Our marina is located directly off of Freeway I-5 south in Chula Vista only a few minutes from downtown San Diego and/or Mexico.

Take the "J" Street/Marina Parkway exit off of I-5, turning west towards the bay. Continue west on Marina Parkway.

Enter our parking lot at Bob's on the Bay restaurant or continue on Marina Parkway to Sandpiper Way. Turn left and you will find our Dockmaster's office at the north end of the marina complex building.

BY WATER

You will find us situated in the southern end of San Diego Bay in the Chula Vista Yacht Harbor. Upon entering the bay from the sea near Point Loma, follow the bay as it runs past Point Loma, the home of the U.S. Navy's research labs and Shelter Island.

Turning east, you'll cruise past Harbor Island to port, the U.S. Naval Air Station at North Island and Coronado to starboard.

The bay next turns southeast and you cruise past beautiful downtown San Diego with the Embarcadero and the famous sailing ship, Star of India, on your port.

Pass under the Coronado bridge into the "South Bay." The main channel runs along the east side of the bay so you'll want to look for bridge pilings #18 & #19 to enter the channel.

The home port of the U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet at the San Diego Naval Station will be seen to port with many man-of-war ships tied up at the piers. Always noticible is the large, white Naval hospital ship.

Once past the naval station will be a large commercial area sometimes occupied by car carriers, again on your port side. Always be sure you stay well within the channel markers. As you pass the large blue crane you will notice the A-8 Free anchorage to starboard. At this point the channel shifts gradually to the west. You want to be extremely careful, especailly at low tide, to continue your course southwesterly through the channel. You will notice another channel at this juncture that crosses the bay, directly west over to Coronado. Do not take this route.

Continue southwest in the main channel and look for GREEN bouy #7 and RED bouy #8. Even the bay to the west of this area is very shallow and more than one good skipper has ran his vessel aground outside the markers. Take a hard turn to port at RED #8 to begin the "dogleg" into our harbor, then turn starboard at RED #12, parallel to the beach and sea wall pier.

Once you enter the boat basin you will notice our red pump out station directly ahead, The CHULA VISTA MARINA's "A thru H" docks are to your port. Docks "J thru M" are starboard.

You may reach our office staff on VHF channel 16 for assistance. If the pump-out station is clear, you are welcome to dock there momentarily for assistance.