Half Moon Bay
Half Moon Bay
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Keith O
Russiaville, IN94 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2023
We spent 6 weeks on Roatan, Honduras staying in a Condo, approximately an 8 minute walk from Half Moon Bay. We found this to be the perfect location to swim and snorkel šŸ¤æ. Gingers, a restaurant and Bar will let you use their beach chairs as long as you are eating or drinking with them. The food, drinks and service is absolutely top notch there as well. We liked our experience so much that we decided to do it all again in 2024.
Written 6 August 2023
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sunking64_11
Richfield, Minnesota19 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2023 ā€¢ Couples
Beautiful bay, great place to watch the sunset. Walk the beach over to Ginger's for a nice place to swim, and snorkel. Grab a beach chair (no charge) for a nice place to spend the day.
Written 1 April 2023
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Margueriteevel
New York City, NY67 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2022 ā€¢ Solo
This is such a beautiful bay, lovely place to see the sunset, and a nice place to enjoy the warm. water. Great snorkeling too. To me, itā€™s more unique and beautiful than the more famous West Bay Beach and unlike West Bay, Half-noon bay is right in the center of West End with a lot of local interesting stores, and a variety of cuisine. The sad thing is the amount of litter (mostly cans, bottles, cups, plastic bags, etc) just thrown into the sand and drifting into the water. Particularly sad to see the litter strewn all around signs posted about the importance of respecting the beach environment. At the very least, they need to add waste bins so itā€™s not all on the sand and water.
Written 8 March 2023
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larry c
Cleveland, OH36 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2023
We had lunch and swam here and had a great time. The Sun Set restaurant food was great. The free use of the beach made this a great bargain.
Written 2 March 2023
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Coreen J
Winkler, Canada6 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2023
We stayed in the Half Moon Bay area for 3 weeks and loved it! Great snorkelling and a relaxing beach! Never more than 30 people on the beach, other than on Sunday afternoons when the locals respectively came to join in on fun in the sun with their families.
Written 8 February 2023
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Lori
24 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2023
in Half Moon Bay, you can walk everywhere easily. Plenty of restaurants, bars, gift shops and dive shops. laid back vibe if you're not into the condo/fancy resort scene. Great value on rooms too!
Written 11 January 2023
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amosapparel
Orange, VA225 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2022
Great place to find a place to stay with great restaurants, this is not high-end like West Bay but easygoing with a great vibe. Great place to snorkel, sleep and eat. Awesome dive shops right on the beach, we like Moana Divers, they are the best....
Written 2 January 2023
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Ann K
6 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2022 ā€¢ Family
Less touristy and busy than other beaches. Not super big and the water is a little cloudier for snorkeling. Some nice souvenir shops nearby (road is busy and narrow, so it's a little stressful with younger kids). There is a fun boat to jump off with a rock wall...we asked our water taxi to stop by it rather than swim all the way out there because there are a lot of boats coming and going.
Written 26 February 2022
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Dawn H
Grand Rapids, MI5 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2022
Great place to get in the water right around the corner from west bay. There is some coral and lots of fishes for a walk in snorkel experience. Quite clean and all the shops on the road will provide anything you may want.
Also in the evening there are 2 street vendors. 1 on the shop side kind of next to woodies grocery he sells chicken or pork tacos, delicious traditional food 3 tacos for 5 bucks. I highly recommend. The ladies are across the street and serve grilled chicken, pork or sausage with fixings. Also a delicious traditional option in the evenings.
Written 30 January 2022
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Matt Bradshaw
6 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2022
The snorkeling access at Half Moon Bay was pretty great. It wasn't as clear as West Bay, but it was also less touristy. The beach seemed to bustle with locals as opposed to tourists, though perhaps the timing of our trip here could have influenced this?

As others have said, the West side of HMB is the usual spot for swimmers/snorkelers given its protection from boats via roped-off buoys. But since I had a relatively difficult time figuring it out myself, I thought I should help others in locating this... the infamous submerged submarine that you can read about is on the Eastern side (watch for boat traffic!). It's just off of Karl's "Go Deeper" dock. In between his dock and his moored dive platform boat available for the public. Just a touch more in the middle of the Bay than the moored diving platform boat (which is also seemingly available for the public!). This boat has rock climbing holds and is a fun high dive.

Speaking of which, it's one of my regrets not actually meeting Karl and taking a deep dive on his submarine... ran out of time and learned of it too late. We did meet Ian his gardener and he was one of the most generous and interesting people I've had the pleasure to meet. The fact that Karl operates such an extraordinary place and benefits the public with his submerged submarine and high diving platform boat... truly extraordinary. You should really check out his Stanley Submarine dive expeditions just on the basis of how cool these people are.
Written 9 January 2022
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