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Ship Channel Information

Channel Depth

30 feet - At mean lower, low water (MLLW) Tidal Range is + 7 feet

Channel Capacity

The waterway has no width restriction, and will handle 10,000 to 30,000 ton class ships fully loaded. Up to 40,000-ton class vessels can transit the channel partially loaded.

Navigation Aids

Usual channel markers and lights.

Bridges

There is a fixed span high level bridge across San Francisco Bay four nautical miles north of channel entrance - the San Mateo/Hayward Bridge - with a minimum clearance of 135 feet above mean high water.

Port of Redwood City
San Francisco Bay
675 Seaport Boulevard
Redwood City, California 94063-2794
TEL 650 306 4150 - FAX 650 369 7636

Contact the Port of Redwood City