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A portion of a pier in northern California's Santa Cruz collapsed into the Pacific Ocean on Monday, sending three city workers into the sea after high surf slammed the coast. The Wharf, a public ...
Santa Cruz officials later said that the collapse happened at around 12:45 p.m. The National Weather Service Bay Area X account posted information and video from an X user about the collapse at 1: ...
Dangerous waves brought down part of the Santa Cruz Pier on Monday and prompted multiple water rescues from the Pacific Ocean this week as waves up to 60 feet are forecast along the shores of ...
This satellite image shows the sea-water temperature variations around the Northern Channel Islands. Temperature ranges are blue = 44–52 °F (7–11 °C), green, yellow = 56–64 °F (13–18 °C), and orange, red = 65–72 °F (18–22 °C). From west to east, the islands are San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, and Anacapa.
The winds drive surface water to the right of the wind flow, that is offshore, which draws water up from below to replace it. The upwelling further cools the already cool California Current. This is the mechanism that produces California's characteristic coastal fog and cool ocean waters. As a result, ocean surf temperatures are much colder ...
One person died on a Santa Cruz County beach and two went missing in Monterey County Monday after large waves battered the Northern California coastline amid a high surf warning.
These storms are essential for the water supply but can also be dangerous. “When they are too strong and too many in a row, we end up getting floods,” he said, adding that they drive California’s weather extremes. During storms this week around Santa Cruz, one man was trapped under debris and died and another person was pulled into the ocean.
Santa Cruz has 11 surf breaks, including the point breaks over rock bottoms near Steamer Lane and Pleasure Point.Home to the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum at Steamer Lane, which continues to be staffed by docents from the Santa Cruz Surfing Club who have surfed Santa Cruz waves since the 1930s, Santa Cruz hosts several surf contests drawing international participants each year, including the O ...