Golden Gate is a tidal strait between Marin Headlands and the San Francisco peninsula at the entrance to San Francisco Bay, the sole marine outlet of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River system to the Pacific Ocean. The tide is mixed semidiurnal, with a mean range of 4.09 ft (1.25 m) at the San Francisco (Presidio) station. Predicted maximum flood and maximum ebb each reach about 4.2 knots at the Golden Gate Bridge, 0.88 nm NE station (NOAA CO-OPS station SFB1202).
- Type
- Tidal strait
- Location
- California, United States
- Setting
- Between Marin Headlands and the San Francisco peninsula at the entrance to San Francisco Bay, the sole marine outlet of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River system to the Pacific Ocean
- Tidal range
- The tide is mixed semidiurnal, with a mean range of 4.09 ft (1.25 m) at the San Francisco (Presidio) station.
- Tidal currents
- Predicted maximum flood and maximum ebb each reach about 4.2 knots at the Golden Gate Bridge, 0.88 nm NE station (NOAA CO-OPS station SFB1202).
- Notable
- The Golden Gate Bridge (1937), designed by Joseph Strauss with Charles Ellis and Leon Moisseiff, has a 4,200 ft main suspension span and a 220 ft vertical clearance above the strait (Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District).
