Santa Cruz Surfing Museum
Santa Cruz Surfing Museum

This unique little museum’s exhibit chronicles over 100 years of local surfing history beginning when 3 Hawaiian princes surfed the waves off of Santa Cruz on July 5, 1885, becoming the first persons to introduce board surfing to the United States mainland. Administered by the Santa Cruz Surfing Club Preservation Society.

Santa Cruz Surfing Museum
Mark Abbot Memorial Lighthouse
701 W Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
831-420-6289

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