Boating, Fishing, and Travel Information for Point Bonita, Bonita Cove, CA

Bonita Cove, E of Point Bonita, is occasionally used as an anchorage by small vessels. The anchorage is close under Point Bonita in about 36 feet.
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Point Bonita, on the N side of the entrance to Golden Gate, is a sharp black cliff 100 feet high, increasing to 300 feet on its seaward face, 0.3 mile N. From NW it shows as three heads. Point Bonita Light (37°48’56″N., 122°31’46″W.), 124 feet above the water, is shown from a 33-foot white tower on the S head. A sound signal is at the light. A tower and radar antenna operated by the San Francisco Vessel Traffic Service is prominent on the N head about 0.3 mile from the light. In summer the cliffs are white with bird droppings, but the first heavy rain restores them to their natural black color. There are a few detached rocks surrounding the point, but these do not extend over 200 yards offshore.