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Close to everything, but far from the noise, Half Moon Bay offers a walkable downtown, a working harbor, and space to linger. Stay awhile.
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Some mornings on the Coastside don't ask anything of you. Just light through the fog. The sound of waves below. A walk that doesn't need a destination. The part of Half Moon Bay you stay an extra night for.
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Late June on Main Street. The trees are heavy and green, the sidewalk's in shade, and the wine shop, the record store, and the coffee place are all open. New galleries and shops are waiting to be discovered. Half Moon Bay is an easy drive from anywhere in the Bay Area. Easy enough that you don't have to plan around it. Some afternoon when the week gets to be too much, point the car west and go. You don't need a reason. You need an hour.
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Labor Day Weekend started off with a stunning morning on the coast, and it looks like we’ll be treated to great weather all weekend. Hope you’re able to spend at least part of the long weekend here with us in Half Moon Bay!
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San Mateo County's newest park opened this month, with access to nearly a mile of sandy beach. Don Horsley County Park at Tunitas Creek Beach is 8 miles south of Half Moon Bay, now open daily starting at 8am, with free admission and parking. Have you been? Tell us what you think!
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Big wave season kicks off this weekend with the free Mavericks Surf Festival in the Pillar Point Harbor parking lot on Saturday, October 10, from 11 AM to 5 PM. There will be live music, food and drinks, vendors and a surf swap. Come celebrate the West Coast's most famous wave!
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Last year, Brandon Dawson of Santa Rosa took home the prize with a pumpkin that weighed 2,346 pounds. The Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off returns Monday, October 12, at 7:00 AM. With the early start, the best way to see it is to come out on Sunday and wake up already here.
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On Saturday evenings this October, Carter Park plays host to free outdoor movies: The Princess Bride on October 3; Grow, a British film set in a made-up "Pumpkin Capital of the World," on October 10; and The Sandlot on October 24. Check the website for showtimes and details, and bring a blanket!
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Half Moon Bay is dressed for fall. There are pumpkins stacked by the doorways, a scarecrow driving a tractor across one shop window, and Frankenstein keeping watch in another. After the pumpkin patch, save an hour for a slow walk down Main Street and see how many more you can spot.
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Fall is here, and the pumpkin patches around Half Moon Bay are open for the season. If you can come midweek or early in the day, the fields tend to be quieter, with more room to explore before you pick one out. Once you've found yours, head into town for lunch and an afternoon on Main Street.
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Pillar Point Harbor, earlier today. The morning started out foggy, and by early afternoon it had burned off to this. Fall on the coast usually works out if you give it a few hours.
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When the temperature soars inland, the best place to beat the heat is on the coast. If you're ready to cool off, stay a few nights in Half Moon Bay and remember how it feels to wake up to morning fog and the sound of waves crashing in the distance.
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Labor Day Weekend started off with a stunning morning on the coast, and it looks like we’ll be treated to great weather all weekend. Hope you’re able to spend at least part of the long weekend here with us in Half Moon Bay!
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San Mateo County's newest park opened this month, with access to nearly a mile of sandy beach. Don Horsley County Park at Tunitas Creek Beach is 8 miles south of Half Moon Bay, now open daily starting at 8am, with free admission and parking. Have you been yet? Let us know what you think!
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In recent years, wonderful new public art has been created across downtown Half Moon Bay, bringing local history, culture, and nature into the town’s public spaces. Join us for a walk (link in bio) to discover the murals, mosaics, and sculpture that help tell the town’s stories.
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There’s real science behind why the water pulls at you. The sound of waves shifts brainwaves toward a calmer, more meditative state, and something as simple as the color blue has been linked to lower heart rate and steadier breathing. Stand at the edge of it in the early light, and your body starts to believe what your mind already knows: this is a place to slow down.
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Most people see Half Moon Bay's coast from a car window or a hiking trail along the bluffs, but a fortunate few see it from horseback. It's an adventure worth considering if you're looking for something beyond the typical stroll on the beach.
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Turn the sound on for this one: real scanner audio from yesterday's big story on the coast. A 300 pound pig took a stroll down Highway 1 near Frenchmans Creek, and our Sheriff's deputies handled it like they've done it before. They probably have. For the record, that's not the actual pig in the video, but we understand the animal in question made it home safely. Just another reminder that Half Moon Bay is a farm town first, a beach town second.
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The harbor often has a moment right before sunset where everything settles. The boats are docked, the water is smooth, and there's one lone person out paddling. Most people are already on the road home by now, but it's worth sticking around for.
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The best walk in Moss Beach is measured not in miles but in what you notice. At Fitzgerald Marine Reserve when the water pulls back, the reef opens into a living map of anemones, hermit crabs, sea stars, and the occasional harbor seal watching from the rocks. You don’t stride through a place like this. You crouch. You wait for a pool to go still enough to see into. Above the tide line, a century of cypress and eucalyptus leans over the bluff, and the trail up top gives you the whole scene at once: ocean, reef, sky. Check the tide chart before you go, leave the dog at home this time, and give yourself longer than you think you’ll need.
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Farms, Fish & Flowers is a once-a-year chance to walk the places you usually only drive past: flower farms and greenhouses, a working goat dairy, historic ranches, rows of orchids, and Pillar Point Harbor itself. The greens getting picked, the goats getting milked, the boats coming in — the working coast that keeps the whole place running. Pick up to three stops and make a day of it, on guided tours running through the morning and afternoon. It's Saturday, July 25, from 10am to 4pm, and tickets are $20 per tour. Tickets are on sale now at coastside411.com/product/farms-fish-flowers-tour The best of the Coastside isn't on the highway. It's just off it.
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Fishy Flashback! 90,000 baby salmon, one glorious group belly flop into Pillar Point Harbor. A month later and we're still not over it.
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The water hasn't moved yet. Every cloud overhead is doubled on the surface, the boats sitting perfectly still, and Pillar Point Harbor looks like it's holding the whole sky. That's the thing about getting here early. A short drive down Highway 1 and the week just... quiets. No itinerary. No agenda. Just the light coming up pink over the water and nowhere you need to be. You don't need a complicated trip. You just need one that feels different.
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Half Moon Bay isn't trying to impress you. It's a working coastal town — a harbor that still runs on fishing boats, a Main Street you can walk end to end, farms that sit right up against the ocean, and miles of open coast to walk slow. Five things that make it worth slowing down for: A walkable downtown — local shops and cafés, a few easy blocks A working fishing harbor at Pillar Point Miles of flat, open coastal trail Farms right by the ocean — pumpkins, flowers, row crops A slower pace that's hard to find this close to the city Thirty minutes out. A whole world quieter. Stay awhile. → Plan a visit at visithalfmoonbay.org
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Late June on Main Street. The trees are heavy and green, the sidewalk's in shade, and the wine shop, the record store, and the coffee place are all open. New galleries and shops are waiting to be discovered. Half Moon Bay is an easy drive from anywhere in the Bay Area. Easy enough that you don't have to plan around it. Some afternoon when the week gets to be too much, point the car west and go. You don't need a reason. You need an hour.
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