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 ...

The wharf reopened to visitors and merchants less than two weeks after a dangerous storm's crashing waves collapsed more than 100 feet of the pier into the ocean.

Hazardous surf and “life-threatening conditions for beachgoers” prompted water rescues and beach closures Saturday near Capitola and Santa Cruz. By 1 p.m., Capitola police sent out email and text ...

Far from the best wave in Santa Cruz, unless you are a beginner (in which case this is where you should surf). Gets swell year round, but summer and autumn tend to be best.

A large northwest swell capsized a boat heading out of Santa Cruz Harbor Thursday evening. Through a multi-agency response, ...

Several stores in downtown Santa Cruz are closing, but many local businesses report strong holiday sales ... they're not going anywhere. It's a surf town. Pacific Wave is a surf shop, so we ...

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 ...

This is an oddball, isn’t it? It’s Hyundai’s Santa Cruz pickup, the chunky and funky baby truck that’s endeared itself to quite a few folks across the pond. Over here in Europe ...

Santa Cruz’s Keanna Miller advanced from her opening heat at the World Surf League’s BTMI Barbados Surf Pro at Soup Bowl, ...

San Francisco Peninsula Coast and Santa Cruz Mountains are included in an updated report for showers by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 8:09 p.m. The alert is in effect until 8:45 p.m.