On most mornings, groups of rowers meet between 6:00am and 8:00am for rows out to the Golden Gate Bridge, Bay Bridge, Alcatraz, and other common routes. Use South End Rowing Club Rowers Google Group to connect with other rowers and make plans. Rowers also volunteer to pilot the swims organized by the club.
The links below are to external sites – occasionally, these resources are removed, and the links become “broken.” To report a “broken” link or to suggest other useful resources for inclusion on this page, please contact the Rowing Commissioner.
Bay Maps
Nautical Map of SF Bay, NOAA Chart 18649
Tides and Currents
Tides and Currents in the San Francisco Bay video by SERC member Gary Emich
Visit the Bay Model in Sausalito
Weather
For local wind and temperature, search for data updates from NOAA buoy “Station FTPC1 – 9414290:”
Personal Floatation Devices (“PFDs” or “life jackets”)
“A Flippin’ Good Time” self rescue technique
Navigation Rules published by the US Coast Guard
Vessel Traffic
Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) San Francisco Bay, US Coast Guard: the most up-to-date information on traffic
A visual Live Ship Map based on AIS data
Knots
How to tie the “cleat hitch” or Figure 8 knot used frequently at docking
Rowing Clubs
Bay Area Whaleboat Rowing Association (San Francisco, CA)
Center for the Wooden Boat (Seattle, WA)
Dittons Skiff & Punting Club (London, UK) – the framed letter of agreement with our sister club is above the logbook in the boathouse
Lake Merritt Rowing Club (Oakland, CA)
Marin Rowing Association (Greenbrae, CA)
Open Water Rowing Center (Sausalito, CA)
Pacific Rowing Club at Lake Merced (San Francisco, CA)
SF Rowing Club (Lake Merced, San Francisco, CA)
The Dolphin Swimming and Boating Club (San Francisco, CA)
Traditional Small Craft Association (Sacramento, CA)
Other Organizations
For volunteers, regatta directors, and officers