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Licensed and insured · Encinitas & Cardiff-by-the-Sea · Mon–Sat 8am–8pm
Moonlight Lock & Safe
Encinitas · Cardiff-by-the-Sea · 92024 · 92007

Your Encinitas locksmith, from Leucadia to Olivenhain

Lockouts, rekeys, fine door hardware and safes, done carefully for the homes between the 5 and the sand.

  • Licensed and insured
  • Independent, not a call center
  • Local to Encinitas
  • Upfront pricing
Moonlight State Beach at blue hour, the lifeguard tower and the beach stairs seen from the bluff, one warm light on.
Moonlight State Beach at blue hour, where B Street runs out of road.
01 Right now

Locked out right now?

Call and we'll quote it on the phone, give you a real ETA, and get you in without damaging the door. Houses, condos and cars, from the beach lots to Olivenhain. How a lockout call goes.

(760) 530-4697
02 Specialty

What we're known for

  • Rental and second-home changeovers

    Locks and codes changed between guests, timed to the cleaning window, with a photo when it's done. For owners near Moonlight, Swami's and the Cardiff beaches, and for owners who live in Phoenix.

    Changeovers and keypad setups
  • Fine and high-security hardware

    Emtek, Baldwin and high-security cylinders, fitted so the latch clicks and the deadbolt throws with two fingers. Finishes chosen for salt air.

    Hardware we fit
  • Safes, sold and installed

    Help choosing a home or gun safe that fits what you own, then delivery, placement and bolt-down so it stays where you put it.

    Choosing and installing a safe
03 Everyday

Everyday locksmith work, done carefully

The specialty pays for the van. The everyday work is most of the week, and it gets the same care.

  • Rekeys after a move, a lost key, or a roommate change. Every door on one key.
  • Lock repair: sticking deadbolts, loose levers, latches that don't catch. Usually a fit problem, not a lock problem.
  • Lock changes when the hardware is past saving.
  • Storefront locks and cylinders along Coast Highway 101, from Downtown to Leucadia, done before opening.
  • Car lockouts in the beach lots and in driveways.
  • Car keys: ask us. Some we can cut and program on the spot; for the rest we'll point you to the right specialist.
04 The coast

Built for coastal homes

West of the 5, and especially west of 101, the air does things to hardware. Brass-plated cylinders pit and go green. Strike plates rust from the screw holes out. Sand works into slider latches and beach-gate bolts until they need a hip to close. A deadbolt that turned fine in March seizes by August.

We see it every week between Leucadia and Cardiff. So the van carries PVD and stainless hardware, we lubricate with the right stuff instead of the can under everyone's sink, and we'll say honestly when a rekey isn't worth doing on a cylinder the salt has already eaten.

05 Numbers

What a visit starts at

Three of the starting numbers, so you know before you call. Every job is quoted on the phone before we drive.

  • House or condo lockout

    from $125, per visit, daytime

  • Rekey

    from $30, per cylinder, plus service call

  • Safe opening

    from $195, per safe

Every starting number, on one page.

06 Where

Across the five villages

Encinitas is five villages that grew together. We work all of them, plus the neighborhoods people actually name when they give directions.

  • Old Encinitas Downtown 101, the Moonlight Beach condos, and the rental blocks toward Swami's.
  • New Encinitas The El Camino Real side: 1970s to 90s neighborhoods, HOA front doors, garage-to-house doors nobody keys.
  • Leucadia Bungalows and cottages off North 101, backyard studios and ADUs, mortise locks worth keeping.
  • Olivenhain Gated drives, casitas, barns and pool gates, planned onto one key system.
  • Cardiff-by-the-Sea Its own zip, 92007, and its own page.

Encinitas Ranch, Village Park and the Quail Gardens area are on the villages page too.

07 Neighbors

What neighbors say

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08 Who

Who shows up

You'll meet Chad Binsburg, the locksmith who owns the business, answers the phone, and does the work. Licensed and insured, and based in Encinitas.

More about who we are and how we work.

The owner at the workbench with the key machine, brass shavings, and a poinsettia on the shelf.
The workbench, and the poinsettia every Encinitas shop should have.

Call, or text a photo of the lock.

A straight quote before we start, and a locksmith you can look up.

Hours
Mon–Sat 8am–8pm
After-hours lockouts by phone
Credentials
Licensed and insured
Area
Encinitas & Cardiff-by-the-Sea
92024 · 92007
Call (760) 530-4697 Text a photo