515 spots tracked
Kayaking in California
Live wind, flow, and tide conditions for paddling spots across California. Open any spot for its current Paddle Score.
Featured spots
La Jolla Cove
San Diego · coastal
Sea caves, sea lions, and the leopard sharks of La Jolla Shores. One of the best ocean kayaking day trips in the country when the swell cooperates.
Richardson Bay
Sausalito · coastal
Protected San Francisco Bay paddling with houseboat culture, harbor seals, and Golden Gate views. Sheltered compared to the open bay, but afternoon westerlies are dependable and strong.
Monitored river gauges (513)
Every active USGS streamgage in Californiathat reports flow. Conditions are real; launch access and hazards are not something we've verified for these, so each page links out to where paddlers discuss them.
- Agua Chinon Wash A Portola Springs Road near Irvine
- Alameda Creek A Sunol Water Temple A Sunol
- Alameda Creek above Div Dam near Sunol
- Alameda Creek below Calaveras Creek near Sunol
- Alameda Creek below Div Dam near Sunol
- Alameda Creek below Welch Creek near Sunol
- Alameda Creek Flood Channel A Union City
- Alameda Creek near Fremont
- Alameda Creek near Niles
- Alamo Cn near Pleasanton
- Alamo Pintado Creek near Solvang
- Alamo River near Niland
- All-American Canal below Drop 2 Reservoir Outlet
- All-American Canal near Imperial Dam, Ca-Az
- Alvarado Creek near La Mesa
- Amargosa Rv Abv China Ranch Wash near Tecopa
- Amargosa Rv at Tecopa
- American River A Fair Oaks
- Anderson-Cottonwood Id Cn at Sharon Ave Redding
- Andreas Creek near Palm Springs
- Aptos Creek near Aptos
- Arcade Creek near Del Paso Heights
- Arroyo De La Laguna A Corte Madrid near Pleasanton
- Arroyo De La Laguna A Verona
- Arroyo Hondo near San Jose
- Arroyo Seco below Reliz Creek near Soledad
- Arroyo Seco near Greenfield
- Arroyo Seco near Pasadena
- Arroyo Seco near Soledad
- Arroyo Trabuco A San Juan Capistrano
- Arroyo Valle below Lang Cyn near Livermore
- Arroyo Valle near Livermore
- Aspen Creek above Leviathan Creek near Markleeville
- Aspen Creek Abv Leviathan Mine near Markleeville
- Atascadero Creek near Goleta
- Austin Creek near Cazadero
- Battle Creek below Coleman Fish Hatchery near Cottonwood
- Bear Creek above Holsten Chimney Cyn near Rumsey
- Bear River near Wheatland
- Big Creek above Whites Gulch near Groveland
- Big Rock Creek near Valyermo
- Big Sulphur Creek A G Resort near Cloverdale
- Big Sulphur Creek near Cloverdale
- Big Sur River near Big Sur
- Big Tujunga Creek below Hansen Dam
- Black Creek near Copperopolis
- Blackwood Creek near Tahoe City
- Bonita Creek A Irvine
- Borehole Spg Channel near Tecopa Hot Spgs
- Brea Creek below Brea Dam near Fullerton
- Brock Reservoir Inlet near Calexico
- Brock Reservoir Outlet near Calexico
- Bryant Creek below Mountaineer Creek near Markleeville
- Buckeye Creek near Bridgeport
- Bull Creek near Weott
- Burnt Canyon Creek Abv Div Dam near Banning
- Butano Creek near Pescadero
- Butte Creek near Chico
- Cache Creek A Rumsey
- Cache Creek A Yolo
- Cache Creek near Lower Lake
- Cache Creek Outflow From Settling Basin near Woodland
- Cache Creek Overflow Weir From Settling Bas near Wood'ld
- Cache Slough above Ryer Island Ferry near Rio Vista
- Cajon Creek below Lone Pine Creek near Keenbrook
- Calaveras Creek near Sunol
- Campo Creek near Campo
- Cantua Creek near Cantua Creek
- Carbon Creek below Carbon Cyn Dam
