Flock & ALPR Cameras in Half Moon Bay, California
Volunteers have reported 12 automated license plate readers in and around Half Moon Bay — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Half Moon Bay in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:29 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Half Moon Bay
The readers mapped around Half Moon Bay break down as 14 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in May 2025; the most recent in Jul 2026.
- Main Street — 4 readers
- Cabrillo Highway South — 3 readers
- Kelly Avenue — 2 readers
- Cabrillo Highway North — 1 reader
- Kelly Street — 1 reader
- Higgins Canyon Road — 1 reader
- Wavecrest Road — 1 reader
- Poplar Street — 1 reader
Half Moon Bay in the San Mateo County picture
San Mateo County has 628 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #164 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident, inside the top 7.6% nationally. That’s across 745,100 residents and 1,847 road miles. By road density that is 0.34 cameras per road mile, in the top 0.4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 14 traffic.
What’s watching Half Moon Bay
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Half Moon Bay — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Half Moon Bay (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Half Moon Bay
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Half Moon Bay
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).