![]() “It’s bad - hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage,” said Josh Whitby, co-owner of the Capitola Village restaurant Zelda’s. Homes along the banks of the creek were flooded, as pieces of decking and unmoored kayaks floated downstream.Ĭapitola City Manager Jamie Goldstein said it’s common for creek levels to reach 6 feet when the tide is high, but said Thursday’s watermark easily exceeded 10 feet, which is beyond the channel’s capacity. ![]() As ocean levels surged, so too did the water in Soquel Creek, which runs through the city before emptying out into the Pacific Ocean. It was used for decades to ship redwood lumber, farm crops and other supplies before serving as a prime location for recreational fishing. The wharf is 855 feet long and was first constructed in 1857. Local observers began to report the damage around 8 a.m. Sarah Ryan said the piece likely broke off in the morning’s early hours as the tide began to climb. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)Ĭapitola police Capt. Powerful waves continue to batter the Capitola Wharf Thursday morning after the storm destroyed a section of the structure. City officials were still surveying the damage Thursday morning, but early estimates are that the section is at least 20 feet long. ![]() CAPITOLA – Heavy rainfall, washed-out roads and downed trees have kept work crews across Santa Cruz County busy for nearly a week now, but it was a massive tidal surge early Thursday that delivered one of the storm’s heaviest blows so far.īattered by a relentless parade of waves nearing 20 feet, a chunk from the center of the Capitola Wharf broke off and sunk into the rising sea.
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