- Carmel River A Robles Del Rio
- Carmel River near Carmel
- Carpinteria Creek near Carpinteria
- Caruthers Creek near Ivanpah
- Castro Valley Creek A Hayward
- Cherry Creek below Dion River Holm Ph near Mather
- Cherry Creek below Valley Dam near Hetch Hetchy
- Cherry Creek near Early Intake
- Chino Creek A Schaefer Avenue near Chino
- Chino Cyn Creek below Tramway near Palm Springs
- City Creek near Highland
- Clear Creek near Igo
- Clover Creek Bypass A Elk Mtn Road near Upper Lake
- Coachella Canal above All-American Canal Diversion
- Coachella Canal near Desert Beach
- Coachella Canal near Niland
- Coldwater Canyon Creek near Corona
- Cole Creek A Kelseyville
- Colgan Creek near Santa Rosa
- Colgan Creek near Sebastopol
- Colorado River below Imperial Dam, Az-Ca
- Colorado River below Laguna Dam, Az-Ca
- Colorado River below Palo Verde Dam, Az-Ca
- Colorado River Blw Yuma Main Canal Ww at Yuma, Az
- Copeland Creek A Rohnert Park
- Corralitos Creek A Freedom
- Corte Madera Creek A Ross
- Cosumnes River A Michigan Bar
- Cottonwood Creek near Cottonwood
- Cow Creek near Millville
- Coyote Creek above Highway 237 A Milpitas
- Coyote Creek below Coyote Ranch Road near Coyote
- Coyote Creek below Coyote Reservoir near San Martin
- Coyote Creek near Gilroy
- Coyote Creek near Madrone
- Cristianitos Creek above San Mateo Creek near San Clemente
- Cross Creek A Kansas Ave near Hanford
- Crow Creek near Hayward
- Cucamonga Creek near Mira Loma
- Cucamonga Creek near Upland
- Cull Creek above Cull Creek Reservoir near Castro Valley
- Cushenbury Canyon Creek near Lucerne Valley
- Cuyama River below Buckhorn Cyn near Santa Maria
- Cuyama River near New Cuyama
- Cuyama River near Ventucopa
- De Luz Creek near De Luz
- Deadman Creek A Big Springs near Crestview
- Deep Creek near Hesperia
- Deep Creek near Palm Desert
- Deer Creek A Road 272 Bridge near Porterville
- Deer Creek near Fountain Springs
- Deer Creek near Smartsville
- Deer Creek near Vina
- Del Puerto Creek near Patterson
- Delta Cross Channel near Walnut Grove
- Devil Cyn Creek near San Bernardino
- Donner Creek A Donner Lake near Truckee
- Donner Creek at Highway 89 near Truckee
- Drain 8-B near Winterhaven
- Dry Creek A Crabtree Road near La Grange
- Dry Creek A Union City
- Dry Creek Blw Lambert Branch near Geyserville
- Dry Creek near Galt
- Dry Creek near Mouth near Healdsburg
- Dutch Slough below Jersey Island Road A Jersey Island
- East Fork Carson Rv Blw Markleeville Creek near Markleeville
- East Fork Russian River near Calpella
- East Twin Creek near Arrowhead Springs
- East Walker Rv near Bridgeport
- Eel River A Fort Seward
- Eel River A Scotia
- Elder Creek near Branscomb
- Elder Creek near Paskenta
- Eleanor Creek near Hetch Hetchy
- Estrella River near Estrella
- Fallbrook Creek near Fallbrook
- Falls Creek near White Water
- False River near Oakley
- Fontana Ph Forebay Spillway near Fontana
- Fontana Water Co Spill Ch From Afterbay near Fontana
- Fontana Water Co Surface Div near Fontana
- Fontana Water Co Surface Div Weir 2 near Fontana
- Fullerton Creek below Fullerton Dam near Brea
- General Creek near Meeks Bay
- Gibraltar Dam Div Weir A Gibraltar Dam
- Gibraltar Dam Release Weir A Gibraltar Dam
- Grant Line Cn near Tracy
- Green Creek near Bridgeport
- Green Slough near Courtland
- Guadalupe River Abv Highway 101 A San Jose
- Guejito Creek near San Pasqual
