Half Moon Bay Surfing Mavericks!

                                       Half Moon Bay

Half Moon Bay is the place which is situated 23 miles southwest of the San Francisco International Airport, The Ritz-Carlton and Half Moon Bay provides a magnificent backdrop for the perfect Northern California coast vacation. Whether you can surf better from other places. Various kinds of facilities and I think it’s a perfect and attractive place to the worlds surfer. At the north edge of the bay is the big wave surf area, Mavericks, off Pillar Point, where surfers challenge waves over 50 feet (15m). Mavericks is a winter destination for some of the world's best big wave surfers. Mavericks is a best surfing location in Northern California in USA. It is located approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) from shore in Pillar Point Harbor just north of Half Moon Bay at the village of Princeton-By-The-Sea. After a strong winter storm in the northern Pacific Ocean, waves can routinely crest at over 25 feet (8m) and top out at over 50 feet (15m). On the other hand can occur the big hazards like a big wave wipeout, a breaking wave can push surfers down 20 to 50 feet (6.2 m to 15.5 m) below the surface. In every season various surfing competition are held here in the Half Moon Bay coast when the big waves come in winter, and late every year, an official waiting period for the Mavericks Surf Contest begins. Here some conditions are right, but this contest has an interesting twist. No one knows when it will be held until just 24 hours before it starts. get a telephone call telling them when the Mavericks Surf Contest will begin. They have 24 hours to get there. That's all the time you'll have to prepare. Many worlds famous surfer are surfing in Half Moon Bay from long since like   Laird Hamilton, Eddie Aikau, Ken Bradshaw ,  and Jeff Clark.