Santa Cruz Breakwater Light

Santa Cruz Breakwater Light is a lighthouse in Santa Cruz County, California. California has 52 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow, 2 of them in Santa Cruz County.

It was built in 2001, in the postwar decades, making it the 33rd oldest of the 33 in California with a recorded construction date; the tower stands about 41 feet tall (16th tallest of 26 measured in California); its light sits 59 feet above the water; the light characteristic is recorded as Oc G 4s (a green light that briefly goes dark every 4 seconds), with a range of about 8 nautical miles; it guards Pacific Ocean.

Status check, 2026-11: The Walton Lighthouse was built in 2001 and dedicated in 2002, replacing a simpler 1964 box light on the west jetty, so the record's 1964 date refers to the first light, not the current tower. It stands at 36.9604° N, 122.0023° W.

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