- Harris Canyon Creek near Orcutt
- Hat Creek near Hat Creek
- Hilton Cyn Creek 0.25 Mile below Bradbury Dam near Santa Ynez
- Hilton Cyn Creek near Santa Ynez
- Holland Cut near Bethel Island
- Hot Creek A Flume near Mammoth Lakes
- Huasna River near Arroyo Grande
- Independence Creek near Truckee
- Indian Creek near Douglas City
- Indian Creek near Happy Camp
- Indian Creek near Sunol
- Jalama Creek near Lompoc
- Jamul Creek near Jamul
- Kelsey Creek near Kelseyville
- Kern River A Enos Park Foot Branch near Bakersfield
- Klamath River A Orleans
- Klamath River below Iron Gate Dam
- Klamath River near Klamath
- Klamath River near Seiad Valley
- Laguna Creek near Elk Grove
- Laguna De Santa Rosa A Stony Pt Road near Cotati
- Laguna De Santa Rosa Creek near Sebastopol
- Lagunitas Creek A Samuel P Taylor State Park
- Lagunitas Creek near Pt Reyes Station
- Lake Creek near Markleeville
- Leviathan Creek above Aspen Creek near Markleeville
- Leviathan Creek above Mine near Markleeville
- Leviathan Creek above Mountaineer Creek near Markleeville
- Leviathan Mine Adit Drain near Markleeville
- Leviathan Mine Pit Flow near Markleeville
- Leviathan Mine Pit Junction Box near Markleeville
- Liberty Island A Lower Stair Step near Courtland
- Little Potato Slough A Terminous
- Little River near Trinidad
- Little Truckee River above Boca Reservoir near Truckee
- Little Truckee River below Boca Dam near Truckee
- Llagas Creek near Gilroy
- Lopez Creek near Arroyo Grande
- Los Angeles River A Sepulveda Dam
- Los Coches Creek near Lakeside
- Los Gatos Creek above Nunez Cyn near Coalinga
- Los Penasquitos Creek near Poway
- Lytle Creek A Colton
- Lytle Creek Div to Fontana Ph Avm near Fontana
- Lytle Creek near Fontana
- Maacama Creek near Kellogg
- Mad River above Ruth Reservoir near Forest Glen
- Mad River near Arcata
- Marble Fork Kaweah River above Horse Creek near Lodgepole
- Maria Ygnacio Creek A University Drive near Goleta
- Mark West Creek near Mirabel Heights
- Matanzas Creek A Santa Rosa
- Mattole River near Ettersburg
- Mattole River near Petrolia
- Merced River A Happy Isles Bridge near Yosemite
- Merced River A Pohono Bridge near Yosemite
- Mf Eel River near Dos Rios
- Mf San Joaquin River near Mammoth Lakes
- Middle River at Middle River
- Middle River near Holt
- Mill Creek near Los Molinos
- Mission Creek A Rocky Nook Park A Santa Barbara
- Mission Creek below West Gutierrez Street Branch A Santa Barbara
- Mission Creek near Mission Street near Santa Barbara
- Modesto Cn near La Grange
- Mojave River A Afton
- Mojave River A Barstow
- Mojave River A Daggett
- Mojave River A Lo Narrows near Victorville
- Mojave River near Hodge
- Mokelumne River A Andrus Island near Terminous
- Mud Slough near Gustine
- Murray Cyn Creek near Palm Springs
- Murrieta Creek A Temecula
- Nacimiento River below Nacimiento Dam near Bradley
- Nacimiento River below Sapaque Creek near Bryson
- Napa River near Napa
- Napa River near Street Helena
- Nathanson Creek A Sonoma
- Navarro River near Navarro
- Nelson Creek Release Weir below Pp Div near Big Bend
- Nemeth Slough near Courtland
- New River at International Boundary at Calexico
- New River near Westmorland
- North Fork American River A North Fork Dam
- North Fork Cache Creek A Hough Spring near Clearlake Oaks
- North Fork Cache Creek near Clearlake Oaks
- North Fork Gualala River above South Fork Gualala River near Gualala
