23, as a powerful winter swell raged on the California coast and left the Santa Cruz ... Big Wave Challenge, according to Bill Sharp, the contest’s organizer and an authority on big wave surfing.

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.

The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum overlooks one of the most renowned surfing spots in Santa Cruz – Steamer Lane. Along with historic surfing photographs and boards, the museum features a bevy of ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – High surf along the California coast trapped a man under debris at a Santa Cruz state park Monday morning, before causing part of the Santa Cruz Pier to collapse.

PUBLIC SAFETY WAS A BIG CONCERN AND TOP PRIORITY TODAY AS A RESULT OF THAT HIGH SURF WARNING.. ONE OF THOSE SAFETY MEASURES IMPLEMENTED TODAY.. A COMPLETE CLOSURE OF THE SANTA CRUZ WHARF..

Three people fell into the water when more than a hundred feet of the Santa Cruz Wharf ... Bay and the Big Sur coast, according to the National Weather Service. The heavy surf is the result ...