sailing Basin on a typical summer afternoon. Tide height is 4.3 ft above MLLW, or 1.0 ft higher than the average tide level. |
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| The same spot at low tide. In this view the tide level is +0.9 ft above MLLW, which is 0.2 ft lower than the average low tide. |
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The beach along the North Basin Strip, near
the northern park boundary. Tide level is +1.1 ft above MLLW,
which is equal to an average low tide.
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Basic small boat support facilities at the South Sailing Basin: dock, boat hoist, and rigging area
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Space-efficient on-site kayak storage on the Oakland Waterfront
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Egrets hunting in the low-tide mudflats in the South Sailing Basin,
while young students in a Cal Adventures windsurfer class
assemble their rigs on Shorebird Beach. The tide height is -1.1 ft,
1.1 ft below MLLW or 2.2 ft lower than the average low tide.
The photo illustrates two important points: 1) non-motorized water activity is not incompatible with wildlife; and 2) non-motorized water activity is not incompatible with very shallow water at low tide. |
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Halibut fishing from the only stretch of high tide beach
on the North Sailing Basin, near the Schoolhouse Creek outflow.
(Tide height = 4.9 ft above MLLW)
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| The southeast corner of the North Sailing Basin showing the Schoolhouse Creek outflow. Tide height is +4.4 ft above MLLW, or 1.1 ft above the average tide level. |
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| The same view at low tide. Tide level is +1.0 ft above MLLW, which is 0.1 ft lower than the average low tide. |
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| Looking west over the Schoolhouse Creek outflow with the tide level at +1.1 ft above MLLW. This is equal to the average low tide level. |
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