- North Fork Kings River A 24Th Ave Branch near Lemoore
- North Mokelumne near Walnut Grove
- North Yuba River below Goodyears Bar
- Novato Creek A Novato
- Noyo River near Fort Bragg
- Old River A Bacon Island
- Old River A Franks Tract near Terminous
- Old River A Quimby Island near Bethel Island
- Old River near Byron
- Old River near Delta Mendota Canal
- Olema Creek A Vedanta Bridge A Olema
- Oneill Lake Outlet Ch near Fallbrook
- Oneill Lake Spill Ch near Fallbrook
- Orcutt Creek near Orcutt
- Orestimba Creek near Newman
- Outlet Creek near Willits
- Pacheco Creek near Dunneville
- Pajaro River A Chittenden
- Pajaro River A Watsonville
- Palm Cyn Creek near Palm Springs
- Palm Cyn Wash near Cathedral City
- Palo Verde Canal near Blythe
- Panoche Creek A I-5 near Silver Creek
- Perris Valley Storm Dr A Nuevo Road near Perris
- Pescadero Creek near Pescadero
- Pilarcitos Creek A Half Moon Bay
- Pilarcitos Creek above Stone Dam near Hillsborough
- Pilarcitos Creek below Spillway near Hillsborough
- Pilarcitos Creek below Stone Dam near Hillsborough
- Pipes Wash near Yucca Valley
- Piru Creek above Lake Piru
- Piru Creek below Santa Felicia Dam
- Pit River below Pit No 1 Ph near Fall River Mills
- Pit River near Canby
- Plunge Creek near East Highlands
- Pontiac Canal near Yuma, Az
- Pope Creek A Walter Springs
- Prosser Creek below Prosser Creek Dam near Truckee
- Putah Creek near Guenoc
- Putah Creek near Winters
- Pvid Creek Canal Spill near Blythe
- Pvid D23 Spill near Blythe
- Pvid F-Canal Spill near Blythe
- Rainbow Creek near Fallbrook
- Reclamation Ditch near Salinas
- Redwood Creek A Highway 1 Bridge A Muir Beach
- Redwood Creek A Orick
- Redwood Creek near Blue Lake
- Reservation Main Canal near Yuma, Az
- Reservation Main Drain No. 4 near Yuma, Az
- Rio Hondo above Whittier Narrows Dam
- Rio Hondo below Whittier Narrows Dam
- Robinson Creek at Twin Lks Outlet near Bridgeport
- Rush Creek near Lewiston
- Russian River A Digger Bend near Healdsburg
- Russian River A Geyserville
- Russian River A Hacienda Bridge near Guerneville
- Russian River A Jimtown
- Russian River near Cloverdale
- Russian River near Healdsburg
- Russian River near Hopland
- Russian River near Talmage
- Russian River near Windsor
- Sacramento River A Colusa
- Sacramento River A Delta
- Sacramento River A Freeport
- Sacramento River A Keswick
- Sacramento River A Rio Vista
- Sacramento River A Verona
- Sacramento River above Bend Bridge near Red Bluff
- Sacramento River above Delta Cross Channel
- Sacramento River below Georgiana Slough
- Sacramento River below Walnut Grove Branch A Walnut Grove
- Sacramento River below Wilkins Slough near Grimes
- Sacramento River Deep Water Ship Channel near Freeport
- Sagehen Creek near Truckee
- Salinas River A Paso Robles
- Salinas River A Soledad
- Salinas River near Bradley
- Salinas River near Chualar
- Salinas River near King City
- Salinas River near Santa Margarita
- Salinas River near Spreckels
- Salmon River A Somes Bar
- Salsipuedes Creek near Lompoc
- Salsipuedes Creek near Watsonville
- Salt Creek A Murrieta Road near Sun City
- Salt Creek near Mecca
- Salt Slough A Highway 165 near Stevinson
- San Antonio Creek A Indian Creek Road near Sunol
- San Antonio Creek A Los Alamos
- San Antonio Creek A Riverside Drive near Chino
- San Antonio Creek A San Antonio Road East near Orcutt
