# Long Beach Marina Electrician | Alamitos Bay & Shoreline | Long Beach Marine Electric

> Marina electrician for Alamitos Bay, Naples, Shoreline Marina and Rainbow Harbor. Shore power, batteries, bilge pumps, lithium. Free estimates. Call today.

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# Long Beach Marina Electrician for Alamitos Bay, Naples, Shoreline & Rainbow Harbor

[Long Beach Marine Electric](/) is the Long Beach marina electrician service for boats in Alamitos Bay, the Naples canals, Shoreline Marina and Rainbow Harbor: about 3,500 city slips plus the private docks in between. It connects you with a licensed, insured marine electrician who comes to your slip for shore power faults, dead batteries, bilge pumps, lithium upgrades and rewiring, then gives you a written price before any work starts.

[Call (562) 374-7233](tel:+15623747233) [Free Long Beach Estimate](#estimate)

![Aerial view of a large Southern California marina with rows of sailboats and motor yachts beside a city skyline](/images/photos/long-beach-marina-sailboats-yachts-aerial-1408.webp)

Common in Long Beach

## What breaks on boats in Long Beach

### Pedestal trips since the rebuild

Rebuilt Alamitos Bay basins have new pedestals with modern ground-fault protection. A boat with a small leak that ran fine for years now trips in seconds.

### Batteries flat between weekends

Boats that sit Monday to Friday show parasitic draws and tired chargers first. A dead start battery on Saturday morning is the classic result.

### Bilge pump on a float that sticks

BoatUS claims show dockside sinkings outnumber underway sinkings 4 to 1. Most start with a pump or float switch nobody tested.

### Zincs gone in a season

A crowded bay full of boats sharing shore power is where stray current and galvanic corrosion show up on shafts, props and outdrives.

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## Marine electrical services in Long Beach

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### Shore Power Repair

Pedestal keeps tripping, burnt inlet, no AC at the panel. Covers 30A and 50A inlets, cords, ELCI breakers and leakage faults.

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### Marine Battery Installation

Batteries keep dying, or the charger won't charge on shore power? Covers battery banks, chargers, switches and parasitic-draw testing.

Details](/marine-battery-installation/) [Call-now

### Bilge Pump Repair

Pump runs on manual but not on auto, or won't shut off. Covers float switches, wiring, fuses and high-water alarms.

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### Galvanic Corrosion Testing

Zincs gone in weeks? Covers reference-electrode testing, galvanic isolators and isolation transformers for crowded marinas.

Details](/galvanic-corrosion-testing/)[

### Lithium Battery Conversion

LiFePO4 house banks installed to ABYC E-13, with matched chargers, alternator regulation, DC-DC charging and BMS integration.

Details](/lithium-battery-conversion/)[

### Duffy Electric Boat Repair

Battery pack replacement, chargers, controllers and motor wiring for Duffys and other electric harbor boats.

Details](/duffy-electric-boat-repair/)

## Marine electrical work in Long Beach's marinas

Long Beach runs three city marinas with about 3,500 slips between them. Shoreline Marina downtown is the largest at 1,764 slips for boats 18 to 90 feet. Alamitos Bay Marina holds 1,655 slips for boats 15 to 115 feet, and Rainbow Harbor adds 87 slips plus commercial and charter docks. The Alamitos Bay Marina was rebuilt basin by basin starting in 2011, a project budgeted at roughly $96–98 million, and that rebuild matters electrically. Reconstructed docks carry new pedestals built to today's ground-fault limits. A 1980s sport-fisher or a 30-year-old sailboat that ran fine on an older pedestal often meets its first 30 mA pedestal here, and trips it. A leakage-current test at the slip usually finds the reason in under an hour: a water heater element, an inverter wired without proper transfer switching, or a neutral-to-ground bond behind the panel.

Downtown is a different mix. Shoreline Marina is the closest harbor to the office address on Atlantic Ave and holds the city's widest range of boats, from weekend cruisers to liveaboards on the waitlisted liveaboard slips. Charter and commercial boats at Rainbow Harbor can't sit out of service for a week, so their calls are usually about turnaround: a failed inverter/charger, a battery bank that won't hold the house load overnight, or a shore cord that has cooked an inlet. Off the marinas, Naples Island and the Peninsula tie boats to private docks wired from the house. The boat-side work (inlet, cord, ELCI, galvanic isolator) is the same, but the dock outlet belongs to the home's electrical system, so the first visit checks both sides of the plug before blaming either one.

Long Beach's salt water and a summer marine layer that often hangs on past noon are hard on DC connections. Terminals and crimps that would last a decade in a dry garage turn green in a few seasons, especially at battery switches, bilge-pump connections and the backs of older panels. Marine Stadium's launch ramps and its trailer-boat storage for boats up to 25 feet add a steady stream of trailer boats, whose usual faults are corroded trailer harnesses and starting batteries that don't survive the off-season. Most Long Beach marina calls are booked for the same or next day, and the first visit ends with a written parts-and-labor price before any repair starts.

