Half Moon Bay Half Moon Bay is a coastal city in San Mateo County, California, United States, approximately south of San Francisco. Its population was 11,795 as of the 2020 census. Immediately at the north of Half Moon Bay is Pillar Point Harbor and the un ...

is a city in San Mateo County, California Half Moon Bay may also refer to:

Australia

* Halfmoon Bay (Tasmania), a bay in Tasmania, near *

Half Moon Bay (Victoria) The Half Moon Bay is a bay and neighbourhood on Port Phillip, south east of Melbourne. Located in the suburb of Black Rock, it is home to the Black Rock Yacht Club, thHalf Moon Bay Lifesaving Cluband thCerberus Beach House Restaurant and Beach ...

, a bay in Black Rock, Victoria

In Canada

Half Moon Bay (Nunavut) Half Moon Bay is an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Located off northwestern Bathurst Island, the bay is on the east side of May Inlet. Other bays in the area include Purcell Bay, Dampier Bay, and Stuart Bay Stuart Bay is ...

, an Arctic waterway in Nunavut * Half Moon Bay (Toronto), a body of water near Ontario Place (west of Stanley Barracks / New Fort York) and place where

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...

made land fall during the

Battle of York The Battle of York was a War of 1812 battle fought in York, Upper Canada (today's Toronto, Ontario, Canada) on April 27, 1813. An American force supported by a naval flotilla landed on the lakeshore to the west and advanced against the town, whi ...

Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia Halfmoon Bay (xwilkway in ''she shashishalhem'', the Sechelt language) is a small community of about 2,800 people, many of whom are only summer residents. It is a large scalloped bay protected from the open sea by South Thormanby Island and Vancouv ...

, a community on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia

New Zealand

Half Moon Bay, Auckland Half Moon Bay, an affluent coastal suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, lies immediately south of Bucklands Beach. It formed part of Manukau City until the amalgamation of the entire Auckland Region in 2010 under one governing authority, Auckland ...

, a coastal suburb located near Pakuranga in Auckland *

Halfmoon Bay (Stewart Island) Halfmoon Bay lies on the eastern coast of Stewart Island/Rakiura in New Zealand. The town of Oban lies in the bay. A small fishing Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught as wildlife from the natural envi ...

, a bay on the eastern coast of Stewart Island/Rakiura and also sometimes the name for Oban, New Zealand on the same island

Saudi Arabia

Half Moon Bay, Saudi Arabia Half Moon Bay ( ar, شاطئ نصف القمر), is located near Khobar city in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Half Moon Bay has been a place of recreation for many people, including oil workers and their families, for the last 80 years. ...

United States

Half Moon Bay (California) 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, with sea access to the south. Coastal towns located there are Princeton-by-the-Sea, ...

, a bay on the San Mateo County coast of California, namesake of the city there

Other uses

* ''Half Moon Bay'' (album), by Bill Evans, 1998 * "Half Moon Bay", a 2009 song by Train from ''

Save Me, San Francisco ''Save Me, San Francisco'' is the fifth studio album by pop rock band Train (and the first of two albums recorded as a three-piece). It was released on October 26, 2009, through Columbia Records. The album was certified Platinum by the Recording In ...