- San Antonio Creek near Casmalia
- San Antonio Creek near Sunol
- San Antonio River near Lockwood
- San Benito River below Hospital Road Bridge near Hollister
- San Benito River near Willow Creek School
- San Diego River A Fashion Valley at San Diego
- San Diego River A Mast Road near Santee
- San Francisquito Creek A Stanford University
- San Gabriel River above Whittier Narrows Dam
- San Gabriel River below Santa Fe Dam near Baldwin Pk
- San Gregorio Creek A San Gregorio
- San Jacinto River A Ramona Expressway near Lakeview
- San Jacinto River above State Street near San Jacinto
- San Jacinto River near San Jacinto
- San Jacinto River near Elsinore
- San Jacinto River near Sun City
- San Joaquin River A Fremont Ford Bridge
- San Joaquin River A Jersey Point
- San Joaquin River A Prisoners Pt near Terminous
- San Joaquin River above Merced River near Newman
- San Joaquin River below Friant
- San Joaquin River below Garwood Bridge A Stockton
- San Joaquin River near Crows Landing
- San Joaquin River near Mendota
- San Joaquin River near Newman
- San Joaquin River near Vernalis
- San Jose Creek near Goleta
- San Juan Creek at La Novia Street Branch at San Juan Capis
- San Lorenzo Creek A San Lorenzo
- San Lorenzo Creek A Hayward
- San Lorenzo Creek above Don Castro Reservoir near Castro V
- San Lorenzo Creek below Bitterwater Creek near King City
- San Lorenzo River A Big Trees
- San Lorenzo River A Santa Cruz
- San Luis Rey River A Oceanside
- San Mateo Creek A San Mateo Road near San Onofre
- San Mateo Creek above Junction Box A Dam1 near Hillsborough
- San Mateo Creek below Junction Box A Dam1 near Hillsborough
- San Mateo Creek below Lo Crystal Sp Reservoir near San Mateo
- San Pedro Creek A Goleta
- San Ramon Creek A San Ramon
- San Timoteo Creek near Loma Linda
- Sandia Creek near Fallbrook
- Santa Ana River A Santa Ana
- Santa Ana River A East Street near San Bernardino
- Santa Ana River A Mwd Crossing
- Santa Ana River below Prado Dam
- Santa Ana River near Mentone (River Only)
- Santa Barbara Cyn Creek near Ventucopa
- Santa Clara River near Piru
- Santa Cruz Creek near Santa Ynez
- Santa Gertrudis Creek near Temecula
- Santa Margarita River A Fpud Sump near Fallbrook
- Santa Margarita River A Ysidora
- Santa Margarita River near Temecula
- Santa Maria Creek near Ramona
- Santa Maria River A Suey Crossing near Santa Maria
- Santa Paula Creek near Santa Paula
- Santa Rosa Creek A Santa Rosa
- Santa Rosa Creek A Willowside Road near Santa Rosa
- Santa Ynez River A H Street near Lompoc
- Santa Ynez River A Highway 154 near Santa Ynez
- Santa Ynez River A Narrows near Lompoc
- Santa Ynez River A Solvang
- Santa Ynez River below Gibraltar Dam near Santa Barbara
- Santa Ynez River below Los Laurls Cyn near Snta Ynez
- Santa Ynez River near Santa Ynez
- Santa Ysabel Creek near Ramona
- Santiago Creek A Santa Ana
- Sar Supp Gage near Mentone
- Saratoga Creek A Saratoga
- Scott River above Highway 3 Branch A Fort Jones
- Scott River near Fort Jones
- Scotts Creek above State Route 29 A Upper Lake
- Scotts Creek below South Fork Scotts Creek near Lakeport
- Sespe Creek near Fillmore
- Sespe Creek near Wheeler Springs
- Shag Slough A Liberty Island near Courtland
- Shasta River A East Louie Road Branch near Lake Shastina
- Shasta River near Montague
- Shasta River near Yreka
- Sisquoc River near Sisquoc
- Sisquoc River near Garey
- Smith River near Crescent City
