These watercourses (rivers, creeks, sloughs, etc.) in the San Francisco Bay Area are grouped according to the bodies of water they flow into. Tributaries are listed under the watercourses they feed, sorted by the elevation of the confluence so that tributaries entering nearest the sea appear first. Numbers in parentheses are Geographic Names Information System feature identifiers.

Pacific Coast north of the Golden Gate

Sonoma Coast

Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean in Sonoma County north of Bodega Head, listed from north to south:

The Gualala River and its tributaries

Northern Sonoma Coast

Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean in Sonoma County between the Gualala and Russian Rivers, numbered from north to south:

The Russian River and its tributaries

Central Sonoma Coast

Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean in Sonoma County between Goat Rock Beach and Bodega Head, numbered from north to south:

Bodega Bay

Watercourses which feed into Bodega Bay, numbered clockwise from Bodega Head to Sand Point:

Marin Coast

Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean in Marin County south of Sand Point, listed from north to south:

Tomales Bay

Watercourses which feed into Tomales Bay, numbered clockwise from Sand Point to Tomales Point:

Point Reyes Peninsula

Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean between Tomales Point and Bolinas, numbered north to south:

Bolinas Lagoon

Watercourses which feed into Bolinas Lagoon, numbered clockwise from Bolinas to Stinson Beach:

Southern Marin Coast

Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean between Stinson Beach and the Golden Gate, numbered north to south:

San Francisco Bay and its tributaries

Northern San Francisco Bay

Watercourses which feed into San Francisco Bay and its tributary bays between the Golden Gate and Point San Pedro, numbered south to north:

Northern San Pablo Bay and Carquinez Strait

Watercourses which feed into San Pablo Bay or the Carquinez Strait between Point San Pedro and the Benicia-Martinez Bridge, numbered west to east:

Lake Berryessa

Watercourses which feed into Lake Berryessa, numbered clockwise from Monticello Dam:

Suisun Bay and Grizzly Bay

Watercourses which feed into Suisun Bay and Grizzly Bay, listed clockwise from Benicia to Martinez: For tributaries of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, see List of rivers in California.

Southern Carquinez Strait and San Pablo Bay

Watercourses which feed into the Carquinez Strait or San Pablo Bay between the Benicia-Martinez Bridge and Point San Pablo, numbered east to west:

Northeastern San Francisco Bay

Watercourses which feed into the east shore of San Francisco Bay between Point San Pablo and the Bay Bridge, numbered north to south:

Eastern San Francisco Bay

Watercourses which feed into the east shore of San Francisco Bay between the Bay Bridge and the San Mateo–Hayward Bridge, numbered from north to south:

Southeastern San Francisco Bay

Watercourses which feed into the east shore of San Francisco Bay between the San Mateo–Hayward Bridge and the Dumbarton Bridge, listed north to south:

Southern San Francisco Bay

Watercourses which feed into the San Francisco Bay south of the Dumbarton Bridge, listed clockwise:

Western San Francisco Bay

Watercourses which feed into the west shore of San Francisco Bay between the Dumbarton Bridge and the Golden Gate, listed south to north:

Pacific Coast south of the Golden Gate

San Francisco Coast

Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean between the Golden Gate and Thornton Beach, from north to south:

Northern San Mateo Coast

Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean between Thornton Beach and Miramontes Point, numbered north to south:

Central San Mateo Coast

Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean between Miramontes Point and Pigeon Point, numbered north to south:

Southern San Mateo Coast

Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean south of Pigeon Point, numbered north to south: