Santa Cruz (Mark Abbott Memorial) Lighthouse And Surfing Museum, California
1967 (station established 1869). Active (privately maintained); focal plane 60 ft (18 m); white flash every 5 s. 39 ft (12 m) square brick tower attached to a 1-story brick museum. The building is unpainted red brick; lantern and gallery painted white. The lantern and 5th order Fresnel lens (1890) were transferred from the Oakland Harbor Light (see below), but the badly deteriorated lantern was replaced in 1996. The lighthouse replaces an 1869 lighthouse that was sold and demolished in 1948 (foundation ruins of that building remain). . The present building is a surfing museum built as a memorial to Mark Abbott, a surfer who drowned nearby in 1965. In December 2008 the Santa Cruz City Council voted to close the museum as a cost-saving measure, but it was rescued by contributions from supporters. In 2011 the Coast Guard installed a flashing green light, which was much criticized by lighthouse supporters. In 2013 the city assumed control of the light and the 5th order Fresnel lens was installed, restoring the original rotating white light. The lighthouse may be endangered by erosion of the cliff on which it stands; El Niño waves were expanding a cave below the lighthouse in the spring of 2016. Located on West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz, on Lighthouse Point overlooking Steamer Lane, a famous surfing site.
Above information copied from Lighthouse Directory's web site.
Santa Cruz (Mark Abbott Memorial) Lighthouse And Surfing Museum, California
1967 (station established 1869). Active (privately maintained); focal plane 60 ft (18 m); white flash every 5 s. 39 ft (12 m) square brick tower attached to a 1-story brick museum. The building is unpainted red brick; lantern and gallery painted white. The lantern and 5th order Fresnel lens (1890) were transferred from the Oakland Harbor Light (see below), but the badly deteriorated lantern was replaced in 1996. The lighthouse replaces an 1869 lighthouse that was sold and demolished in 1948 (foundation ruins of that building remain). . The present building is a surfing museum built as a memorial to Mark Abbott, a surfer who drowned nearby in 1965. In December 2008 the Santa Cruz City Council voted to close the museum as a cost-saving measure, but it was rescued by contributions from supporters. In 2011 the Coast Guard installed a flashing green light, which was much criticized by lighthouse supporters. In 2013 the city assumed control of the light and the 5th order Fresnel lens was installed, restoring the original rotating white light. The lighthouse may be endangered by erosion of the cliff on which it stands; El Niño waves were expanding a cave below the lighthouse in the spring of 2016. Located on West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz, on Lighthouse Point overlooking Steamer Lane, a famous surfing site.
Above information copied from Lighthouse Directory's web site.