Half Moon Bay State Beach
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Half Moon Bay State Beach is a protected beach located in Half Moon Bay in California. This Pacific Ocean beach, located immediately south of Pillar Point Harbor and the town of Princeton-by-the-Sea, is often used by surfers, who utilize its unusual waves that are inflluenced by reflective action from the harbor jetty. A variety of fish species have been identified in the marine enviornment, the most abundant fish including flatfish, the commercially important English sole, rockfish, surfperch, Pacific herring, lingcod; and abundant winter species including starry flounder and top-smelt. [1]
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- ^ Environmental Impact Report for the Pillar Point East Harbor Master Plan, Earth Metrics Inc., prepared for the San Mateo County Harbor District, February, 1989
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- California State Parks page
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