Tomales Bay
Water type: Bay
Connection to the ocean: Pacific Ocean
Continent:
North America
Climate:
Temperate
Country:
United States of America
Largest tributaries
Perciformes - Perches
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Gadiformes - Cods
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Zeiformes - Dories
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Carangiformes - Jacks
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Labriformes - Wrasses
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Trachichthyiformes - Rughies
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Heterodontiformes - Bullhead and horn sharks
Pristiophoriformes - Saw sharks
Echinorhiniformes - Bramble sharks
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders
Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes
Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes
Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Squatiniformes - Angelsharks
Perciformes - Perches
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Gadiformes - Cods
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Zeiformes - Dories
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Carangiformes - Jacks
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Labriformes - Wrasses
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Trachichthyiformes - Rughies
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Heterodontiformes - Bullhead and horn sharks
Pristiophoriformes - Saw sharks
Echinorhiniformes - Bramble sharks
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders
Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes
Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes
Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Squatiniformes - Angelsharks
Tomales Bay is a long, narrow inlet of the Pacific Ocean in Marin County in northern California in the United States.
Tomales Bay is approximately 15 mi (24 km) long and averages nearly 1.0 mi (1.6 km) wide, with relatively shallow depths averaging 18 ft, effectively separating the Point Reyes Peninsula from the mainland of Marin County. It is located approximately 30 mi (48 km) northwest of San Francisco.
On its northern end, it opens out onto Bodega Bay, which shelters it from the direct currents of the Pacific (especially the California Current).
The bay is formed along a submerged portion of the San Andreas Fault. The fault divides the Point Reyes Peninsula through Tomales Bay in the north, and the Bolinas Lagoon in the south.
