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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 16° which is a little too chilly for sunbathing. Today the water temperature will be 13° 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 lots of sunshine and clear skies with an average cloud cover of 38%.

The winds will be on shore and very light at 9kmh from the West.

Moonlight State Beach faces West and the sunset will be visible over the ocean to the West at 04:46 PM. The skies should be fairly 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 16° which is a little too chilly for sunbathing. The average water temperature will be 13° 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 some sunshine and occasionally cloudy periods with an average cloud cover of 58%.

MOONLIGHT STATE BEACH - BEACH WEATHER FORECAST

06:48 AM 04:46 PM

10:20 PM

10:53 AM

Fri 20th December

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

11°	12°	12°	13°	15°	15°	13°	12°
44%	44%	44%	15%	15%	50%	49%	48%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°

06:49 AM 04:47 PM

11:17 PM

11:19 AM

Sat 21st December

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

11°	10°	10°	10°	12°	13°	12°	11°
48%	48%	49%	45%	46%	52%	74%	80%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°

06:49 AM 04:47 PM

No moonrise

11:43 AM

Sun 22nd December

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

11°	11°	11°	12°	13°	14°	13°	12°
79%	65%	55%	51%	52%	77%	72%	48%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°

06:50 AM 04:48 PM

12:11 AM

12:06 PM

Mon 23rd December

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

12°	11°	11°	12°	14°	14°	15°	15°
60%	58%	61%	61%	47%	50%	32%	90%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°

06:50 AM 04:49 PM

01:06 AM

12:31 PM

Tue 24th December

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

15°	15°	15°	16°	18°	18°	16°	16°
97%	3%	4%	4%	2%	4%	71%	58%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°

06:50 AM 04:49 PM

02:02 AM

12:58 PM

Wed 25th December

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

14°	13°	14°	14°	16°	16°	15°	14°
24%	88%	70%	36%	2%	4%	0%	2%
0.0mm	0.1mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
13°	13°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°

06:51 AM 04:50 PM

03:00 AM

01:28 PM

Thu 26th December

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

13°	13°	13°	14°	15°	16°	15°	14°
5%	5%	6%	19%	49%	45%	12%	19%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°

06:48 AM 04:46 PM

10:20 PM

10:53 AM

Fri 20th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
3 kmh	0 kmh	1 kmh	1 kmh	9 kmh	8 kmh	7 kmh	4 kmh

0.4m	0.4m	0.5m	0.5m	0.5m	0.4m	0.4m	0.4m

12.3s	12.0s	11.9s	11.7s	11.7s	11.7s	11.5s	15.3s

06:49 AM 04:47 PM

11:17 PM

11:19 AM

Sat 21st December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
8 kmh	6 kmh	7 kmh	10 kmh	9 kmh	16 kmh	9 kmh	11 kmh

0.4m	0.4m	0.5m	0.5m	0.5m	0.7m	0.5m	0.6m

13.2s	12.8s	12.6s	12.4s	11.9s	11.8s	12.2s	12.2s

06:49 AM 04:47 PM

No moonrise

11:43 AM

Sun 22nd December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
10 kmh	7 kmh	3 kmh	4 kmh	9 kmh	8 kmh	10 kmh	3 kmh

0.6m	0.7m	0.9m	0.9m	0.2m	0.2m	0.1m	0.3m

17.9s	17.5s	17.3s	16.8s	17.5s	16.8s	16.4s	16.2s

06:50 AM 04:48 PM

12:11 AM

12:06 PM

Mon 23rd December

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

0.3m	0.2m	0.2m	1.0m	1.0m	0.9m	0.9m	0.8m

15.9s	15.7s	15.4s	15.3s	15.0s	14.8s	15.0s	15.1s

06:50 AM 04:49 PM

01:06 AM

12:31 PM

Tue 24th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
5 kmh	4 kmh	5 kmh	11 kmh	10 kmh	13 kmh	15 kmh	22 kmh

0.2m	0.2m	0.3m	0.2m	1.0m	1.0m	0.6m	0.6m

21.1s	19.9s	19.1s	18.6s	18.4s	18.0s	17.5s	17.4s

06:50 AM 04:49 PM

02:02 AM

12:58 PM

Wed 25th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
21 kmh	6 kmh	14 kmh	12 kmh	9 kmh	13 kmh	13 kmh	12 kmh

0.9m	0.8m	0.4m	0.4m	0.4m	0.4m	0.5m	0.4m

17.2s	16.8s	10.7s	13.1s	15.6s	15.3s	15.0s	14.7s

06:51 AM 04:50 PM

03:00 AM

01:28 PM

Thu 26th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
7 kmh	3 kmh	1 kmh	3 kmh	4 kmh	6 kmh	7 kmh	6 kmh

0.3m	0.2m	0.2m	0.2m	0.3m	0.4m	0.6m	0.5m

14.4s	14.3s	14.2s	14.0s	13.9s	13.8s	13.5s	9.1s

06:48 AM 04:46 PM

10:20 PM

10:53 AM

Fri 20th December

1:43 AM	6:09 AM	11:59 AM	7:21 PM

1.10	0.80	1.40	0.10

06:49 AM 04:47 PM

11:17 PM

11:19 AM

Sat 21st December

2:38 AM	7:35 AM	12:56 PM	8:06 PM

1.20	0.80	1.20	0.20

06:49 AM 04:47 PM

No moonrise

11:43 AM

Sun 22nd December

3:28 AM	9:18 AM	2:15 PM	8:53 PM

1.20	0.80	1.00	0.30

06:50 AM 04:48 PM

12:11 AM

12:06 PM

Mon 23rd December

4:11 AM	10:48 AM	3:57 PM	9:41 PM

1.30	0.60	0.90	0.50

06:50 AM 04:49 PM

01:06 AM

12:31 PM

Tue 24th December

4:49 AM	11:50 AM	5:32 PM	10:28 PM

1.40	0.40	0.90	0.50

06:50 AM 04:49 PM

02:02 AM

12:58 PM

Wed 25th December

5:24 AM	12:35 PM	6:44 PM	11:14 PM

1.50	0.20	0.90	0.60

06:51 AM 04:50 PM

03:00 AM

01:28 PM

Thu 26th December

5:57 AM	1:14 PM	7:38 PM	11:56 PM

1.60	0.10	1.00	0.70

Fri 20th December

15°
0.0mm
7kmh WSW
38%

Sat 21st December

13°
0.0mm
4kmh WNW
55%

Sun 22nd December

14°
0.0mm
5kmh SW
62%

Mon 23rd December

16°
0.0mm
8kmh WNW
57%

Tue 24th December

19°
0.0mm
2kmh S
30%

Wed 25th December

16°
0.1mm
7kmh SSW
28%

Thu 26th December

16°
0.0mm
5kmh WSW
20%

Fri 27th December

17°
0.0mm
9kmh S
5%

Sat 28th December

18°
0.0mm
7kmh NW
20%

Sun 29th December

20°
0.0mm
7kmh ESE
0%

Mon 30th December

19°
0.0mm
5kmh WNW
0%

Tue 31st December

16°
0.0mm
13kmh S
36%

Wed 1st January

16°
0.0mm
9kmh ESE
8%

Thu 2nd January

15°
0.0mm
9kmh SSE
6%

Next 14 day Beach Weather in Moonlight State Beach

In the next 14 days average maximum daily temperatures will be 16° which is a little too chilly for sunbathing. The average water temperature will be 14° 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 26%.

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.