Spot Guide › United States › California › Mavericks → Kelly Avenue downwind route
California, United States · 37.4785, -122.4735
Season
Completed route documented in the forum; no recurring month window established
Water
Technical Half Moon Bay open-ocean swell, reported at about 7 ft and 8 s
Experience
Advanced-to-expert open-ocean downwinder; one comparison rider is identified as a professional
Hazards
Technical seven-foot, eight-second swell plus incomplete start, landing, bailout and rescue detail. The forum post compares two unpowered riders but does not publish the launch procedure or support plan.
Parking & access
Arrange a legal two-point shuttle and verify the exact Mavericks-area start and Kelly Avenue landing. The forum publishes neither lot nor water-entry detail; do not navigate to the midpoint as a launch.
“A Progression Project forum equipment comparison documents two riders on the same roughly four-mile downwind run from Mavericks to Kelly Avenue in Half Moon Bay. The reported conditions were technical, with about seven-foot swell at eight seconds. The coordinate is a schematic route midpoint, not a launch.”
— via Progression Project forum — public topic and post research, last verified 2026-08-02
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