CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST

THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST

has everything from a roller coaster that's now a historical monument and a cement boat that broke and got stuck here since WWII, to high cliffs and rugged coastlines, to mile long beaches, and up into the coastal mountain ranges. Its full of natural beauty in a wide variety of subject matter, from the blue Pacific to world champion surfing, from art galleries to music festivals, On this page are images centered around the water, showing pictures with the ocean or Monterey Bay as a significant element. Some are taken close enough to see the water, and others are taken from the ridge tops of the Santa Cruz Mountains and show the entire bay.

This part of California is a major tourist attraction and the main focus for Santa Cruz is the beach and boardwalk and that's why I lead off this set of pictures with a night scene of the boardwalk under a full moon.

The picture above is called "Boardwalk" and is taken from the municipal pier in Santa Cruz.