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Building Community Among Berkeley Waterfront Users
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
Berkeley Bluespace Access in Danger!
San Francisco Board Sailing Association just published its State of Recreational Access to San Francisco Bay: 2026. It states that the most significant risk to access this year is not erosion or operational neglect but the threat of public land put to private use, with Berkeley as the most serious case. Why? The WETA-Berkeley ferry proposal to convert a significant area of recreational waterfront into parking for the ferry.
What to do: Share this information with others. Talk to them. Get them to join BWCC (join button below). Engage with D1 Candidates up for election to bring about a change to the way the city is approaching this project and the waterfront in general.
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
Berkeley D1 Candidates - Your Choice Matters
Berkeley D1 Candidates - Your Choice Matters
Here is the list, alphabetically by last name, and websites of those running for the City of Berkeley District 1 council seat in the election November 3, 2026. District 1 includes the waterfront and marina area. As a 501(c)(3), we are reaching out to each one to ask their views on waterfront doings. We will post their responses as we receive them. Please look into these candidates and email us at bwccoalition@gmail.com if you have specific questions you want to ask them or have input you would like to share. AND PLEASE VOTE!!!
Laura Babitt — Laura4D1.com Laura for District 1
Ross Bernet — RossForBerkeley.com Ross Bernet for Berkeley
Moni (Manisha) Gangopadhyay — MoniForBerkeley.com Moni for Berkeley
Steve Kromer — KromerForBerkeley.org Kromer for Berkeley
Daria Wrubel — DariaForBerkeley.com Daria for Berkeley
Images courtesy of Louis Benainous Photography
BWCC in the news!!
BWCC in the news!!
Check it out HERE.
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
Contacts
Executive Director: Camille Antinori, camilleantinori at duck dot com
Treasurer: Gary Casterline, garycasterline at duck dot com
General info: bwccoalition@gmail.com
We are always looking for volunteers to write, research and/or manage events. Please contact us if interested!
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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