Santa Cruz Main Beach is also known as Boardwalk Beach since it stretches the length of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. In the summer, it's one of the busiest beaches in Santa Cruz thanks to its ...

The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is a mile-long boardwalk and amusement park just south of central Santa Cruz. Operating for more than a century, the boardwalk boasts a plethora of rides ...

From Santa Cruz’s Main Beach, it’s a spectacular 12-mile coast ... Order the Diestel turkey sandwich with avocado and white Cheddar or the gooey “fancy pants” grilled cheese, then eat ...

Living just on the other side of the Santa Cruz Mountains from the beach means I regularly head there for a day in the sand. The best of all worlds is when I can play tourist for a night or two and ...

It’s Thursday, and I’m at the midpoint of the 2.5-mile Old Cove Landing Trail in Santa Cruz’s Wilder Ranch State Park, standing directly underneath the mouth of Fern Grotto Beach’s sea cave.

Capitola Beach Company and the women-owned Capitola Surf and Paddle offer daily lessons for beginners. Santa Cruz surfers are no strangers to coming face-to-face with the marine life. Even with ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KRON) — Lifeguards recently received medals of valor for their heroic actions at a beach in Half Moon Bay and another shoreline in Santa Cruz known as “Death Rocks.” ...