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Is Waddell parking lot

Post by drroc » Wed Apr 01, 2020 9:18 am

Does anybody know if the Waddell parking lot is open or not?

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Post by shred_da_gorge » Wed Apr 01, 2020 1:37 pm

They are trying to restrict vehicle access but I've seen some debate on whether this means the beaches are actually "closed".

https://www.parks.ca.gov/NewsRelease/947

Some of the counties are definitely closing their beaches, and this article I saw referenced on nwkite mentions Santa Cruz, San Mateo, etc. (at time of its writing): https://www.surfline.com/surf-news/los- ... sure/81733

Waddell does not have a physical gate, IIRC. I may do a drive over there tomorrow (have a long overdue errand in Santa Cruz to drop something off), although likely remain mostly self-quarantined in my van, as I have a lot of head-down writing and computer work to catch up on. There are a few other county parks I'm checking out without gates as well... if too many people I'll come home and keep camping out in my driveway (which is often quieter than my house).

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Post by aquaman55 » Thu Apr 02, 2020 12:05 pm

The lot is closed, but two people were out yesterday and people were walking up and down the beach. Remains to be seen if anyone will be/is being ticketed for kiting.

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Post by drroc » Mon Apr 06, 2020 4:38 pm

I was there last Wed, and the lot was closed with a fence. However, a ton of people parked along PCH and just walked down to the beach. The 20m lines do make it easy to maintain the social distance though.

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Post by ko138 » Tue Apr 07, 2020 4:29 pm

What about Dillon? Closed too?

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Post by shred_da_gorge » Mon Apr 27, 2020 9:33 pm

Still closed last Friday but windsurfers and kiters out and parked along PCH.

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Post by shred_da_gorge » Mon Apr 27, 2020 9:35 pm

Scotts Creek was parkable; we watched someone use a wing in double-overhead sets - impressive.

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Re: Is Waddell parking lot

Post by drroc » Mon Apr 27, 2020 9:46 pm

Most of PCH by Waddell has cones on the shoulder now. Scotts is parkable though.

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