Boating & Sailing

Boating programs are offered at Lake Merritt and the Oakland Estuary. Youth and community programs provide an entry point to gain skills to explore the wonders of Bay Area boating. You can host special events at Lake Merritt Sailboat House which is located about Lake Merritt Boating Center.

Rent a Boat

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For information on renting the Sailboat House, please contact the Central Reservations Unit @ 510-238-3420 or e-mail cru@oaklandca.gov.

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Oakland Boating Staff

Lake Merritt Boating Center
568 Bellevue Avenue
Oakland, CA 94610

Parking inside Lakeside Park on Bellevue Avenue is $2.00 for two hours (or $10 for all day parking) during weekdays and $5 all day parking on the weekend and holidays. Buses are $15 per vehicle daily parking. Special Event parking after 5pm is $10 per vehicle. The parking operating hours are from 7:30am until dusk.

Jack London Aquatic Center
115 Embarcadero
Oakland, CA 94606

510-238-2196 for boating programs; cru@oaklandca.gov for JLAC facility reservations.