- Snow Creek near White Water
- Sonoma Creek A Agua Caliente
- Sonoma Creek A Kenwood
- Soquel Creek A Soquel
- South Fork Eel River A Leggett
- South Fork Eel River near Branscomb
- South Fork Eel River near Miranda
- South Fork Gualala River near the Sea Ranch
- South Fork Kern River near Onyx
- South Fork Pit River near Likely
- South Fork Scotts Creek near Lakeport
- South Fork Trinity River A Forest Glen
- South Fork Trinity River below Hyampom
- South Fork Tule River near Cholollo Campground near Porterville
- South Fork Tule River near Reservation Bndry near Porterville
- South Mokelumne River A New Hope Branch near Walnut Grove
- Spanish Creek A Quincy
- Spanish Creek above Blackhawk Creek at Keddie
- Stanislaus River A Ripon
- Steamboat Slough near Walnut Grove
- Suisun Slough near Benicia
- Sutter Slough A Courtland
- Sweetwater River A Dehesa
- Sweetwater River near Descanso
- Tahquitz Creek near Palm Springs
- Tecolote Creek above Footbridge near San Diego
- Temecula Creek near Aguanga
- Temescal Creek A Corona Lake near Corona
- Temescal Creek above Main Street A Corona
- Threemile Slough near Rio Vista
- Toe Drain A Liberty Island near Courtland
- Topaz Canal Blw Div West Walker Rvr near Topaz
- Tres Pinos Creek near Tres Pinos
- Trinity River A Douglas City
- Trinity River A Hoopa
- Trinity River A Junction City
- Trinity River A Lewiston
- Trinity River above Coffee Creek near Trinity Center
- Trinity River above North Fork Trinity River near Helena
- Trinity River below Limekiln Gulch near Douglas City
- Trinity River near Burnt Ranch
- Trout Creek near Tahoe Valley
- Truckee River A Boca Bridge near Truckee
- Truckee River A Farad
- Truckee River A Tahoe City
- Truckee River below Martis Creek near Truckee
- Truckee River near Truckee
- Tuolumne River A Grand Cyn of Tuolumne above Hetch Hetchy
- Tuolumne River A Modesto
- Tuolumne River above Early Intake near Mather
- Tuolumne River below Early Intake near Mather
- Tuolumne River below Lagrange Dam near Lagrange
- Tuolumne River near Hetch Hetchy
- Turlock Cn near La Grange
- Turner Cut near Holt
- Unnamed Tributary 1 to Leviathan Creek at Leviathan Mine
- Unnamed Tributary 2 to Leviathan Creek at Leviathan Mine
- Upper Truckee Rv at Highway 50 Abv Meyers
- Upper Truckee Rv at South Lake Tahoe
- Van Duzen River near Bridgeville
- Ventura River near Ventura
- Victoria Canal near Byron
- Virginia Creek near Bridgeport
- Walker Creek near Marshall
- Ward Creek at Highway 89 near Tahoe Pines
- Warm Creek near San Bernardino
- Warm Springs Creek near Murrieta
- Waterman Canyon Creek near Arrowhead Springs
- West Fork Carson Rv at Woodfords
- West Fork Mojave River above Mojave River Forks Reservoir near Hesperia
- West Walker Rv Blw Lake Walker Rv near Coleville
- West Walker Rv near Coleville
- White River near Ducor
- Whitewater River A Indio
- Whitewater River A Rancho Mirage
- Whitewater River A Windy Point Main Channel
- Whitewater River A Windy Point Overflow Channel
- Whitewater River Div Flume in Up Burnt Cyn near Banning
- Whitewater River near Mecca
- Willow Creek at China Ranch
- Yaqui Canal near Yuma, Az
- Yolo Bypass near Woodland
- Ypsilanti Canal near Winterhaven
- Yuba River near Marysville
- Yuma Main Canal above Wasteway near Winterhaven
- Yuma Main Canal at Siphon Drop P.P. near Yuma, Az
- Yuma Main Canal Wasteway at Yuma, Az
- Zaca Creek near Buellton