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Santa Cruz Main Beach & Wharf (USGS CoastCam), live from Santa Cruz

2 live cameras on the Monterey Bay, streamed by their owners and free to watch.

Santa Cruz Main Beach & Wharf (USGS CoastCam) is a live camera in Santa Cruz, California, streamed on YouTube by U.S. Geological Survey (Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center). It is one of 2 cameras we show for Santa Cruz — use the arrows or the list below to switch.

Santa Cruz sits on Monterey Bay south of San Jose, with the historic Beach Boardwalk, the 19th-century Santa Cruz Wharf and consistent surf breaks that draw local surfers year-round. It is a working fishing port and harbor town with a lively waterfront. Two U.S. Geological Survey coastal research cameras watch Main Beach and Cowell Beach, documenting the bay and town waterfront.

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