With rugged beauty and consistent waves, Santa Cruz is a surfer’s paradise. Here’s where and when to get your board in the ocean, and how to respect the marine wildlife.

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Santa Cruz remains famous for consistent swells ... to finally riding a long board purchased from Otto’s Board and Surf, now closed. These days, Smith tells his students to start with a soft ...

Logjam!, the longest-running longboard event in the world will attract over a hundred competitive surfers from across the ...

The California Surf Lifesaving Association honored Santa Cruz Fire Department marine safety officer Brendan Daly with the ...

Santa Cruz’s Adam Bartlett advanced to Finals Day at the Word Surf League’s Live Like Zander Junior Pro In Loving Memory Zander Venezia at Soup Bowl, Bathsheba, Barbados, on Saturday.