When thinking of Santa Cruz, you likely imagine surfers or the boardwalk. If you go a little farther, you'll find a ...

Although the surf was poor, the rain was welcome–as was my stay at the Dream Inn, perfectly located on West Cliff Drive to ...

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

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 ...

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

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

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

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - Though the weather should dry up on Christmas, Tuesday's forecast, which includes high surf and flooding, has many Santa Cruz County residents on high alert a day after a major ...

Santa Cruz surfing legend Peter Mel, who turns 55 on Nov. 24, was among those honored Wednesday with invitations to compete in the 2024-25 The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational, held at Waimea Bay, on ...

SANTA CRUZ — When room ran out in his car, Bob “Doc” Scott bought a 15-seat bus and told all the young Santa Cruz surfing “groms” he could find to pile in. But they weren’t headed to campus. The local ...

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

An iconic surf shop in Santa Cruz County says it is closing one of its four locations. O'Neill Surf Shop told KSBW 8 that they will be permanently shutting down their downtown Santa Cruz location. The ...