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1997-98 El Niño Coastal Monitoring Program

Main Beach, Santa Cruz

Click on either image to see an enlargement of it.

December 26, 1997Main Beach Santa Cruz 12-26

Main Beach, Santa Cruz the day after Christmas, 1997, showing a wide beach in early winter before the onset of heavy El Niño storms.

February 6, 1998Main Beach Santa Cruz 2-6

"El Niño winter" conditions at Main Beach, Santa Cruz near the Boardwalk.

See also: The Boardwalk, Santa Cruz, for a reverse angle on this area.

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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