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Feb
58°F 14°C
43°F 6°C
Mar
63°F 17°C
44°F 6°C
Apr
66°F 18°C
46°F 7°C
May
72°F 22°C
51°F 10°C
Jun
77°F 25°C
55°F 12°C
Jul
80°F 26°C
57°F 13°C
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Top-rated hotels

1 Sea and Sand Inn 4.5 of 5 stars 111 reviews
2 Dream Inn, a Joie de Vivre hotel 4.5 of 5 stars 332 reviews
3 West Cliff Inn, a Four Sisters Inn 4.5 of 5 stars 102 reviews
4 Edgewater Beach Motel 4.5 of 5 stars 92 reviews
5 Pelican Point Inn 4.5 of 5 stars 52 reviews
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Top-rated B&Bs

1 Adobe on Green Street B&B 5.0 of 5 stars 94 reviews
2 Babbling Brook Inn 4.5 of 5 stars 124 reviews
3 Pleasure Point Inn 4.5 of 5 stars 29 reviews
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1 West Cliff Drive 4.5 of 5 stars 23 reviews
2 University of California at Santa... 4.5 of 5 stars 14 reviews
3 UCSC Arboretum 5.0 of 5 stars 6 reviews

Tours

1 Santa Cruz Food Tour 5.0 of 5 stars 17 reviews
2 Stagnaro Fishing Charters & Whale... 4.5 of 5 stars 13 reviews
3 Chardonnay Sailing Charters 5.0 of 5 stars 3 reviews
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1 Marianne's Ice Cream 4.5 of 5 stars 77 reviews
2 The Penny Ice Creamery 4.5 of 5 stars 32 reviews
3 Lillian's Italian Kitchen 4.5 of 5 stars 30 reviews
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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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