{{Short description|Fishing pier in Pacifica, California, US}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox pier | name = Pacifica Pier | image = Pacifica_Pier_CA.jpg | caption = Pacifica Pier | official_name = Rev. Herschell Harkins Memorial Pacifica Pier | type = Fishing Pier | spans = Pacific Ocean | locale = Pacifica, California | maint = City of Pacifica | design = Concrete | length = {{convert|1140|ft|m}} | open = 1973 | toll = Open to the Public | coordinates = {{coord|37.6333|-122.4943|type:landmark_region:US|display=inline,title}} }}
'''Pacifica Pier''' is a fishing pier in Pacifica, in western San Mateo County, California. The L-shaped pier spans out into the Pacific Ocean for a quarter mile from the City of Pacifica. Its official name is the '''Rev. Herschell Harkins Memorial Pacifica Pier'''.
==History== The quarter mile pier was built in 1973 as part of the city of Pacifica's sewer system. It carries a {{convert|28|in|mm|adj=on}} pipe that continues one quarter mile offshore through which treated wastewater was pumped into the Pacific Ocean. This ended with the creation of a new water treatment facility in 2004.
The pier has been closed on occasion for both repairs (1993) and during high surf.
*Funding Sources **The pier was built as a cooperative development of the City of Pacifica, the Wildlife Conservation Board and the California Department of Fish and Game. **The Pacifica Pier municipal Pier Repair Project is funded in part by a grant from the state Coastal Conservancy. **The Pier is operated by the Department of Parks, Beaches and Recreation of the city of Pacifica, California
==Fishing== Since 2004, the pier's primary purpose has been for fishing and crabbing. The pier is famous for salmon runs where hundreds of salmon are caught in a single day. When this occurs,there is a frenzy of activity where every available space is used to catch fish and hundreds of anglers are fishing shoulder to shoulder.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
Primary species caught at the pier: <gallery> File:Jack Silverside.jpg|Jacksmelt File:Genyonemus lineatus mspc102.jpg|White croaker File:Morone saxatilis SI2.jpg|Striped bass File:OncorhynchusTschawytscha2.jpg|Chinook salmon File:Dungeness Crab - Flickr - brewbooks.jpg|Dungeness crab </gallery>
== Other Recreation == *The pier is a good place from which to view whales during their biannual migration.
==External links== {{Commons category}} *[https://www.cityofpacifica.org/departments/public-works/field-services/pacifica-pier official Pacifica Pier website] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080406162746/http://www.bayareavr.net/fullscreen/?p=mid_pier QuickTime panorama of the pier.]
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Category:Piers in California Category:Pacifica, California Category:Parks in San Mateo County, California Category:Transportation buildings and structures in San Mateo County, California Category:Fishing piers