B737 captain reported encountering jet wash on short final at sfo shortly after a B777 departure.

Attributes
ACN	1319024
Time
Date	201512
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	SFO.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 149 Flight Crew Type 2324
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

While flying the FMS bridge visual 28R approach into sfo; the tower controller asked us to slow to the final approach speed to accommodate a 777 departure. I configured and slowed the airplane to our target speed of 150 KIAS about 4NM from touchdown. It seemed like the 777 took forever to line up and takeoff; but it was airborne by the time we were over the approach lights. The wind was 350/07 and I purposely did not want to land long to avoid the wake turbulence. I knew we were going to encounter some jet wash; but never expected to be that strong from 200 feet AGL to touchdown. We still felt safe and landed smoothly.I contacted the sfo tower supervisor afterwards; and supervisor informed me that they were only required to provide 6000 ft of lateral separation within the two airplanes. I expressed my concern about the intensity of the jet wash; but she did not seem to care. I will probably not land that close from a departing heavy again.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 Captain reported encountering jet wash on short final at SFO shortly after a B777 departure.

Narrative: While flying the FMS BRIDGE VISUAL 28R Approach into SFO; the tower controller asked us to slow to the final approach speed to accommodate a 777 departure. I configured and slowed the airplane to our target speed of 150 KIAS about 4NM from touchdown. It seemed like the 777 took forever to line up and takeoff; but it was airborne by the time we were over the approach lights. The wind was 350/07 and I purposely did not want to land long to avoid the wake turbulence. I knew we were going to encounter some jet wash; but never expected to be that strong from 200 feet AGL to touchdown. We still felt safe and landed smoothly.I contacted the SFO tower supervisor afterwards; and supervisor informed me that they were only required to provide 6000 ft of lateral separation within the two airplanes. I expressed my concern about the intensity of the jet wash; but she did not seem to care. I will probably not land that close from a departing heavy again.

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