Lake Berryessa

Lake Berryessa: access and conditions

Lake Berryessa sits at 38.5709, -122.2353. It reaches roughly 200 feet at its deepest. It lies at roughly 443 feet of elevation. Releases go downstream into the Putah Creek.

If Lake Berryessa is busy, the nearest alternatives here are Indian Valley Reservoir (California, 39 mi), Lake Sonoma (California, 46 mi) and Lake Natoma (California, 57 mi). In all, 86 lakes in California are covered here.

Lake Berryessa has no catalogued swimming beach in the sources we read, so plan around the managing agency's own facilities. The nearest mapped swimming spot is Indian Beach on Clear Lake, roughly 41 miles away. Absence from these datasets does not mean the water is closed, only that no agency lists a beach.

The level comes from CDEC - California Data Exchange Center (DWR). When the pool drops, shoreline beaches grow and shallow ramps can run out of concrete.

No public sensor reports water temperature at Lake Berryessa, so the panel shows air temperature and wind. Check the operating agency for advisories before any water contact, especially for blue-green algae in late summer. Most California day-use areas open for the summer season and close outside it.