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BEACH WEATHER MONTHLY AVERAGES

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun Best	Jul Best	Aug Best	Sep Best	Oct	Nov	Dec
18°	17°	18°	19°	20°	21° Tan	24° Tan	24° Tan	24° Tan	23° Tan	21°	18°
Sea 15°	Sea 15°	Sea 15°	Sea 16°	Sea 16°	Sea 18°	Sea 19° Swim	Sea 20° Swim	Sea 19° Swim	Sea 17°	Sea 16°	Sea 15°

Beach Weather Today in Moonlight State Beach

Today the maximum temperature will be 18° which is not so warm but sunbathing may be possible. Today the water temperature will be 15° which is cold for swimming, a full wet suit is required to spend any length of time in the sea.

Today will be dry with no rain showers. Expect plentiful sunshine and mostly clear blue skies with an average cloud cover of 3%.

The winds will be on shore and very light at 8kmh from the West-Southwest.

Moonlight State Beach faces West and the sunset will be visible over the ocean to the West at 04:42 PM. The skies should be very clear at that time, ideal for a sunset.

For Beach Weather for the next next 7 days, wind and wave conditions and tide and the next 14 days weather use the tabs below.

Beach Weather This Weekend in Moonlight State Beach

This weekend the average maximum daily temperatures will be 18° which is not so warm but sunbathing may be possible. The average water temperature will be 15° which is cold for swimming, a full wet suit is required to spend any length of time in the sea.

There will be no rainy days at all this weekend. Expect plentiful sunshine and mostly clear blue skies with an average cloud cover of 20%.

MOONLIGHT STATE BEACH - BEACH WEATHER FORECAST

06:39 AM 04:42 PM

06:37 PM

08:47 AM

Sat 6th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

14°	13°	13°	14°	18°	18°	17°	14°
5%	4%	4%	3%	0%	2%	3%	7%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°

06:39 AM 04:42 PM

07:51 PM

09:41 AM

Sun 7th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

13°	13°	12°	13°	15°	15°	14°	14°
7%	4%	42%	32%	21%	49%	69%	79%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°

06:40 AM 04:42 PM

09:01 PM

10:24 AM

Mon 8th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

14°	13°	12°	14°	17°	17°	16°	15°
62%	47%	44%	26%	8%	23%	33%	15%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°

06:41 AM 04:43 PM

10:06 PM

10:59 AM

Tue 9th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

13°	12°	11°	15°	19°	19°	18°	18°
0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	5%	0%	0%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°

06:42 AM 04:43 PM

11:08 PM

11:29 AM

Wed 10th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

17°	17°	16°	18°	21°	21°	18°	17°
0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°

06:42 AM 04:43 PM

No moonrise

11:56 AM

Thu 11th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

17°	16°	16°	18°	20°	20°	18°	17°
0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
15°	15°	17°	17°	17°	17°	17°	17°

06:43 AM 04:43 PM

12:06 AM

12:21 PM

Fri 12th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

17°	16°	16°	18°	20°	21°	19°	17°
0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
17°	17°	17°	17°	17°	17°	17°	17°

06:39 AM 04:42 PM

06:37 PM

08:47 AM

Sat 6th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
5 kmh	5 kmh	2 kmh	2 kmh	7 kmh	8 kmh	6 kmh	3 kmh

0.3m	0.3m	0.3m	0.3m	0.4m	0.4m	0.4m	0.3m

15.0s	14.8s	14.8s	14.7s	14.5s	14.2s	13.8s	13.7s

06:39 AM 04:42 PM

07:51 PM

09:41 AM

Sun 7th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
3 kmh	1 kmh	1 kmh	1 kmh	6 kmh	7 kmh	6 kmh	8 kmh

0.3m	0.3m	0.3m	0.3m	0.4m	0.4m	0.4m	0.3m

13.7s	13.6s	13.4s	13.0s	12.9s	12.8s	13.3s	12.7s

06:40 AM 04:42 PM

09:01 PM

10:24 AM

Mon 8th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
8 kmh	9 kmh	8 kmh	9 kmh	11 kmh	14 kmh	13 kmh	9 kmh

0.3m	0.3m	0.3m	0.3m	0.4m	0.5m	0.4m	0.4m

12.5s	12.4s	12.3s	12.2s	12.1s	12.0s	11.9s	11.8s

06:41 AM 04:43 PM

10:06 PM

10:59 AM

Tue 9th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
4 kmh	7 kmh	6 kmh	6 kmh	8 kmh	11 kmh	5 kmh	7 kmh

0.3m	0.3m	0.3m	0.4m	0.4m	0.4m	0.3m	0.3m

11.7s	11.7s	11.7s	8.5s	8.3s	8.3s	8.5s	8.6s

06:42 AM 04:43 PM

11:08 PM

11:29 AM

Wed 10th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
1 kmh	2 kmh	5 kmh	5 kmh	8 kmh	8 kmh	4 kmh	3 kmh

0.3m	0.3m	0.3m	0.3m	0.4m	0.4m	0.6m	0.6m

8.7s	9.0s	9.0s	8.8s	8.5s	8.6s	9.0s	9.1s

06:42 AM 04:43 PM

No moonrise

11:56 AM

Thu 11th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
3 kmh	1 kmh	3 kmh	2 kmh	5 kmh	6 kmh	4 kmh	3 kmh

