The Santa Cruz County coastline was battered by Wednesday's storm. The massive storm surge destroyed parts of the Capitola Wharf and washed up huge logs on the Santa Cruz beach. Here's a before-and-after look at the damage.
Video showed the storm surge destroying a part of the Capitola Wharf and washing up massive logs on Santa Cruz beach.
But in the video from the storm, a massive wave can be seen rolling completely over that 150 feet, going over East Cliff Drive, and flooding into the neighboring Moran Lake. But during the height of the high surf, the tops of the waves were regularly slamming into the upper platform of the wharf.
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