Seacliff State Beach · Aptos, CA · 831
The shop at the foot of the boat.
Surf & skate gear, beach rentals, and a whole lotta local — right where Santa Cruz Ave meets the sand.
- Boards, wetsuits & SUPs to rent
- Surf + skate under one roof
- Steps from the Seacliff pier
Today at the spot
Seacliff State Beach
- Swell
- 3–4 ft
- NW · 11s
- Tide
- 5.1 ft
- Rising till noon
- Water
- 58°
- 4/3 weather
- Wind
- Light
- Offshore AM
That's the window report — ask inside for the honest call before you paddle out.
Two worlds, one shop
Surf & skate
In the water
Surf
Soft-tops to step you in, shortboards when you're popping up clean, and the wetsuits, fins, leashes, and wax to match the cold bay water.
- Boards
- Wetsuits
- Fins & leashes
- Wax & traction
On the concrete
Skate
Complete setups built on the spot, or pick your deck, trucks, wheels, and grip off the wall and we'll put it together while you wait.
- Decks
- Trucks
- Wheels
- Grip & hardware
Beach Rentals
Grab a board, hit the beach
Right off the sand at Seacliff — rent by the day and you're in the water in five minutes. IDs held, all sizes stocked.
Boards & suits
Soft-top
7'0" · beginner foamie
Shortboard
6'2" · funboard
Wetsuit
3/2 & 4/3 · all sizes
Bodyboard
+ fins
On the wall
Brands we ride
The boat
Why we're the shop at the foot of the boat
In 1930 a 435-foot concrete ship — the SS Palo Alto — was towed to Seacliff and turned into a floating amusement pier: a dance floor, a café, a heated saltwater pool. The Depression sank the party, a storm cracked her hull, and the "Cement Ship" settled into the sand for good.
Ninety-some years later she's still out there — half-sunk, crusted in pelicans, the most-photographed thing in Aptos. We set up shop right at the foot of the pier that walks you out to her.
So come grab a board, rent a wetsuit, pick up a deck — and go say hi to the boat. Welcome to Seacliff Surf & Skate.
- Launched
- 1920
- Beached here
- 1930
- Length
- 435 ft
- Built of
- Concrete
SS Palo Alto
A Look Around
Seacliff, all day
Visit
Find us off Hwy 1, right at the sand
Hours
- Monday
- 9 AM – 6 PM
- Tuesday
- 9 AM – 6 PM
- Wednesday
- 9 AM – 6 PM
- Thursday
- 9 AM – 6 PM
- Friday
- 9 AM – 6 PM
- Saturday
- 8 AM – 7 PM
- Sunday
- 8 AM – 7 PM
Walk down Santa Cruz Ave till it hits the beach — you'll see the boat. We're right there.
See you at the beach.
Rentals, gear, and local know-how — open seven days on Seacliff Beach.
Say Hey
Questions, rentals, repairs?
Call the shop or swing by — we're on the beach end of Santa Cruz Ave.