Fort Point, swell meets the bay
Regional wave height (Hs) · feet · Pacific time. Regional significant wave height is not the height breaking at the beach.
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Offshore component height (Hs), not surf-face height. Directions are where waves come from. Component heights do not add together.
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A reported left-hand reef break at Fort Point. This marker remains an approximate area reference, not a verified entry point or takeoff.
Statewide research draft / San Francisco County. Approximate directory-area search seed: 37.81, -122.48. NOT a verified takeoff. San Francisco, not Marin: the surf directory groups several San Francisco locations under Marin. County corrected for geographic indexing. Local left-point description: https://sanfranciscosurfing.com/ft-point
Statewide recovery: source-area coordinates are not owner-confirmed takeoffs. Sources may round or obscure positions. Named sections may share a reference coordinate; their distinct takeoffs are not implied. No route, access permission or current ocean condition is established. Source note: Research batch: california-coast-expansion-20260927. Public reference checked 27 September 2026. Approximate directory-area search seed: 37.81, -122.48. NOT a verified takeoff.
https://www.surf-forecast.com/breaks/Fort-Point/forecasts/latest/six_day
The reference was retained from the interrupted 27 September research pass; not every individual page was rechecked on 28 September. The source location is approximate, not a surveyed takeoff.
Left direction, reef description and source-area coordinates rechecked 28 September 2026: https://www.surf-forecast.com/breaks/Fort-Point
Before paddling out: Access, water quality, local hazards and current restrictions need independent checks. Directory inclusion is not permission or a safety assessment.
Access not independently verified Approximate directory-area reference. May be displaced or obscured in its source; NOT a takeoff, route, access point or survey.
Provenance is not proof that every inherited claim or current access condition has been rechecked.
THE FIELD GUIDE / Fort Point
Fort Point is a sheltered beach-and-reef reference with a northwest preference. The bay-entrance setting makes water movement a separate consideration from wave shape. Watch the full set and current pattern; a protected-looking shoreline does not mean a simple paddle.
Reported swell reference: Northwest — reported preference. Wind reference from retained sources: S. Reported tide guidance: low tide on a rising tide (published preference). Compare each swell’s direction and period with the actual breaking line. These qualitative descriptions are not calibrated height multipliers or fixed tide cutoffs.
Confirm the actual takeoff, local tide response and any missing peel/difficulty details.
A researched starting point for local refinement. Reported preferences can differ between guides; sand and rock labels inferred from break classifications are not seabed surveys. Forecast data and catalogue coordinates are separate from this editorial research.
No nearby camera reference in the current registry. The atlas camera layer may have other regional views.
Links to third-party camera pages, not owned feeds. Proximity does not confirm the camera sees this break. Playback and image freshness have not been verified by this page.
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PureSurfers is built by Peter Ochabski. Spot profiles combine retained sources and contributor observations; this is not a claim he has surfed or verified every entry.
COASTAL WAVE GUIDANCE
Significant wave height (Hs) before the legacy spot reduction. This is not a measured breaking-face or set range.
