• Mark Abbott Lighthouse - 701 West Cliff Drive Santa Cruz CA 95060. ... This unique little museum’s exhibits chronicle over 100 years of local surfing history.
  • While the museum is not huge and housed in a lighthouse, it's still worth visiting for the history and nostalgia of Santa Cruz surfing past.
  • The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum is a museum which was established in May 1986 to document the history of surfing.
  • The exhibits at the museum explore this unique culture of surfing from its early origins in Ancient Hawaii and over 100 years of surfing in Santa Cruz.
  • In 1896 the Santa Cruz Surf remarked that, “the boys who go in swimming at Seabright Beach use surfboards to ride the breakers, like the Hawaiians.”
  • The memorial museum was established in 1986, and has become an iconic symbol for the Santa Cruz community, surf culture, and ongoing coastal programs.
  • The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum is a museum which was established in May 1986 to document the history of surfing.
  • The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum opened in 1986, to pay tribute to the huge impact Santa Cruz has had on surf culture, and vice versa.
  • Santa Cruz Surfing Museum, Santa Cruz, California. 1,119 likes · 2 talking about this · 8,752 were here. At the Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse.
  • The location is also great to watch local surfers catch some waves. Date of experience: August 2018. Ask Shadmonster about Santa Cruz Surfing Museum.
  • The waves that crash along the coast provide excellent opportunities for rides, and surf culture has intertwined into the history of the city of Santa Cruz itself.
  • The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum overlooks one of the most renowned surfing spots in Santa Cruz – Steamer Lane.
  • Description. By Thomas Hickenbottom, Santa Cruz Surfing Club Preservation Society and The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum.