Understand historic and current interactions between coastal residents,  architecture, and the environment.
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SF OCEAN BEACH MASTER PLAN: 
​This plan presents recommendations for the management and protection of San Francisco’s Ocean Beach, 3.5 miles of beach and rugged coast from...READ MORE
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COASTAL PROGRAM - '14 Annual Report: 
​The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has the responsibility to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people...READ MORE
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WESTERN SHORELINE AREA PLAN: 
The conservation of the California coast has always been of interest and concern to San Francisco. From the early years of the city’s history, the coastal beach and cliff areas​...READ MORE
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COMPLETING THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL TRAIL: Completing the California Coastal Trail provides a strategic blueprint for a recreational facility that will have lasting value for California...READ MORE
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CONSERVATION PLANNING FOR THE SUBMERGED AREAS OF THE BAY: San Francisco Bay is one of the largest estuaries on the West Coast and one of the most important for the habitat it provides for fish and wildlife and for the benefits and opportunities it offers...READ MORE
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1922: The Zoo Finds a Home:
Early on, John McLaren, Superintendent of Golden Gate Park, was receptive to exhibiting bears, emus, beavers, sheep, kangaroos, moose, goats, elk, and bison in the park meadows as well as a two-acre aviary full of birds...READ MORE
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1930s: Our WPA Roots: 
​The Zoo's first major exhibits were built in the 1930's by the depression-era Works Progress Administration (WPA) at a cost of $3.5 million. Fleishhacker, Heller and prominent San Francisco architect Lewis Hobart combined their talents to design...READ MORE
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CLIFFHOUSE AT OCEAN BEACH: 
​As Mark Twain once wrote, the Cliff House is said to offer a majestic view of the sunrise,though Twain himself supposedly remarked "I don't see it" after dragging himself to the Cliff House at Ocean Beach...READ MORE
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PLAYLAND BY THE BEACH: ​
​Memories and photos of San Francisco's Playland-at-the-Beach, which closed in 1972, although Playland's attractions originally sat upon leased land...READ MORE
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HISTORY THIS MONTH:
​This year marks the centennial of the Panama Pacific International Exposition (PPIE), the fair that took place in today’s Marina District and gave the city the amazing...READ MORE
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Sea Level Trends
SF Tide Predictions
Weather & Coast Temp
SF BOUY Station 46026 - 18NM West of San Francisco, CA
SF BOUY Station 46237 - San Francisco Bar, CA
SF BOUY Station FTPC1 - 9414290 - San Francisco, CA
Station PRYC1 - 9415020 - Point Reyes, CA
San Francisco Bay Area Observed Precipitation Map
Wind Observations & Forecasts -  iKitesurf.com

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