Fort Point is an epic surfing stage where visiting locals and tourists get a chance to see surfing up close and personal. With the Golden Gate Bridge and Marin headlands as the backdrop it’s almost impossible to not get great photos, too. The wave can be epic – from small, soft peeling lines unfolding all the way around to pumping double overhead barrels spinning off the tide. It’s the tide swings that make surfing here a little sketchy for those unfamiliar to the break – best on out-going tides, sitting on the peak can be trying as the current seems to want to pull you out the gate and out to sea. You have to watch out for “Rhino Rock” too (you’ll see it in the clip) as it sits on the corner of the break sucking dry on occasion. Story has it, a ripper from the past tore the side of his face off on this rock. You don’t generally want to select your sweetest board to surf on here as getting in and out of the water over slippery barnacle-covered piles of rock proves ding-worthy. As you can imagine, it’s crowded, too. Being protected from most winds, and able to clean up big raw swell, it’s the place to go when Ocean Beach is crap.
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