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Reworded baseline: the break favors southwest short-to-medium period swell with the cleanest conditions on east-to-northeast winds.
Performance is typically best around mid-rising tides when peaks hold together.
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Moonlight Beach
Encinitas’ busiest little sandbar-Moonlight dishes up fast, peaky beach - breaks that shuffle and reform with the tides and make for punchy summer rights and lefts. Get the latest surfing conditions, forecast, and tide details for Moonlight Beach in California.
Break TypeBeach Break
Skill LevelBeginner - Intermediate
LocationCalifornia, US
Live conditions
- Waves 3-4 ft+
- Period 14 s
- Wind W 8 kt
Tide curve (forecast)
1.2 ftfalling
- Low0.1 ft
- High5.0 ft
- Low1.2 ft
- High5.4 ft
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Strong local knowledge: shifting sandbars and a popular lifeguarded point make the peak move daily and crowds concentrate near the main access.
Parking fills fast on weekends.
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