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Building Community Among Berkeley Waterfront Users!
Our goals...
Our goals...
Raise awareness of the waterfront's priceless activities and their benefits
Enhance the sense of connection to our shoreline resource
Maintain and expand low-cost public access to our bluespace amenities
Everyone loves to visit the Berkeley waterfront!
Everyone loves to visit the Berkeley waterfront!
sightseers • walkers/joggers • dog walkers • sailors • boatowners • kayakers • swimmers • families coming to picnic • school kids on field trips to Adventure Playground • Shorebird Park • fishers along the shoreline • sunset seekers
Images courtesy of Louis Benainous Photography
New Podcast on Berkeley Fishing Memories!
New Podcast on Berkeley Fishing Memories!
New! Check out Liam O'Donoghue's East Bay Yesterday podcast on Berkeley Fishing Memories Oral History Project, featured in the exhibit: On the Waterfront: The Other Side of Berkeley.* The project covers fishers and waterfront lovers past and present! Click on image for the podcast.
*BWCC assisted in curating this show.
Did you know?
Did you know?
677,800 people visited the marina in 2025, according to cell phone mobility data. That's over 1800 visits a day.
The waterfront is a regional resource! Visitors come from well beyond Berkeley – including Richmond, Oakland, and beyond...
More than 50% of Berkeley visitors are over 50 (city survey data).
Walking, boating and dogwalking are the most popular reasons to visit.
Fishers travel on average 24 miles one way to come to Berkeley shoreline to fish from Seawall Drive (survey data from this study).
Four nonprofits – Pegasus Project, Cal Sailing Club, Blue Water Foundation, Berkeley racing Canoe Center – contributed $354,500 in public services in exchange for $40,863 in berth value (88% return on investment) under the berth fee waiver program for nonprofits (2020 figures).
Recreational Activities
Recreational Activities
Kayaking (see UC Aquatics Center for rentals)
Bay Area Sea Kayakers and sea kayaking classes
Dog walking
Fishing
Contacts/Staff
Contacts/Staff
Director: Camille Antinori, camilleantinori at duck dot com
Treasurer: Gary Casterline, garycasterline at duck dot com
Intern for Research and Community Outreach: Imaan Maftah
General info: bwccoalition@gmail.com
Donations to BWCC can be sent to Berkeley Partners for Parks, PO Box 12521, Berkeley, CA 94712. Please make check payable to Berkeley Partners for Parks and be sure to put "Berkeley Waterfront Community Coalition" in the memo field of the check.
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