Hey Matt B ... How the hell o are you ??? :)

2nd Light Forums
Decrease font size
Increase font size
Topic Title: Santa Cruz in Mid-Late June
Topic Summary: good places to stay?
Created On: 04/19/2015 08:11 AM
Linear : Threading : Single : Branch
Topic Tools Topic Tools
View topic in raw text format. Print this topic.
 04/19/2015 08:11 AM
User is offline View Users Profile Print this message


kooklando

Posts: 62
Joined Forum: 11/08/2010

My friend's got a wedding in the San Jose Area in mid-late June. I have some vacation saved up and was thinking of crashing in Santa-Cruz for a week before the wedding. I was wondering if there are any reasonable places to stay for the week. Would a plan like that even make sense? Do they consistently have waves around that time?

 04/19/2015 10:42 AM
User is offline View Users Profile Print this message


shapewright

Posts: 432
Joined Forum: 07/18/2010

Santa Cruz picks up a good south

 04/20/2015 03:00 PM
User is offline View Users Profile Print this message


dansan

Posts: 586
Joined Forum: 02/16/2010

There are so many places in and out of town..

PM me...

 04/21/2015 05:59 AM
User is offline View Users Profile Print this message


OCEAN_AVE

Posts: 156
Joined Forum: 11/11/2005

Have stayed here several times...Love the Seaway Inn! http://www.seawayinn.com/
 04/21/2015 06:10 AM
User is offline View Users Profile Print this message


KeyserSoze

Posts: 898
Joined Forum: 03/30/2011

Seaway Inn is closed for the season from Feb 25, 2015 until Aug 1, 2016



-------------------------

Who is Keyser Soze?

 04/21/2015 07:20 AM
User is offline View Users Profile Print this message


RegularJoe

Posts: 3679
Joined Forum: 11/20/2011

Seaway Inn is closer to the "west side" (Steamer Lane / Cowells and the Surf Museum, iirc.)
For summer south swells, you might go closer to the "east side" (south facing) breaks like
Pleasure Point, The Hook, Sewer Peak, Rivermouth.
No major worries where you stay; everything is within a 10-minute drive once you get there.
I think there used to be a cheap Motel 6, but I can't find it now.
Super 8 Motel does show up.
Priceline lists 58 feature hotels / B&B's, so yes, lots of options.
Good map to start with:
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Loc...8-Santa_Cruz-Area.html

Water will be chilly, but worth the full suit. NorCal stays light enough to surf late in the summer (almost 9pm?)

Priceline
 04/21/2015 07:30 AM
User is offline View Users Profile Print this message


Surfseeker12

Posts: 14
Joined Forum: 10/26/2013

Stayed at the Hotel Paradox last year, very nice, near Pleasure Point, etc.

 04/21/2015 08:09 AM
User is offline View Users Profile Print this message


ShreddyRoosevelt

Posts: 12
Joined Forum: 04/13/2015

Prepare for Cold. I surfed Monterey last early July, with a 3/2 and it was colder than anything I experienced in St. Auggie or Jax in the heart of winter. I own booties, but didn't bring them. If you have booties and a 4/3, you'll be fine. 

 04/21/2015 08:51 AM
User is offline View Users Profile Print this message


dropsolo

Posts: 1840
Joined Forum: 07/24/2003

Yes. I can usually get away with a 3/2 booties for about 45 minutes then I go ice cube quickly.

Steamer lane is an absolute zoo. Try to hit it on off hours if you're going to go there. Also, the sense of who's wave it is (in the etiquette of Sebastian per se), does not apply there. Deep back doors or dropping in way past/deep into the white water and then bottom turning into the pocket to call you off their wave is practiced regularly. Also, it was laughable but I love you old guys around here but the 60 yos and up were the gnarliest/most localized guys out there.

I have had a good handful of sessions out at the lane and it is very cool to jump off the rock right into the line up.

There's a few peaks down the lane. Even one right in front of the stair case closest to the point that gets really nice and usually has half the crowd.

Beware- the fishes> don't surf a lonely peak. I went out to "three mile" one time and there were two other guys out. When they left, one of them mentioned to me on the way in about never surf alone in that area. Took that to heart and promptly ended my session.

Have fun! If you can. Get up to ocean beach in San francisco. Go see fort point but only surf it if you're ready for another zoo.

I know there's a few NorCal folks that creep on here that can probably give more info.

-------------------------
I type on fone 99% of time. Let the typos slyde. Thanks
Statistics
146494 users are registered to the 2nd Light Forums forum.
There are currently 1 users logged in to the forum.

FuseTalk Basic Edition - © 1999-2024 FuseTalk Inc. All rights reserved.

First there was Air Jordan .