California's most accessible public beach for shark teeth. Winter surf and cliff erosion rework Purisima and Santa Margarita material into the gravel.
Solid hunting day. Best window opens around the 8:19 PM low (3.1 ft). Light NW winds (3 mph) — calm surface, easy spotting; seas 7 ft+ — murky and choppy.
Heads up: 7 ft seas — visibility will be poor; consider another day.
Next 3 days: Today is the pick (77); Sun runs cooler at 65.
Plan around the great low-tide window. 4.9ft swing · low 8:19 PM · 6.6ft swell · +20 event boost.
Impact on visibility and stir-up over the next 5 days.
The Hunt Score blends tide range, lunar phase, daylight timing, recent stir, wind setup, and surf.
Highly favorable. Worth the drive.
We are deliberate about which factors to include. These are not currently in the model:
If you think we should add one of these, log a hunt with notes — every rated outcome helps us decide which signals actually predict tooth count.
Search gravelly patches and storm-thrown shell lines at very low tide, especially after heavy winter swell strips the sand.
Public town beach and nearby Santa Cruz County beach accesses; easy walk-on access with town amenities close by.
Surface collecting on the public beach is generally allowed. Do not hammer cliffs or remove material from protected bluff faces.
Trophy = headline find · Rare = real score · Uncommon = some trips · Common = most trips.
The beachcomber's bonus round — what else the geology gives up.
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