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Half Moon Bay wind

Half Moon Bay is a land weather station near El Granada in the San Francisco Bay sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 12 kn from S (180°), gusting 16 kn, 2026-11-04 00:00 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 16:00 America/Los_Angeles). Air 18°C. 1015 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 11 kn, 24 readings, gust 23 kn, peak mean 19 kn, mostly S (177°).

Recent readings

Position 37.356, -122.881; exposure coastal. Half Moon Bay is on the shore: it reads sea wind well, land wind less so.

Forecast against this station

Judged on the forecast published by 6 am the same morning, over the last 7 days ECMWF IFS 0.25° has had the smallest wind-speed error at Half Moon Bay: 2.5 kn on average across 56 hourly comparisons, against 3.7 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days ECMWF IFS 0.25° has had the smallest wind-speed error at Half Moon Bay: 2.3 kn on average across 56 hourly comparisons, against 5.1 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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