San Francisco Bay Live Cam
A large tidal estuary in the U.S. state of California
San Francisco Bay History
The San Francisco Bay has a rich and complex history that spans thousands of years. The first known human inhabitants of the Bay Area were the Ohlone people, who lived along the coast and in the interior valleys of the Bay Area for thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans.
In 1769, Spanish explorers led by Gaspar de Portolá became the first Europeans to reach the San Francisco Bay. The Spanish established a chain of missions and settlements in California, including the Presidio of San Francisco and the Mission San Francisco de Asís (later known as Mission Dolores).
