Mussel Rock Park
Pacifica / Daly City · near Pacifica / Daly City · SF Bay Area
Paragliding
At a glance
- Skill level
- intermediate
- Best season
- Spring through fall · Best afternoons with NW sea breeze
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Paragliding detail
- Nickname
- "The Dumps"
- Flying types
- coastal-soaring
- Conditions
- Steady northwest Pacific wind generates consistent ridge lift. Class B airspace overhead (SFO departure path, ceiling 1,600ft). Tide awareness is critical — there is live beach below and three paragliding deaths have occurred here from water landings.
- Ushpa
- Paragliding only — no hang gliders. P2 with BAPA site introduction. P3 recommended for comfortable flying here. Bay Area Paragliding Association (BAPA) manages site safety.
- Intl tip
- On a good flying day you can see the Golden Gate Bridge from altitude. Combine with a drive along Hwy 1 to see the coastline you're flying over.
The guide
Fifteen minutes from San Francisco and a world unto itself. The Dumps (as locals have called it for decades) is where the Bay A…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Mussel Rock Park — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 37.7019, -122.4999