Bodega Harbor
The Bodega Harbor is a small, shallow, natural harbor on the Pacific coast in the northern part of the US state of California about 64 kilometers northwest of San Francisco . The port is about five square kilometers.
The harbor is located in Sonoma County on the east side of Bodega Head and is protected from the main part of Bodega Bay in the south by a narrow headland. The village of Bodega Bay is along the east side of the harbor. The port was formed by a depression in the San Andreas Fault.
Southwest of Bodega Harbors is the University of California's Bodega Marine Lab in Horseshoe Cove. Bodega Harbor is a good place to access Cordell Bank , Tomales Bay, and the Farallon Islands . The University of California is maintaining the marine biology study in the mudflats along the southwest corner of the harbor.
history
Campbell Cove near the entrance to the harbor from Bodega Bay is sometimes mentioned as a possible landing site for Francis Drake on the coast of North America in 1579. The position cannot be viewed as a likely candidate by most historians. See also: Drakes Estero , Bolinas Lagoon
The port was used by the Russians for fur trading in North America from 1811 to the 1840s . The harbor and the place were primarily the setting for Alfred Hitchcock's 1962 film The Birds. Several scenes were filmed with watercraft on the harbor.
Todays use
The natural harbor is home to two marinas, a ship, two fishing ports, a campsite and several seaside restaurants. However, it is primarily used for recreation (e.g. windsurfing and kitesurfing). The inner harbor is shallow, has no water at low tide and up to 1.8 m at high tide.
Web links
- Bodega Marine Lab (English)
Coordinates: 38 ° 19 ′ 30 ″ N , 123 ° 2 ′ 24 ″ W.