With rugged beauty and consistent waves, Santa Cruz is a surfer’s paradise. Here’s where and when to get your board in the ocean, and how to respect the marine wildlife.

Santa Cruz initiated a coastal infrastructure closure due to dangerously high surf and severe storm impacts. Officials said the city is still reeling from damage caused by previous storms.

Chris Krohn, a former Santa Cruz city councilmember and mayor, believes the city is moving from an era of progressive ...

Surf tops out with solid shot of peaking swell mid-day. Winds mostly cooperative. Healthy WNW swell maxes out mid-day, as some fresh SSW swell joins in, with waves in the overhead to double ...

Operation Surf, a nonprofit bringing veterans to learn to surf every year started after a former pro-surfer wanted to give back to his community. Operation Surf, a nonprofit bringing veterans to ...

Black Surf Santa Cruz’s Liberation Paddle Out and others. According to the city’s special events grant guidelines, in order for an event to be eligible, the event must take place on public ...

Santa Cruz’s John Mel won his second heat at the World Surf League’s BTMI Barbados Surf Pro at Soup Bowl, Bathsheba, Barbados ...