Save The Waves: Climate Vulnerability Of California’s Natural Surfing Capital, Report

The 90-page report is the first-ever integration of Surfonomics with sea level rise data to better understand what can be lost, economically, if surf breaks are disrupted due to climate change. The most staggering takeaway: a “Surfonomics” analysis that estimates that surfing has an economic value of at least $194.7 million per year in Santa Cruz, CA with over 783,000 surf visits annually. The data and analysis also revealed that all 31 surf breaks evaluated will see a decrease in surfable conditions at 1 foot of sea level rise. More DETAIL.