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.

A part of the Santa Cruz Wharf collapsed Monday afternoon during a high-surf warning ... the Monterey Bay, and Big Sur Coast. Breaking waves of 30 to 35 feet are expected along the coast.

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 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.

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.

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 ...