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Body of water on the coast of northern California From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Half Moon Bay is a bay of the Pacific Ocean on the coast of San Mateo County, California. The bay is approximately semi-circular, hence the name half moon,[2] with sea access to the south. Coastal towns located there are Princeton-by-the-Sea, Miramar, El Granada, and the city of Half Moon Bay.
Half Moon Bay | |
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![]() Half Moon Bay and Pillar Point (top), 2009 | |
Location | Northern California |
Coordinates | 37°29′00″N 122°28′19″W[1] |
Basin countries | United States |
Settlements | Half Moon Bay, Miramar Beach |
The surfing location Mavericks is located on the outer edge of the peninsula which forms the bay. Miramar Beach is located along the shore of the bay opposite the peninsula.
Marine species include flatfish, the commercially important English sole, rockfish, surfperch, Pacific herring, lingcod; and abundant winter species including starry flounder and top-smelt.[3]
The bay provides an example of a logarithmic spiral beach.