If you get a chance to talk to the pilots before takeoff on the SFO-MRY leg, ask them if they could do a "Bay visual" departure.

Depending on the time of day and the traffic from both SFO and OAK it's possible they will not be able to, but if they ask for it and if ATC approves it then you're in for a treat - especially if you're on the left hand side of the plane.

Bay Visual involves taking off from 1L, and then turning left and staying above the bay at a relatively low altitude, tracking around to the Golden Gate bridge, and then climbing as per normal.

I've been on flights that have flown it twice (always when headed south), and it's probably the best departure of any airport I've flown out of anywhere in the world. (Sydney heading north over the city being a close second!)