Bruce Anderson

This area is just west of Steamer Lane; the lighthouse structure in the photo houses the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum. Outside of the Surfing Museum is a plaque that was recently given to Santa Cruz by the Hawaiian Royal Family; it has a bronze portrait of the three princes from Hawaii who first brought surfing to Santa Cruz in 1875. They used boards that were milled from local Redwood trees, and surfed near the mouth of the San Lorenzo River.