Massive Waves Slam Fort Point, San Francisco (Video)
Of all the world's novelty waves, the weird and the wonderful aquatic eccentricities masquerading as occasional surf spots, few are as iconic as Fort Point, San Francisco. It's a wave breaking beneath one of the modern wonders of the world, a feat of engineering, the Golden Gate Bridge.
And recently, with plenty of swell slamming northern California, Fort Point was firing. At times, it was even some of the biggest conditions seen in recent memory, with waves breaking far beyond the normal takeoff zone and, instead, way out in the strait, beneath the Golden Gate herself.
Check out the heroics below:
On Wednesday, the National Weather Service warned of the incoming large surf ahead of this ride above, which was captured the day after on Thursday, March 27th. The NWS cautioned on X:
'Incoming long period very high northwesterly swell will result in breaking waves of 25 to 30 feet (15 to 20 feet for Northern Monterey Bay). Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Sneaker waves can unexpectedly run significantly farther up the beach than normal, including over rocks and jetties. Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous conditions. Never turn your back on the ocean!'The day after, things cleaned up a bit, and saw some more manageable, yet still epic, Fort Point conditions:
And luckily, during this run of swell, there's been no reports of rescues – unlike back in February, when an unidentified surfer broke his board at Fort Point, and was whisked out to sea with an outgoing tide. In that situation, 'firefighters and police officers on rescue boats, rescue watercraft, and shore-deployed rescue swimmers,' were deployed according to the San Francisco Fire Department.
Thankfully, the surfer made it out okay.
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