0.6m	0.6m	0.6m	0.6m	0.7m	0.7m	0.7m	0.6m

9.1s	9.1s	9.1s	9.1s	9.0s	9.0s	9.1s	9.1s

06:43 AM 04:43 PM

12:06 AM

12:21 PM

Fri 12th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
3 kmh	3 kmh	3 kmh	4 kmh	10 kmh	13 kmh	9 kmh	8 kmh

0.6m	0.7m	0.7m	0.7m	0.8m	0.8m	0.8m	0.7m

9.1s	14.4s	16.6s	16.2s	15.9s	15.7s	15.4s	14.9s

06:39 AM 04:42 PM

06:37 PM

08:47 AM

Sat 6th December

2:43 AM	9:04 AM	4:33 PM	11:18 PM

0.69	2.17	-0.47	1.20

06:39 AM 04:42 PM

07:51 PM

09:41 AM

Sun 7th December

3:35 AM	9:53 AM	5:24 PM

0.74	2.05	-0.37

06:40 AM 04:42 PM

09:01 PM

10:24 AM

Mon 8th December

12:17 AM	4:34 AM	10:44 AM	6:16 PM

1.20	0.79	1.87	-0.22

06:41 AM 04:43 PM

10:06 PM

10:59 AM

Tue 9th December

1:18 AM	5:45 AM	11:41 AM	7:10 PM

1.22	0.83	1.65	-0.07

06:42 AM 04:43 PM

11:08 PM

11:29 AM

Wed 10th December

2:19 AM	7:15 AM	12:47 PM	8:03 PM

1.27	0.84	1.42	0.09

06:42 AM 04:43 PM

No moonrise

11:56 AM

Thu 11th December

3:16 AM	8:57 AM	2:07 PM	8:55 PM

1.35	0.77	1.21	0.25

06:43 AM 04:43 PM

12:06 AM

12:21 PM

Fri 12th December

4:04 AM	10:28 AM	3:41 PM	9:45 PM

1.44	0.62	1.07	0.39

Sat 6th December

20°
0.0mm
6kmh SW
3%

Sun 7th December

16°
0.0mm
6kmh WSW
37%

Mon 8th December

18°
0.0mm
7kmh NW
32%

Tue 9th December

21°
0.0mm
3kmh WNW
0%

Wed 10th December

21°
0.0mm
6kmh SW
0%

Thu 11th December

21°
0.0mm
4kmh SW
0%

Fri 12th December

21°
0.0mm
6kmh NW
0%

Sat 13th December

21°
0.0mm
8kmh WNW
0%

Sun 14th December

20°
0.0mm
6kmh W
14%

Mon 15th December

20°
0.0mm
5kmh W
27%

Tue 16th December

19°
0.0mm
7kmh WSW
5%

Wed 17th December

15°
0.1mm
11kmh SSW
64%

Thu 18th December

16°
0.0mm
6kmh SSW
16%

Fri 19th December

18°
0.0mm
5kmh NW
0%

Next 14 day Beach Weather in Moonlight State Beach

In the next 14 days average maximum daily temperatures will be 19° which is not so warm but sunbathing may be possible on some days. The average water temperature will be 16° which is cold for swimming, a full wet suit is required to spend any length of time in the sea. There will be no rainy days at all. Average cloud cover will be 14%.

If you are sailing, windsurfing, fishing, surfing etc. in Moonlight State Beach don't forget to check the tide and wind and wave conditions

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Moonlight State Beach, Encinitas, San Diego County, California

Moonlight State Beach is a beautiful and popular beach destination located in Encinitas, San Diego County, California. The beach features soft golden sand and is known for its family-friendly atmosphere, making it an ideal choice for a relaxing beach holiday.

Beach Type

The beach at Moonlight State Beach has soft golden sand that is not too coarse but rather smooth and comfortable to walk on. The shoreline also has some rocky areas and tide pools where visitors can explore marine life during low tides.

Beach Activities

Surfing: Moonlight State Beach is well-known for its consistent surf breaks that cater to both beginners and experienced surfers. Surf lessons and board rentals are available at local surf shops.
Swimming: The beach has lifeguards on duty during the day, making it a safe place for swimming.
Volleyball: There are several volleyball courts available on the beach for visitors to enjoy a game with friends or family.
Tide Pool Exploration: During low tides, explore the tide pools along the rocky areas of the shoreline to discover various marine life such as sea anemones, crabs, and small fish.
Sunbathing & Relaxing: With ample space and soft golden sand, Moonlight State Beach is an excellent spot for sunbathing or simply relaxing by the ocean.

Accommodation Options

There are no beach resorts directly on Moonlight State Beach; however, there are several hotels and vacation rentals nearby in Encinitas and neighboring towns such as Cardiff-by-the-Sea or Carlsbad. For a more luxurious experience with amenities like spas and fine dining options, consider staying at resorts in nearby La Jolla or Del Mar.

Beach Amenities

Moonlight State Beach offers a range of amenities for visitors, including:

Lifeguards on duty during daytime hours
Restrooms and showers
Picnic areas with tables and barbecues
A children's playground
Volleyball courts
Onsite snack bar (open seasonally)
Ample parking facilities

A holiday at Moonlight State Beach in Encinitas, San Diego County, California, offers a fun and relaxing experience with its golden sandy beach, exciting beach activities such as surfing and tide pool exploration, and convenient amenities. The beach's family-friendly atmosphere makes it an ideal destination for vacationers looking to unwind by the ocean.