The Wave
Best-considered sessions occur when a W-SW long-period groundswells arrive with an easterly/offshore breeze and the tide is mid to high.
Smaller windswells can light it up but often close out over the flat sand.
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Half Moon Bay
A tucked crescent 'cove' on the Grays Harbor entrance where winter W-SW pulses turn an otherwise mellow sandbar into a fast, often hollow shorebreak worth watching more than paddling into. Get the latest surfing conditions, forecast, and tide details for Half Moon Bay in Washington.
Break TypeBeach Break
Skill LevelAll levels
LocationWashington, US
Forecast
- Waves 2-3 ft
- Period 6 s
- Wind NW 11 kt
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The Cove at Half Moon Bay is famously fickle - powerful winter swells and shifting sand have turned it into a heavy shorebreak with strong, rip-prone currents so many locals now prefer to spectate rather than surf big days.
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