California Sounds & Straits with Boat Ramps

California has 2 sounds & straits with at least one public boat ramp, totaling 3 launch sites we track. Carquinez Strait has the most, with 2 ramps alone.

2 Sounds & Straits
3 Boat ramps
Carquinez Strait Most ramps (2)
2 Counties covered

Average of 1.5 boat ramps per sounds & strait.

Top Sounds & Straits

The 2 sounds & straits with the most public boat ramps we track in California.

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All California Sounds & Straits with Boat Ramps

All 2 California sounds & straits with public boat ramps are listed below. Sounds & Straits are sorted alphabetically by default, or you can reorder them by number of launch sites. Click any sounds & strait to view detailed ramp locations, maps, launch information and available facilities.

Good · Fair · Poor - EPA water quality assessment, shown only where every ramp on that sounds & strait falls within the same watershed.

Other waterway types in California

Sounds & Straits aren't the only way ramps are organized here - browse another type below.

Sourced from California Department of Parks and Recreation. Data on this page was last updated August 18, 2026, based on the latest ramp data update. See all waterways and counties in California →