Half Moon Bay, California Weather
Half Moon Bay, California — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Half Moon Bay, San Mateo County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Half Moon Bay. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Half Moon Bay is published on the Half Moon Bay Airport (KHAF) page, 8 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Half Moon Bay have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Half Moon Bay: San Carlos Airport (KSQL) 17 km · San Francisco International Airport (KSFO) 18 km · Palo Alto Airport (KPAO) 28 km · Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (KOAK) 34 km · Moffett Federal Airfield (KNUQ) 34 km
Conditions reported at KHAF describe the airfield itself. Weather 8 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Half Moon Bay specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Half Moon Bay, California
Half Moon Bay exhales a salty breath, a place where the Pacific’s restless murmur is a constant companion. It lies 8.9 miles south-west of San Mateo, CA (from San Mateo, CA: bearing 219°T), and is situated 9.0 miles south-south-west of Burlingame. The land here unfurls in a series of gentle slopes towards the ocean, a verdant carpet of coastal scrub and wind-sculpted cypress trees that lean inland as if perpetually bracing against the prevailing westerly winds. The air, cool and carrying the faint, mineral tang of kelp, often shimmers with a soft, diffused light, particularly in the late afternoon when the sun dips towards the horizon, painting the sea a luminous, shifting grey-blue. Fields of emerald green, punctuated by the darker hues of agricultural plots, stretch inland, giving way to the more rugged, chaparral-clad hills that rise behind the town, their contours softened by the pervasive coastal mist. This is a coastline that whispers of its past, where the agricultural heritage remains palpable. For generations, the rich, loamy soil has nurtured a bounty of produce, particularly pumpkins that swell to prodigious sizes, drawing visitors from afar each autumn to witness the vibrant harvest festivals. The local economy, once more heavily reliant on fishing fleets that once painted the harbor with their colorful sails, now balances its maritime roots with a thriving agricultural sector and a growing tourism industry. Historic farmhouses, their paint weathered to soft, muted tones, stand as quiet sentinels to the enduring connection between the people and the land. The distinctive scent of artichokes, a signature crop, often drifts on the breeze, a fragrant reminder of Half Moon Bay's enduring agricultural soul.
Live animated radar for Half Moon Bay and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Half Moon Bay, San Mateo County, California |
| Coordinates | 37.463552°N, 122.428586°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 94019 |
| Area Code | 415, 628 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Half Moon Bay, California Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Half Moon Bay, California, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Half Moon Bay includes coordinates 37.463552°N, 122.428586°W, situated in San Mateo County. ZIP code 94019. Telephone area code: 415, 628. Timezone: Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
