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Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

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Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

California's classic seaside boardwalk

Photo: Larry Pieniazek, User:Lar, (primary) · CC BY 2.5

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk logo

Santa Cruz, California, United States

Three operating coasters on the Pacific — 1924 Giant Dipper landmark woodie, Hurricane, and Undertow spin. Stats sourced from beachboardwalk.com.

Tallest

80ft

Hurricane

Fastest

55mph

Giant Dipper

Longest

2800ft

Hurricane

Park maps

Google map with Atlas ride pins first. Schematic layout stays below. For dining and wayfinding, use the official map.

Official park map

Hours, dining, and wayfinding live on Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk's website. Coaster Atlas links out instead of copying their map artwork.

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Schematic map

Auto-layout by land — tap a pin for the ride page.

Boardwalk

Map: Coaster Atlas · Original auto-layout template

Land map

Coasters grouped by park area — tap a name to highlight on the schematic.

Map legend

Ride levels

Pin color

  • Extreme · not here
  • Thrill
  • Family
  • Kid / junior · not here

Ride types

Pin icon

  • Steel coaster
  • Wooden coaster
  • Hybrid coaster · not here
  • Flat ride · not here
  • Water ride · not here
  • Dark ride · not here

Lands & areas

  • Boardwalk · 3
Complete coaster roster3 coasters in atlas · 2 flat/water/dark sample

Every operating coaster at this park is listed. Flat and water rides may still be a sample — use ?scope=all on the park page.

Coaster roster(3)

Boardwalk (3)

Park timeline

  • Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk heritage

    Giant Dipper opened in 1924; coaster lineup anchors a century of seaside amusement.

    Source

Sources & official links

We link out to parks, manufacturers, and the pages where facts and media come from.