Farallones

Well out to sea they discovered a group of rocky islands which they called Farallones; but not a man who stood on the height dreamed that only a short distance to the right up the rocky coast there lay a bay so immense and so perfectly inclosed that it would ever be one of the wonders of the land they were exploring.

History of California Helen Elliott Bandini

Farallones is mecca to begin with, but Peter loved everything about the islandsfrom how isolated they were, to the mystery of what the sharks were doing just offshore, to the Pacific storms that routinely pummel the place.

Susan Casey - An interview with author 2010

Plus, even on a clear day, the water between San Francisco and the Farallones is a washing machine.

Inside the High Tech Hunt for a Missing Silicon Valley Legend 2007

The Gulf of the Farallones is a complex region with high biological diversity; nationally significant wildlife breeding and foraging areas; significant commercial and recreational fishing; estuarine habitats; numerous federally, state and locally protected marine and estuarine waters; watershed influences and impacts from eight million San Francisco Bay Area residents.

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary 2007

Plus, even on a clear day, the water between San Francisco and the Farallones is a washing machine.

Inside the High Tech Hunt for a Missing Silicon Valley Legend Steve Silberman 2007

In one of the records of his voyage we read of the chilly air and of the dense fogs that prevailed in that region; of the "white banks and cliffs which lie toward the sea"; and of islands which are known as the Farallones, and which lie about thirty miles off the coast and opposite the Golden Gate.

In the Footprints of the Padres Charles Warren Stoddard 1876

The Coast Guard received a report around 12: 30 p.m. that the "Farallones" vessel was sinking a couple hundred yards from the shore in Concord near Suisun Bay.

unknown title 2009

"It may look like the Farallones to you, but to me it looks like a battleship coming right in the Gate with a bone in its teeth at a twenty-knot clip."

CHAPTER XXVIII 2010

“Off the Farallones, heading about sou-west,” he answered, slowly and methodically, as though groping for his best English, and rigidly observing the order of my queries.

Chapter 2 2010

The floating Farallones had metamorphosed into a giant warship.

CHAPTER XXVIII 2010