A Half Moon Bay-based fishing and whale-watching charter operating a 40-foot vessel from Pillar Point Harbor.
Riptide Charters operates out of Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay, California, offering deep sea fishing and whale watching trips aboard the F/V Riptide. The vessel is a 40-foot fiberglass boat equipped with turbo diesel engines and state-of-the-art electronics, licensed by the U.S. Coast Guard. Led by Captain William Smith, who has been involved in Half Moon Bay fishing for nearly four decades, the charter provides opportunities to catch salmon, rockfish, lingcod, and tuna depending on the season. The operator also offers whale watching tours where guests can observe humpbacks and migrating gray whales, as well as private ashes scattering services.
Half Moon Bay, United States · departs from Pillar Point Harbor
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