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Santa Cruz is the place to get let your inside out. From the big blue of the Paci c Ocean to the mighty redwoods of the Santa Cruz mountains opportunities abound to get your blood owing.
Santa Cruz has good reason to call itself the original “Surf City”. In July of 1885 three Hawaiian princes had
Surfing Lessons & Rentals
Richard Schmidt Surf School offers sur ng lessons year round. Santa Cruz’s original surf school for over 25 years. Weekly summer surf camps. (831) 423-0928, richardschimdt.com.
Club Ed Surf School and Camps offer sur ng lessons and rentals daily on Cowell Beach. Club Ed's Blue Lessons and Rentals Surf Trailer is located on Cowell Beach on the right side of the Santa Cruz Wharf in front of the Dream Inn Hotel. For reservations and information please call (831) 464-0177, (831)459-6664, Club-Ed.com.
O’Neill Surf Shops on 41st Avenue in Capitola provides surfboard, SUP, bodyboard, and wetsuit rentals for men, women and kids. (831)475-4151. Other Santa Cruz locations: 110 Cooper Street, Downtown (831)469-4377, and the Boardwalk at 400 Beach Street (831)459-9230, oneillwetsuits.com.
Adventure Sports Unlimited is your door to aquatic adventure on the Monterey Bay. Experts in teaching people how to play in water: Swimming, Kayaking, SCUBA Diving. (831)458-3648, asudoit.com.
surfboards shaped from local redwoods and paddled out in Santa Cruz. They were the rst to surf anywhere in North America, and the rest, as they say, is history. If bashing the lip or hanging ten is something you would like to try, there are plenty of rental shops and surf schools that can get you started in the right direction.
SUP Shack The SUP Shack is ideally located just steps from the dock, where paddlers can easily launch without having to load the boards onto their cars. A full range of boards, paddles, and wet suits, as well as lessons, are available to paddlers of all abilities. Santa Cruz Harbor by Crows Nest (831) 464-7467 supshacksantacruz .com
Sea Kayaking
Looking to get the whole family out on the water for an adventure? Rental kayaks can easily access kelp beds and cliffs where otters, seals, sea lions and many other marine animals live. Guided tours are available.
Venture Quest Kayaks for all your kayaking needs. Rentals, tours, classes and team building available. #2 Santa Cruz Wharf (831)427-2267 kayaksantacruz.com.
Capitola Boat & Bait rents kayaks and gear on the Capitola Wharf, (831) 462-2208, santacruzboatrentals.net.
Kayak Connection offers rentals, tours and classes at the Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor and in Elkhorn Slough, Moss Landing, (831)479- 1121, kayakconnection.com
Sailing
Let someone else do the work for you and enjoy a pleasant bay cruise on one of the local sailing charters.
Pacific Yachting and Sailing, in the Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor, offers sailing instruction programs from basic beginner to offshore training. (831)423- SAIL (7245) or (800)374-2626, paci csail.com
Stand Up Paddleboarding
Perhaps you would like a little slower pace but would still like to have some fun in the water. There are plenty of other aquatic activities to suit you. The newest rage on the water is stand-up paddle boarding (SUP). No waves needed. An extra long and thicker board with greater stability is used, while the paddler stands on the board using a long handled paddle to propel themself. It is easy to learn and while you are having fun you are accidently getting a nice little workout in.
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