This trip, we boarded a boat with the Oceanic Society to explore the birds, sea lions, whales around the Farallon Islands. We got to go under the wonderful Golden Gate Bridge going out and coming back and watch all the boat activity in the harbor and the area around us. Sadly, the Bridge was almost hidden by the fog even as we went under it.
Visited again after many years. It was great to saunter in the cool breeze on the boardwalk, and watch the sea lions laze on the pontoons in pier 39
We tok a Catamaran trip around the Bay on a windy but sunny and warm afternoon on August. Great fun, brilliant sailing from the crew and a great view of the Golden Gate (from both sides!). Also a lot of wildlife to be seen and near-misses with kite-surfers and windsurfers. Exhilarating and fun!!
San Francisco immersion at its best. So much to embrace whether it is the restaurants, the salt air, the views, the shops, it's all good but especially in warm weather which is when we were there last.
Reviewing the San Francisco Bay is much like reviewing the great lakes. The San Francisco Bay is enormous. People sail on it, people fish in it, people even swim in it. But the easiest way to enjoy the San Francisco Bay is to look at it. but don't just look at it from the edges, hop aboard one of the San Francisco Bay ferries and take a round trip. Ride from the ferry building up to Vallejo and back. There's no better way to see the amazing diversity in the San Francisco Bay. Take a ferry from the fisherman's wharf area or from the ferry building over to Sausalito. You'll pass by Alcatraz island and the Golden gate bridge. I wouldn't waste my money on one of those circular Bay tours. The boats are overcrowded and they go too slow. I don't think the narration really helps that much. What you really want to do is see the sites of the bay, and take some photographs. But I don't recommend doing in the San Francisco Bay is amateur kayaking. Don't be a fool and rent a kayak, and head out into the bay. There is a good chance you will die.
