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Central California: Half Moon Bay to Port San Luis

California's most exposed coast, with shelter every 20 to 40 miles and then more than 70 miles without a harbour along Big Sur. Pillar Point at Half Moon Bay and its anchorage behind the breakwaters, Santa Cruz, whose entrance shoals from November to May, Moss Landing at the head of the bay, Monterey, well sheltered from the north-west, and Stillwater Cove below Pebble Beach. Further south, San Simeon under Hearst Castle, Morro Bay, where a warning light flashes once seas on the bar top four feet, then Port San Luis, open to the south-east. Frequent fog from July to September.

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HarbourUnited States
Pillar Point Marina
4.7
Public harbour at Princeton near Half Moon Bay, California, on the open Pacific coast about 20 miles south of San Francisco.
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AnchorageUnited States
Half Moon Bay Anchorage
3.1
General anchorage inside Pillar Point Harbor at Half Moon Bay, California, in San Mateo County, with a sand bottom and shelter from NW through SW winds.
- Water
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HarbourSanta Cruz, United States
Santa Cruz Harbor
Same facility as the Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor, the Port District site at 135 Fifth Avenue accommodating over 800 boats from small craft to commercial fishing vessels.
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AnchorageUnited States
Capitola Beach
Open-roadstead anchorage off Capitola Beach in Soquel Cove, on the north shore of Monterey Bay, California.
- Water
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HarbourMoss Landing, United States
Moss Landing Harbor District
Working harbour at the head of Elkhorn Slough on Monterey Bay, around 650 berths shared between commercial fishing and pleasure craft.
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HarbourMonterey, United States
Monterey Municipal Marina
4.7
City-run marina at the south end of Monterey Bay in California, sheltered behind a stone breakwater and adjacent to Old Fisherman's Wharf.
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AnchorageUnited States
Monterey Basin General Anchorage
4.7
Open anchorage in Monterey Harbour, on the Monterey Peninsula in California, within the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
- Water
- Buoys
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AnchorageUnited States
Stillwater Cove
3.5
Anchorage on the north shore of Carmel Bay at Pebble Beach, California, in the lee of Pescadero Point.
- Buoys
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AnchorageUnited States
San Simeon Bay
3.7
Anchorage in San Simeon Bay on the central California coast, below Hearst Castle and close to William Randolph Hearst Memorial State Beach.
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AnchorageUnited States
China Cove
4.1
Open-coast cove anchorage on the Estero Bay shore of central California, about nine miles north-west of Morro Bay.
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AnchorageUnited States
Morro Bay
4.5
Anchorage in Morro Bay harbour on the central California coast, set behind the 23-million-year-old volcanic plug of Morro Rock, on a sand bottom.
- Buoys
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HarbourMorro Bay, United States
Morro Bay State Park Marina
3.0
Small state park marina at the south end of Morro Bay, 18 berths and 14 mooring buoys for boats from 7.5 to 12 metres.
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AnchorageUnited States
Port San Luis (Avila Beach)
4.5
Open harbour on the central California coast, about 1.3 miles west of Avila Beach in San Luis Obispo County.
- Water
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AnchorageUnited States
Guest Mooring up to 55'
Guest mooring field at Avila Beach in San Luis Obispo Bay, California, for vessels up to 55 feet. Sand bottom, sheltered behind the harbour breakwater.
- Buoys
- Up to 54 ft
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AnchorageUnited States
Pirates Cove
2.5
Small cove between Avila Beach and Shell Beach on the central California coast, used as an open anchorage off Pirate's Cove Beach.