Sea Glass - Santa Cruz - Beaches and Memories

by Keith Henley
(Santa Cruz, CA)

Name of Beach and Comments: Santa Cruz, California

The Main Beach
Cowell's Beach
Right by Seabright Beach

How would you rate this beach for sea glass?: Fair (3-5 jewelry grade pcs. found per hour)

Thanks for the input, Keith!

Hey, I grew up surfing Cowell's...course that was back in the good ol days on longboards! In my 20s, I worked for the SC Parks Department and was on the crew that "groomed" West Cliff and Steamer's parking areas and Cowell's beach.

However, I didn't know about sea glass back then.

Later, my surfing moved to other spots. It was mostly Sewer Peak @ Pleasure Point, the Hook, etc. One year, the Rivermouth broke good into June. That fall I moved to the Big Island, Hawaii, for eight years and married Lin there....

Later, lived and at and surfed on beaches in Ecuador (Montanita Point) and Nicaragua (La Boquita).

Anyway, enough reminiscing...

Thanks so much for submitting these beaches!

We'll be looking forward to hearing from you with more beaches. We hope to be down at the Sea Glass and Ocean Art Festival later this year.

Keep on keepin' on,

David and Lin