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Visit the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum at the Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse on Lighthouse Point, overlooking Steamer Lane. Learn about the surfing heritage and culture of Santa Cruz, see photos, boards and books, and join the World Surfing Reserve celebration.
The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum is a museum which was established in May 1986 to document the history of surfing. With collections dating back to the earliest years of surfing on mainland United States, the museum houses a historical account of surfing in Santa Cruz, California.
- 1986
- 70,000 visits annually
- 39 feet (12 m)
- Santa Cruz, California
Learn about the origins and evolution of surfing in Santa Cruz, from the first documented evidence in 1885 to the counter-culture movement of the 1960s. See exhibits of surfboards, photos, films and a shark-attacked board at the lighthouse on West Cliff Dr.
May 24, 2022 · Santa Cruz Surfing Museum. Mark Abbott Lighthouse - West Cliff Dr. Santa CruzCA95060. 831.420.6289. www.cityofsantacruz.com. Hours of Operation. Friday - Sunday 12:00-4:00pm. Type of Activity. Galleries.
Santa Cruz Surfing Museum. 244 reviews. #10 of 114 things to do in Santa Cruz. Speciality Museums. Closed now. Write a review. About. For more than a hundred years, Santa Cruz has been a hot spot for hard-core surfers. This museum tells their stories through photographs, surfboards and other related items.
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Santa Cruz Surfing Museum, Santa Cruz, California. 1,119 likes · 4 talking about this · 8,728 were here. At the Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse.
The museum has photographs, surfboards, and other interesting items tracing over 100 years of surfing history in Santa Cruz. Museum guests can enjoy displays of surf boards and memorabilia ranging from redwood “planks” to modern high-tech designs and shapes, wetsuits, photographs, videos and a gift shop with books, T-shirts, sweatshirts ...