Bodega Harbor

Bodega Harbor is a small, shallow, natural harbor on the Pacific coast in the northern part of the U.S. state of California about 64 kilometers northwest of San Francisco. The harbor is about five square kilometers. The port is located in Sonoma County on the eastern side of the Bodega Heads and is protected from the main part of the Bodega Bay on the south by a narrow isthmus. The village of Bodega Bay is located along the eastern side of the harbor. The harbor was formed from a land sink of the San Andreas Fault.

South-west of Bodega Harbors, the Bodega Marine Lab is the University of California at Horseshoe Cove. Bodega Harbor is a good place for access to the Cordell Bank, to Tomales Bay and the Farallon Islands. The University of California maintains the marine biological study in the Wadden along the southwest corner of the harbor.

History

Campbell Cove near the entrance to the port of Bodega Bay is sometimes mentioned as a possible landing place of Sir Francis Drake on the coast of North America in 1579. The location can not be regarded as expected candidate by most historians. See also: Drakes Estero, Bolinas Lagoon

The port was used by 1811 and in the 40s of the 19th century by the Russians for the fur trade in North America. The port and the place were turned primarily scene of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds of 1962. Several scenes were with vessels on the harbor.

Current usage

The natural harbor is home to two marinas, a boat, two fishing ports, a campground and several coastal restaurants. However, in the first place, he serves the rest (eg, wind and kite surfing ). The inner harbor is shallow, does not keep the water at low tide and up to 1.8 m at high tide.