[e_hup]

If this is interesting to you, you should definitely check out the Bay Model (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Army_Corps_of_Engineers_B...). Its a scale model of the SF Bay and the Delta in Sausalito that was built by the Army Corps of Engineers. Its admission free!

[poooogles]

I studied a huge amount of Hydrology at University but haven't touched it in the ~4 years since. This has made me want to go back to doing things that aren't just sat in front of a computer...

[aphrax]

is that real water in there?

[tehmaco]

Yes - Mythbusters used it for the Alcatraz escape episode to see where the likely landing point of the improvised raft was, as it's an accurate model of the tides and flows of the area :)