Owner: Paula Uccelli

  Harbor Master: Giorgio

  Phone: 650.366.0922.
  Office Hours:    8am to 5pm 
  Monday thru Friday
  Lunch 12:30pm to 1:30pm

  Find Us By Road

  Nearest Launch Ramp:
  Redwood City

  Pump Out Service:
  M.T. Head 650-483-5689

  Nautical Chart: 18651

  Channel Entrance Depth:
  10 ft. MLLW

  Average Marina Depth:
  8 ft. MLLW

  Guest Berth:
  Call for price and availability

  Electricity:
  125 Volts - 30 & 50 Amps

  Dry Storage: trailered boats & RV’s
  Mini-storage: 5’x 8’ and 9’x 8’ units

  LOCAL SERVICES:

  The Waterfront Restaurant

  Laundromat: At Marina

  Grocery Store:  Redwood City

  Post Office:  Redwood City

Pete’s Harbor History

Pete Uccelli, a man who never had a boat of his own, overcame seemingly overwhelming odds to create and preserve one of the very few privately owned harbor facilities in California.

Back in 1955, Pete recognized the tremendous upsurge of interest in boating, and the woefully inadequate number of berths available to accommodate steadily increasing numbers of privately owned power and sailing craft. He also saw an opportunity to provide a welcome service to the recreational boating community, and to the public at large, on 20 acres of swampland bordering Redwood Creek and Smith Slough in Redwood City. In its unimproved state, the site presented an apparently insurmountable challenge.  It was difficult for anyone that is, other than Pete.

Over the well-meant protests of friends and family, Pete began to forge his dream into a reality.  He would have to do so in spite of the incessant demands of government bureaucracies. When they sensed his determination to succeed, Pete’s family and friends pitched in to help; the bureaucrats redoubled their red tape. And so, in the face of tremendous odds, Pete created this picturesque haven for boating enthusiasts and others who wanted to enjoy themselves on this formerly inaccessible waterfront. In 1958, the first tenant dropped anchor here.

Knowing that boating people are hungry people, Pete set out to do something about it. His first effort as a waterfront restaurateur was a tiny dockside hamburger stand. While architecturally inauspicious, the place rapidly became known for its “great” hamburgers. In March 1973, a new restaurant–the Harbor House –was opened at Pete’s Harbor. Assisted by his cooks, kitchen helpers and others Pete designed and built the Harbor House Restaurant with his own hands, right down to the splitting of the shakes. The Restaurant is “casual attire” and is open Tuesday thru Sunday. It’s a place where the whole family from grandpa to the kids, can really enjoy themselves. In April 2002, Pete and Paula sold the restaurant to Pepe and Dunia Rodriguez and they renamed it “The Waterfront Restaurant”. The Rodriguezes plan on continuing the family tradition. The ambiance which draws people here is a grandmother trying her watercolor skills overlooking finger piers occupied by graceful sailing vessels, or an egret standing guard between two cabin cruisers, eyeing the water for a snack of fish. A young child points excitedly as a seal swims gracefully past the dock. An elderly man puts an expert splice in a dock line. A young family nearby scrubs the deck of their new sailboat while Pete and Paula’s Canine Kids and the Harbor’s chief Security Guard romp across the parking lot looking for someone to play with. An active, but peaceful and enchanting place where families can experience the beauty of the waterfront and its natural inhabitants, including themselves.

This was Peter Uccelli’s vision.

This is Pete’s Harbor!

Pete passed away September 22, 2005, now his wife, Paula, keeps his vision alive!