SFGate: Sports: Outdoors

Our beaches are experiencing big offshore swells, inshore hydraulics and a minus low tide. What does that mean for us? There may be no better time to find your very own treasure -- shells, driftwod, bottles, maybe even a gigantic white shark -- washed up on the Bay Area coast.

We Love Our Coast
Poll finds that CA residents like healthy oceans and beaches, but are nearly split on offshore drilling.

House Joins Fight Over Whales
Amended bill would make it harder to show harassment of marine mammals.

Get Away To The Groves
Fall is prime time in Big Basin Redwoods State Park.

Park Outsources Pet Peeves
GGNRA is done with doggie dickering. Canine quarrelers will have to bark at someone else.

Our Geological Puzzle
From Mt. Tam to Cape Mendocino, there are a whole lot of mountains that aren't supposed to be there.

Tides Turn On Fate Of Bay
Environmental group finds that the health of waters and wetlands is improving -- but slowly.

Presidio Axes To Grind
Two endangered plants win, up to 100 acres of forest lose as a controversial plan to cut down trees is OK'd.

The Bay's Best Friend
Sylvia McLaughlin has spent her life advocating for the bay.

Base Gets Marshing Orders
Gov. Gray Davis gives 630 acres, including the former Hamilton Air Force Base, to the state Coastal Conservancy.

Give It A Fling
New Frisbee golf course opens in Golden Gate Park.

SF Kids Get Trail-Savvy
A new handbook urges young hikers to use their "coyote ears" and "eagle eyes" on a Presidio trail.

Tom Stienstra
Clues to finding 'Lost Caves.' (11/30)

A refuge strictly for the birds. (11/23)

The eagles have landed in Northern California. (11/20)

Paul McHugh
Two books offer new looks at Bay Area. (11/27)

MAIN EVENTS - Yosemite restored on San Francisco Bay. (11/27)

Brian Hoffman's Fishing Report
Timely tips for the ocean, bay, delta and rivers.

Explore The Bay Trail
Looking for a close-to-home adventure? Try this amazing around-the-bay shoreline tour.

Bay at Play
Hike, bike, golf, raft or sail with the Chronicle's excellent recommendations.

Sweat For a Cause
Outdoor volunteering opportunities abound in the Bay Area.

Maverick
Matt Warshaw turns his passion into the definitive work on surfing.

Kelly's World
American surf star Kelly Slater makes a comeback.

Bruce Jenkins
Another Glorious North Shore Experience

Surf Links: Guides, environmental groups, water guides, weather and wavelinks.

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