South Beach Fishing Pier

The South Beach Fishing Pier is a concrete breakwater that curves into the San Francisco Bay, serving primarily to shield the hundreds of boats docked in the adjacent South Beach Harbor marina. Unlike the city’s more famous tourist piers, this structure is a low-key, functional stretch of pavement defined by its role in calming the harbor waters. It lacks the crowded boardwalks of the northern waterfront, making it a quiet destination for local anglers who come here to drop lines for striped bass, perch, and California halibut.