Half Moon Bay & the Coast   Half Moon Bay is a rural seaside community about 30 miles south of San Francisco, and only an hour's drive from virtually anywhere in the Bay Area. Local activities include sport fishing, whale watching, sea kayaking, horseback riding on the beach, antiquing, wine tasting, local live music, historical walking tours, acres of hot houses and field flowers, the 30-year old annual Pumpkin Festival, bluff and mountain top hiking, redwood preserves, bird refuges, Ano Nuevo State Nature Preserve and Maverick's, one of the most challenging surfing locations in the world.   www.halfmoonbaychamber.org/ www.weather.com/outlook/	A ride at sunset The Pumpkin Festival   Galleries and antiquing   The Mavericks