Capitola Wharf ‘grand reopening’ celebrates rebuilding after catastrophic 2023 storm

The structure received heavy damage in the first week of January 2023 when an unusually high tide combined with a massive storm and ocean swell to batter the end of the wharf and tear apart a secti…

Capitola officials announced Wednesday that the much-anticipated Wharf Grand Opening event will be delayed until sometime in Sept. as the city waits to receive and install some facility-based items. The event was originally scheduled for Aug. 14 and officials said the city still anticipates opening the wharf to the public “on a rolling basis” before August.

The renewal project involved replacing more than 100 of the vertical wooden support piles, some of them older than 50 years. The new piles, of fiberglass filled with sand, are expected to be more durable. All the wood decking and railings have been replaced. Peggy Piedade and her husband Mike, visiting from Discovery Bay in eastern Contra Costa County said they had not been on the wharf for years, and had heard it had been destroyed. The timing of their trip, coinciding with the wharf’s reopening, was “perfect,” said Peggy, 73, a retired nurse. “The water is just amazing.”

“We were really lucky that we had done some of that work,” Kahn said. “It probably saved the head of the wharf from collapsing.”, further damaging the restaurant and bait shop and tearing up some of the reconstructed portion in the middle. “We had to redo some of the work we had already done,” Kahn said.

Whether another restaurant goes up remains to be seen. Kahn said she expects “solid direction” from Capitola’s city council in about six months. Food trucks are another option, she added.

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