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1997-98 El Niño Coastal Monitoring Program

Cowells Beach, Santa Cruz

Click on either image to see an enlargement of it.

October 9, 1997Cowells-10-9

"Summer" condition Cowells Beach at the west end of the Santa Cruz wharf.

February 6, 1998Cowells-2-6

"El Niño" Cowells Beach. Driftwood, brought to the coast by the nearby San Lorenzo River, litters the upper beach.

 

Click on a beach name to see a series of photographs
taken from October '97 - February '98

Location Map
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The Boardwalk,
Santa Cruz

Capitola Beach,
Capitola

Cowells Beach,
Santa Cruz

Its Beach,
Santa Cruz

Main Beach,
Santa Cruz

Seabright Beach,
Santa Cruz

Seacliff Beach,
Santa Cruz

Esplanade Drive,
Pacifica

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