Rocky Intertidal Monitoring

Rockview Drive 36.9545333 -121.9747333

LiMPETS site since 1972

This site is located between the cities of Santa Cruz and Capitola. The Rockview Drive site is off the western tip of Soquel Point, below the end of Rockview Drive. You can park on Rockview Drive or Pleasure Point Drive and walk to the site by one of three routes: 1) at the ocean end of Rockview Drive, clamber over the rocks to the beach or go down the stairs between the houses on the eastern side of the road, 2) walk down the stairs on the ocean side of Pleasure Point Drive, halfway between Rockview Drive and East Cliff Drive and go west across the sandy beach to the site, or 3) walk down the surfer trail just east of the intersection of 32nd Avenue and East Cliff Drive and walk west on the sand and rocks to the site.

Parking:

Park on Rockview Drive or Pleasure Point Drive.

Restrooms:

There is a portable toilet at the intersection of 32nd Avenue and East Cliff Drive.

Rockview Drive
Rockview Drive