Santa Cruz County Coastal Cleanup Day Sites

There are 50 Coastal Cleanup Day sites in Santa Cruz County including rivers, beaches and sloughs. Please consider volunteering at one of our under-served cleanup locations. All cleanup sites are listed below. You can pre-register for all sites on the How to Get Involved Page, or just show up on the day of the cleanup!


Inland & Specialty Sites (All river sites are under-served sites):

San Lorenzo River at Fillmore Street in Ben Lomond
San Lorenzo River at SLV Recycling Center in Boulder Creek
San Lorenzo River at the Felton Covered Bridge Park
San Lorenzo River at the Garden of Eden
San Lorenzo at Water St. Bridge
San Lorenzo at Laurel St. Bridge
Carbonera Creek at Market St and Avalon
Arana Gulch at the SC Greenbelt
Arana Gulch at Harbor High
Soquel Creek at Soquel Village
Aptos Creek at Aptos Village Park
Aptos Creek at the Hwy. 1 Overpass
West Struve Slough at PVHS
Struve Slough at Ramsey Park
Pajaro River at River Park
Kayak from Santa Cruz Wharf
Kayak from Santa Cruz Harbor


Beaches (North to South):

Waddell Creek Beach
Greyhound Rock Beach
Scott Creek Beach
Davenport Landing Beach
Davenport Main Beach
Bonny Doon Beach
Yellowbank/Panther Beach
Laguna Beach
Four Mile Beach- Site Sponsored by Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab
Three Mile Beach
Natural Bridges
Woodrow Beach
It's Beach/Lighthouse Field
Cowell Beach
Seabright State Beach
Twin Lakes/Harbor State Beach
Black's Beach
Sunny Cove
Corcoran Lagoon at 21st Beach
Moran Lake Beach
Pleasure Point/The Hook
Capitola City Beach
New Brighton State Beach
Seacliff State Beach
Rio Del Mar State Beach
Hidden Beach
Dolphin and Sumner Beach
Seascape Beach
Main Manresa State Beach
Uplands Manresa State Beach
Sunset State Beach
Palm State Beach