### Neighborhoods and harbors covered

-   Alamitos Bay
-   Naples Island
-   Belmont Shore
-   The Peninsula
-   Bayshore
-   Marina Pacifica
-   Downtown / Shoreline Village
-   Queensway Bay

### Landmarks

-   **Alamitos Bay Marina**: City-run, 1,655 slips for boats 15–115 ft
-   **Long Beach Shoreline Marina**: 1,764 slips for boats 18–90 ft, the city's largest marina
-   **Rainbow Harbor & Rainbow Marina**: 87 slips plus commercial and charter docks downtown
-   **Long Beach Marine Stadium**: Built for the 1932 Olympic rowing events; trailer launch ramps nearby
-   **Naples canals**: Private docks fed from waterfront homes
-   **Shoreline Village**: Waterfront shops at the Shoreline Marina entrance

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Service-area map centered on Long Beach

### How electricians reach you

From 4401 Atlantic Ave: about 5 miles south to Shoreline Marina via I-710 / Long Beach Blvd, about 7 miles to Alamitos Bay via I-405 and Studebaker Rd or 7th St (SR-22) to PCH. Main routes: I-405, I-710, Pacific Coast Hwy (SR-1), 7th St / SR-22, Ocean Blvd, Shoreline Dr, Studebaker Rd. Same-day callback; most Long Beach marina visits are scheduled same or next day.

### Sources

-   [The Log: Alamitos Bay Marina rebuild](https://www.thelog.com/local/353-slips-currently-offline-at-alamitos-bay-marina/)
-   [Soundings: BoatUS sinking research](https://soundingsonline.com/news/publication-researches-causes-of-sinkings/)
-   [Aqua Marine Electrical (Long Beach) published rate](https://aquamarineelectrical.com/)
-   [Trawler Forum: 2026 marine electrician labor rates](https://www.trawlerforum.com/threads/labor-rate-for-high-quality-electrical-work-by-abyc-certified-marine-electrician.78378/)
-   [City of Long Beach: Shoreline Marina](https://longbeach.gov/park/park-and-facilities/directory/long-beach-shoreline-marina)
-   [City of Long Beach: Dry boat storage](https://www.longbeach.gov/park/marine/marinas/dry-boat-storage/)

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How it works

## How a Long Beach marina call works

1.  01
    
    ### Call with your marina and slip
    
    Tell us the boat, where it's berthed in Long Beach and what failed. You get a callback the same day.
    
2.  02
    
    ### Test at the slip
    
    Leakage, polarity and voltage-drop testing on both the boat and the pedestal side of the plug.
    
3.  03
    
    ### Written price
    
    A fixed parts-and-labor price before any repair starts.
    
4.  04
    
    ### Fix and re-test
    
    Repair, then a re-test on shore power with written findings.
    

Why book through us

## Why Long Beach boat owners call

-   ### Prices published
    
    Hourly and job ranges are on this site, with the math shown.
    
-   ### Dockside, no haul-out
    
    Almost all electrical work is done in the slip.
    
-   ### Both sides of the plug
    
    The pedestal or dock outlet is tested too, so you know whose problem it is.
    
-   ### Matched to the job
    
    Shore power, lithium, yacht systems or electric boats: an electrician who does that work.
    

Straight answers

## Long Beach marine electrician questions

### How much does a marine electrician cost in Long Beach marinas?

Expect $140–$200 per hour for a marine electrician working at your slip, usually with a one- to two-hour minimum for a dockside visit. That band comes from published 2026 marine-electrician shop rates and the one published Long Beach rate ($175/hr, 2-hour minimum). A typical shore-power diagnosis and inlet replacement lands around $180–$1,175 installed.

### Can an electrician work on my boat in its Alamitos Bay or Shoreline Marina slip?

Yes. Battery, bilge, shore power, inverter and most wiring work is done at the slip without a haul-out. Check with your marina office whether outside contractors need to check in before working in your basin. Jobs below the waterline, such as through-hull transducers or shaft and anode work, wait for a haul-out.

### My boat trips the pedestal since I moved slips. Is it the dock or the boat?

Usually the boat. Rebuilt Alamitos Bay basins carry pedestals with modern 30 mA ground-fault protection, so a leak your old pedestal ignored now trips. A clamp-meter leakage test around the shore cord shows whether current is leaving the boat. If the boat tests near zero, report the pedestal to the marina office.

### Do you cover private docks in Naples and on the Peninsula?

Yes, for everything on the boat side of the plug: inlet, cord, ELCI, chargers, batteries and onboard wiring. The dock outlet and its circuit belong to the house's electrical system, so a fault there is a job for the homeowner's electrician. The first visit tests both sides so you know which one to call.

### How fast can someone get to my Long Beach slip?

You'll get a callback the same day you call or send the form. Most Long Beach marina visits are scheduled the same or next day, depending on the electrician's route. If the bilge pump has failed or the boat is taking on water, say so on the call so it's treated as an emergency.

## Nearby service areas

[Los AlamitosTrailer boats stored at home in Los Alamitos, Rossmoor and Seal Beach.](/service-areas/los-alamitos/)[Huntington BeachHuntington Harbour canal docks, Peter's Landing, Sunset Aquatic Marina, plus Sunset Beach and Seal Beach.](/service-areas/huntington-beach/)[Newport BeachAbout 9,000 boats across roughly 18 marinas and the harbor's mooring fields.](/service-areas/newport-beach/)

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