A high surf advisory warns beachgoers in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties to exercise caution as waves could reach up to 22 ...

Surfing generates nearly $200 million a year for Santa Cruz, but a new report warns that climate change and coastal planning ...

The Northern California surf haven could lose its iconic waves as projects designed to protect coastal infrastructure alter ...

The sport generates nearly $200 million a year for the area economy, according to a report that urges planners to protect ...

Scott's Creek is a right reef that breaks anywhere from two feet to 20, mostly in the winter. It can get big and burly, and ...

In 1952, Jack O'Neill opened the first-ever "surf shop" in Santa Cruz, a novel idea that soon spread throughout California ...

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It doesn’t get more “California” than Ventura Beach, where longboard surfing began decades before "Surfin' U.S.A." took it ...

A chance encounter at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has led to the restoration of a long-time, massive display of a blue whale skeleton display at the university. Forty-six years ago, a ...

King Tides and a Pacific storm could bring flooding to California’s coast. Here’s what to know, safety tips, and how to join ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - About a dozen catamarans at Santa Cruz Harbor were damaged by the wind overnight, officials say. The Christmas storm pounded the Bay Area, as well as areas along the Northern ...