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Striped bassRetention openBar · California
Sandpiper Spit
37.91°N · 122.38°W · Bar · San Pablo Bay, Suisun Bay, the West Delta and the San Francisco Bay north of the Bay Bridge
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Best score today · 8 PM · Striped bass
- Now
- 684 AM PDT
- Best window
- 7-10 PMFlood tide
- Tide now
- Ebbing0.3 ft ▼
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 4 AM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
53Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.5 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
58Wind: 2 kt SPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
83Water temp: 64°F, primeLight: NightSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 1.7 ftSeason & habitat · Striped bass
Species seasonality
95Season: PeakHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In rangeRegulations: Retention open
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
San Francisco Groundfish Management Area
Striped bass
Retention open- Daily limit
- 2 per day
- Possession
- Not published
- Size
- Minimum 18 in, total length
- Season
- No closed season on file
- Annual quota
- Not published
- Other
- Angling, spearfishing or bow and arrow only. No sinker over 4 pounds, no power-driven gurdy or winch, no snagging. The CDFW San Francisco Bay District page states the same limits for the bay: two fish, 18 inches total length.
From CDFW 2026 California Ocean Sport Fishing Regulations booklet (last updated July 17, 2026), read Sep 13
Other species here
- Albacore tuna Retention open (25 per day)
- Barred sand bass Retention open (4 per day (5 kelp bass, barred sand bass and spotted sand bass combined))
- Cabezon Retention open (10 per day (10 rockfish, cabezon and greenlings combined))
- California halibut Retention open (2 per day)
- Chinook salmon Retention open (2 per day (2 salmon combined))
- Coho salmon Closed (No retention)
- Kelp bass Retention open (5 per day (5 kelp bass, barred sand bass and spotted sand bass combined))
- Kelp greenling Retention open (10 per day (10 rockfish, cabezon and greenlings combined))
- Leopard shark Retention open (3 per day)
- Lingcod Retention open (2 per day)
- Mahi-mahi Retention open (10 per day)
- Pacific bluefin tuna Retention open (2 per day)
- Pacific halibut Retention open (1 per day)
- Rockfish Retention open (10 per day (10 rockfish, cabezon and greenlings combined))
- Sablefish Retention open (10 per day)
- Surfperch Retention open (20 per day)
- White seabass Retention open (3 per day)
- Yellowfin tuna Retention open (10 per day)
- Yellowtail Retention open (10 per day)
Source: CDFW · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Striped bass is best here
Peak season for Striped bass · 5 more weeks at peak
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Sandpiper Spit
- Depth
- 2-30 ftNearest water
- Structure
- Bar · Inner · Semi-exposedBar · slope
- Season
- Peak seasonStriped bass
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 14 on a 3.4 m grid. Depths are feet below NAVD 88, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.
About this spot
Fishing Sandpiper Spit
Sandpiper Spit is a bar in San Pablo Bay, Suisun Bay, the West Delta and the San Francisco Bay north of the Bay Bridge, California. Depth in the nearest water is 2-30 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bar, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 11 species here; the best right now are striped bass, white seabass and Pacific halibut. It is peak season now for striped bass, rockfish, cabezon and surfperch, and shoulder season for white seabass, Pacific halibut, lingcod and California halibut. Striped bass peak from June through July and from September through October. Pacific halibut peak from May through July.
Tackle & technique
- Striped bass
- Striped bass feed where moving tide pushes bait past structure: inlets, points, jetties, bridge pilings and rips in the surf, usually in 2 to 40 feet of water. Fish dawn, dusk and night hardest, casting plugs, bucktails and soft plastics or drifting live bunker and eels, and chunk bait on the bottom in current. In midsummer the larger fish drop deeper or feed mostly after dark.
- White seabass
- White seabass hold along kelp bed edges and over nearby sand where market squid gather, usually in 20 to 80 feet of water and shallower as the water warms. Fish a live squid on a dropper loop or fly-line a sardine near the kelp at dawn, dusk and after dark, especially around the spring full moon. Tagged fish spend most of their time in 52 to 66 degree water.
- Pacific halibut
- Halibut sit on sand and gravel bottoms near drop-offs, bars and pinnacles, most often in 90 to 500 feet in Alaska and on the shelf off Washington, Oregon and far northern California. Anchor up-current of a likely edge and fish herring, squid, octopus or a salmon head on a circle hook with 24 to 32 ounces of weight, or bounce a large jig on the bottom. The best bite usually comes in the hour around slack tide.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Point Potrero69
Cape · 0.7 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 69
- White seabass 59
- Rockfish 55
4 kt SSWH 11:05 AM · 5.1 ftL 4:36 PM · 2.1 ft
- Point Potrero Reach66
Channel · 0.2 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 66
- Pacific halibut 52
- White seabass 51
2 kt SH 11:05 AM · 5.1 ftL 4:36 PM · 2.1 ft
- Brickyard Cove66
Bay · 0.5 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 66
- White seabass 56
- Surfperch 55
2 kt SH 11:14 AM · 5.3 ftL 4:44 PM · 2.3 ft
- Harbor Channel63
Channel · 0.9 mi
Top: Striped bassPeak season- Striped bass 63
- Pacific halibut 56
- White seabass 49
4 kt SSWH 11:05 AM · 5.1 ftL 4:36 PM · 2.1 ft
Scores and forecasts are for planning only and can be wrong. Conditions on the water change fast; check the marine forecast before you go. Regulations change during the season, so confirm limits and closures with CDFW before you keep a fish.