...Ayala passes through the Golden Gate on…

...Ayala passes through the Golden Gate on August 5, 1775, with some difficulty and great caution because of the tides.

He tries a number of anchorages, finding that off Angel Island most satisfactory, but fails to make contact, as he had hoped, with Anza's party.

The San Carlos remains in the Bay until September 18, returning to San Blas via Monterey.

Ayala's subsequent report to the Viceroy gives a full account of the geography of the bay, and stresses its advantages as a harbor (chiefly the absence of "those troublesome fogs which we had daily in Monterey, because the fogs here hardly reach the entrance of the port, and once inside the harbor, the weather is very clear") and the friendliness of the local Native American people.