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Seal Rocks and Point Bonita Lighthouse
Cliff House Boulders. Photo: Brocken Inaglory, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Cliff House Boulders

Climbing area · United States

Is it worth the trip?

73Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Sat 7: Rock dry, Rock about 16 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 41 out of 100

Rock
Wet
Rock temp
15°C
Air
18°C
Rain
6.4 mm

Wed 4 · 43 out of 100

Rock
Wetdry in 12 h
Rock temp
21°C
Air
17°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 78 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
19°C
Air
18°C
Rain
0 mm

Fri 6 · 77 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
21°C
Air
19°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 80 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
16°C
Air
19°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 75 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
19°C
Air
19°C
Rain
0 mm

Mon 9 · 77 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
16°C
Air
19°C
Rain
0 mm

Tap a day for rock, its warmth, the air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 244, poor
  2. Tue 341, poor
  3. Wed 443, poor
  4. Thu 578, good
  5. Fri 677, good
  6. Sat 780, good
  7. Sun 875, good
  8. Mon 977, good
  9. Tue 1076, good
  10. Wed 1171, good

The spot in two facts

  • 1 cragmapped within 5 km
  • Best Jun–Sep7 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know loose rock, seepage, access bans or your skill.

Weather forecast and score for each day at Cliff House Boulders
DayScoreRockRock tempAirRain
Mon 2Nov*44, poorDry?17°C17°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov41, poorWet15°C18°C6.4 mm
Wed 4Nov43, poorWetdry in 12 h21°C17°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov78, goodDry19°C18°C0 mm
Fri 6Nov77, goodDry21°C19°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov80, goodDry16°C19°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov75, goodDry19°C19°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov77, goodDry16°C19°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov76, goodDry16°C18°C0 mm
Wed 11Nov71, goodDry18°C19°C0 mm

* Rain before today is not known: the forecast starts today, so these days are scored from a dry start and a wet one.

Rock and air are in °C, the rock's with the sun on it; rain in mm. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

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the area and its town

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Photos of Cliff House Boulders

Cliff House camera obscura - panoramio
Photo: florafaun, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
View of Ocean Beach from Cliff House, SF
Photo: Bob Linsdell, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sunset on Ocean Beach, near Cliff House - panoramio
Photo: Yanik Crépeau, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Cliff House Boulders

1 crag mapped. Good all year. The nearest town to stay in is San Francisco.

  • Crags 1 crag mapped.
  • Rock No source states the rock.

From OpenStreetMap: the crags mapped within 5 km. Check access and bans locally.

Crags: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,130–US$2,090 each

about US$1,130–US$2,090 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food, climbing instructor.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to SFO, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$262–US$537
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$40–US$67
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$349–US$584
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$637
Climbing instructor1 day with an instructor, shared; leave it out if you climb on your ownabout US$141–US$262
Totalabout US$1,130–US$2,090

Climbers bring their own kit: it is not in the cost. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: San Francisco

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Closest

San Francisco

about 20 min by car · 566 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

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About San Francisco its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$134 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

Getting there: about 6h 55m

About 6h 55m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → SFO, direct, then 40 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

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