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CONTACT INFORMATION

Joe Connors *
State Park Peace Officer Supervising Ranger, California State Parks North Area - Pajaro Coast Sector
831.212.7672 phone 1
[email protected]
https://www.santacruz.org/parks/


Permits Department, State Parks and Beaches
California Film Commission
7080 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 900, Hollywood, CA 90028 USA
323.860.2960 phone 1
800.858.4749 phone 2
[email protected]
http://film.ca.gov/state-permits/parks-beaches/


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Santa Cruz County

Keywords: Urban

Site Condition: Lighthouse Field State Beach has the distinction of being home to California's first surfing museum. The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum is in the Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse at Lighthouse Point on West Cliff Drive. Overlooking internationally renowned surfing hotspot Steamer Lane, this museum has photographs, surfboards, and other interesting items tracing over 100 years of surfing history in Santa Cruz.

General Notes: Updated photos 2/22/24 J.Jackson

Jurisdictions: CALIFORNIA FILM COMMISSION - CFC, Santa Cruz, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY FILM COMMISSION - FLICS

Within 30-Mile Studio Zone: N

State Property: Y

Closed/Vacant: N

Verified: 8/24/2025

Location Details

Lighthouse Field State Beach (SB)

United States / Santa Cruz, California
Location ID: #6455

Also known as Point Santa Cruz, this area is one of the last open headlands in any California urban area. Surfers, tourists, birds, tourists, birds - including the rare Black Swift and wintering Monarch butterflies are drawn to this area. Sea Lions populate the off shore rocks.

Location Category:

  • MUSEUMS - *;
  • MUSEUMS - Cultural History;
  • NATURAL LANDSCAPES / PARKS - *;
  • NATURAL LANDSCAPES / PARKS - State Parks;
  • WATER & COASTAL AREAS - *;
  • WATER & COASTAL AREAS - Beaches / Coastline;
  • WATER & COASTAL AREAS - Lighthouses
 
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