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Jun
77°F 25°C
55°F 12°C
Jul
80°F 26°C
57°F 13°C
Aug
81°F 27°C
57°F 13°C
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79°F 26°C
55°F 12°C
Oct
72°F 22°C
50°F 10°C
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1 Sea and Sand Inn 4.5 of 5 stars 120 reviews
2 Dream Inn, a Joie de Vivre hotel 4.5 of 5 stars 387 reviews
3 West Cliff Inn, a Four Sisters Inn 4.5 of 5 stars 119 reviews
4 Edgewater Beach Motel 4.5 of 5 stars 100 reviews
5 Beach Street Inn and Suites 4.5 of 5 stars 94 reviews
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Top-rated B&Bs

1 Adobe on Green Street B&B 5.0 of 5 stars 100 reviews
2 Babbling Brook Inn 4.5 of 5 stars 131 reviews
3 Pacific Blue Inn 4.5 of 5 stars 63 reviews
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1 University of California at Santa... 4.5 of 5 stars 30 reviews
2 West Cliff Drive 4.5 of 5 stars 52 reviews
3 Seymour Marine Discovery Center 4.5 of 5 stars 24 reviews

Tours

1 Santa Cruz Food Tour 5.0 of 5 stars 19 reviews
2 Chardonnay Sailing Charters 5.0 of 5 stars 4 reviews
3 Stagnaro Fishing Charters & Whale... 4.5 of 5 stars 13 reviews
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Top-rated restaurants

1 The Penny Ice Creamery 4.5 of 5 stars 22 reviews
2 Marianne's Ice Cream 4.5 of 5 stars 52 reviews
3 Lillian's Italian Kitchen 4.5 of 5 stars 32 reviews

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Santa Cruz overview

Santa Cruz is one of America's surfing capitals, complete with its own museum devoted to the sport, and a beach whose waves are known all over the world. Spend some time enjoying the amusements on the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, or head over to the local "mystery spot" where gravity doesn't seem to work normally. For outdoor recreation, the Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary and Natural Bridges State Park are the places to be.

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