# Pacifica Pier

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{{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](/source/Pacific_Ocean)
| locale        = [Pacifica, California](/source/Pacifica%2C_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](/source/fishing) [pier](/source/pier) in [Pacifica](/source/Pacifica%2C_California), in western [San Mateo County, California](/source/San_Mateo_County%2C_California). The L-shaped pier spans out into the [Pacific Ocean](/source/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](/source/California_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](/source/Jack_silverside)
File:Genyonemus lineatus mspc102.jpg|[White croaker](/source/White_croaker)
File:Morone saxatilis SI2.jpg|[Striped bass](/source/Striped_bass)
File:OncorhynchusTschawytscha2.jpg|[Chinook salmon](/source/Chinook_salmon)
File:Dungeness Crab - Flickr - brewbooks.jpg|[Dungeness crab](/source/Dungeness_crab)
</gallery>

== Other Recreation ==
*The pier is a good place from which to view [whales](/source/whales) during their biannual [migration](/source/Fish_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.]

{{Authority control}}

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

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