Fishing charters in California
The verified charter boats and guides we list in California, water by water. Not in California? The live page ranks them by distance from you.
19 charters in California across 7 waters. Not in California? Fishing charters near me ranks them by distance from you.
- Seaforth Sportfishing — Mission Bay, San Diego (inshore, offshore) · 619-224-3383 · website — Sportfishing landing with a full fleet on Mission Bay.
- Coletta Sportfishing — San Diego area (inshore, offshore) · 858-922-4328 · website — Family-friendly private charters out of San Diego.
- Fisherman's Landing — San Diego area (inshore, offshore) · 619-221-8500 · website — Long-running landing with a large sportfishing fleet.
Full San Diego & Mission Bay directory
- Oceanside Sea Center — Oceanside Harbor (inshore, offshore) · website — Oceanside Harbor's sportfishing hub — coastal kelp to offshore.
- Helgren's Sportfishing — Oceanside Harbor (inshore, offshore) · website — Oceanside's longtime fleet, now running via the Oceanside Sea Center hub.
Full Oceanside & Carlsbad directory
- Dana Wharf Sportfishing — Dana Point Harbor (inshore, offshore) · website — Dana Point's landing since 1971 — local kelp to offshore runs.
- Newport Landing — Newport Beach (inshore, offshore) · website — Newport Harbor landing with half-day to offshore trips.
- Davey's Locker — Newport Beach (inshore, offshore) · website — Balboa Pavilion landing running local and offshore fishing.
Full Newport & Dana Point directory
- 22nd Street Sportfishing — San Pedro (inshore, offshore) · website — San Pedro landing fleet fishing the breakwater to the islands.
- Long Beach Sportfishing — Long Beach (inshore, offshore) · website — Long Beach landing running local harbor and coastal trips.
- LA Harbor Sportfishing — San Pedro (inshore, offshore) · website — Harbor-based fleet out of San Pedro's LA Harbor landing.
Full LA & Long Beach Harbors directory
- Marina del Rey Sportfishing — Spitfire — Marina del Rey (inshore, offshore) · website — The landing's flagship party boat running the bay and beyond.
- Marina del Rey Sportfishing — New Del Mar — Marina del Rey (inshore, offshore) · website — Full-day and half-day trips from the Marina del Rey landing.
- Marina del Rey Sportfishing — Betty-O — Marina del Rey (inshore) · website — The landing's inshore boat working the Santa Monica Bay flats.
Full Santa Monica Bay directory
- Stardust Sportfishing — Santa Barbara Harbor, 301 W Cabrillo Blvd (inshore, offshore) · website — Boats Stardust and Coral Sea fishing the Channel Islands.
- Channel Islands Sportfishing — Channel Islands Harbor, Oxnard (inshore, offshore) · website — Eleven-boat fleet running the Northern Channel Islands grounds.
Full Santa Barbara & Ventura directory
- Chris' Sport Fishing — Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey (inshore, offshore) · 831-375-5951 · website — Charter operation on Monterey Bay since the 1940s.
- Blue Knuckles Sportfishing — Moss Landing area (inshore, offshore) · 831-539-1334 · website — Private six-pack charters out of Moss Landing.
- J&M Sport Fishing — Old Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey (inshore, offshore) · 831-372-7150 · website — Wharf fleet running rockfish, salmon, and whale trips.
Full Monterey Bay directory
What this page answers
This page answers one question: which real fishing charters are closest to where I'm standing? It reads your position once, in your browser, and sorts the verified boats and guides in the Tides & Tails directory by distance — Gulf, Atlantic and California coasts.
How results are ranked
Results are ranked purely by distance from you — no paid placement. A charter rarely publishes its exact dock coordinates, so most distances are measured to the centre of its home water (the bay, sound or pass it fishes) and each result says which it used. Read "12 miles" as "twelve miles to that water", not to the front door.
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