Natural Bridges State Beach
Santa Cruz County, California, United States
- Free parking
Tomorrow at a glance
Best: 1 pm to sunset, sunset 6:20 pm6.5
8 km/h5 mph wind, Good
6.4
6 km/h4 mph wind, Good
6.2
4 km/h2 mph wind, Good
6.1
5 km/h3 mph wind, Good
6.5
7 km/h5 mph wind, Good
6.8
11 km/h7 mph wind, Good
6.7
13 km/h8 mph wind, Good
7.3
8 km/h5 mph wind, Great
7.7
6 km/h4 mph wind, Great
7.7
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
7.4
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 1 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 14°C57°F
- Water
- 18°C65°F
- Wind
- 106 km/hmph NNW
- Gusts
- 2214 km/hmph
- Waves
- 1.5 m5 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 7%
- Sunset
- 6:20 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- Low 2 am, -0.3 m1 ft
- High 9 am, 0.9 m3 ft
- Low 3 pm, -0.3 m1 ft
- High 9 pm, 0.7 m2 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
About Natural Bridges State Beach
Natural Bridges State Beach is a state beach in Santa Cruz, California. OpenStreetMap lists De Anza Beach, approximately 880 feet away, as a nearby beach. OpenStreetMap also lists a free parking area, about 380 feet from the beach, with 13 parking spots nearby.
Natural Bridges State Beach is a 65-acre (26 ha) California state park in Santa Cruz, California, in the United States. The park features a natural bridge across a section of the beach and a eucalyptus grove provides habitat for monarch butterflies. During monarch butterfly migration, Monarch Butterfly Natural Preserve has up to 150,000 monarch butterflies from October through early February.
Source: Natural Bridges State Beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved Oct 18, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- Restrooms110 m370 ft away
- Drinking water100 m330 ft away
- Parking13 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 120 m380 ft. Listed as free
- Food and drink2 within 1 km0.6 mi
- Picnic tables90 m310 ft away
- Rentals1 within 500 m0.3 miSanta Cruz - Natural Bridges State Park
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 510 m0.3 mi
- Nearest town
- 3.7 km2.3 miSanta Cruz (city)
- Nearest airport
- 24 km15 miWatsonville Municipal Airport (WVI)
Nearby places
- Santa Cruz - Natural Bridges State ParkRental150 m490 ft
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- De Anza Beach0.3 km0.2 mi west away7.3 Great tomorrow
- 2222 Beach0.4 km0.3 mi east away7.3 Great tomorrow
- Younger Beach0.9 km0.5 mi west away7.3 Great tomorrow
- Swift Beach0.9 km0.5 mi east away7.3 Great tomorrow
- Mitchell's Cove Beach1.5 km1.0 mi east away7.3 Great tomorrow
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Fri7.7 GreatBest 1 pm to 7 pmWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 0%
- Sat8.1 GreatBest 10 am to 7 pmWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
- Sun8.0 GreatBest 1 pm to 2 pmWind up to 12 km/h8 mph, rain 0%
- Mon8.0 GreatBest 2 pm to 7 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 1%
- Tue8.1 GreatBest 9 am to 7 pmWind up to 10 km/h6 mph, rain 0%
- Wed7.4 GreatBest 4 pm to 7 pmWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 1%