This sprawling reservoir offers a wide variety of outdoor activities, including fishing, boating, swimming, jet skiing, waterskiing, sailing, and windsurfing. The dangerously fierce wind conditions, the widespread distance between shorelines, and the sixty-five miles of shoreline are special factors you will need to take into careful consideration when paddling on this desolate reservoir.

The two most scenic arms on the reservoir, located by the Dinosaur Point Road boat launch on the northwestern shore, are more preferable for novice paddlers. All boats must travel in a counterclockwise direction (including kayaks, canoes, and paddle boards). The Romero Visitors Center is open daily except on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area is noted for boating, board sailing, camping, and picnicking. But it’s kayak anglers who find the reservoir the most inviting.

Striped bass draw the majority of anglers to San Luis Reservoir, but catfish provide the best fishing opportunities in the spring and summer throughout the lake’s abundant coves.

Map of San Luis Reservoir