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Things to do in Santa Cruz

11 attractions in Santa Cruz, California, across 7 kinds of day out. Published prices run $2 to $66. 1 has a verified saving right now.

What this list covers

This page lists every attraction we hold in Santa Cruz: 11 in all, the largest groups being museums (3), farms & pumpkin patches (2), tours & cruises (2).

Of those, 7 publish their own admission prices, 7 publish opening hours, 3 have something dated on now, 1 is running a verified saving.

Every figure and every quotation on this page was read on the attraction’s own website, most recently on September 8, 2026. Where we hold nothing for a venue, the page says nothing rather than guessing.

How we know these are real

Every saving on this page is a sentence we read on the attraction’s own website. Here is one of them, exactly as it appears:

“Buy online & save up to $20!*”

Quoted from beachboardwalk.com · checked on

What’s on in Santa Cruz

9 dated listings across 3 attractions in Santa Cruz, the 6 starting soonest below. Each one carries the venue’s own sentence and the day we last read it.

Oct 1 – 31SeasonNew this week

The Great Pumpkin Patch, Santa Cruz

Pumpkin Patch Season

The Great Pumpkin Patch opens with pumpkins and gourds for sale, petting zoo, hay rides, train rides, pumpkin painting, hay maze, bumper boats, and refreshments including popcorn and cotton candy.

“Pumpkins Oct. 1-31st”

Quoted from cunyfarms.com · checked on
Details on the attraction’s site →

Oct 17EventNew this week

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz Band Review

Fifty-five Northern California high school and junior high marching bands compete in a musical parade next to the iconic Boardwalk, the only band review with warm sand, cool surf, and hot rides.

“Saturday, October 17, 2026”

Quoted from beachboardwalk.com · checked on
Details on the attraction’s site →

Museums in Santa Cruz3

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Farms & pumpkin patches in Santa Cruz2

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Tours & cruises in Santa Cruz2

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Theme parks in Santa Cruz1

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Bowling in Santa Cruz1

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Zoos & aquariums in Santa Cruz1

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Indoor climbing in Santa Cruz1

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Free in Santa Cruz

One attraction in Santa Cruz gets you in for nothing, in the venue’s own words.

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Common questions

How many attractions in Santa Cruz are running a deal?
1 of the 11 attractions we list in Santa Cruz currently has a verified saving, covering 14 offers in total. Each one was read directly from the attraction’s own website.
How much do things to do in Santa Cruz cost?
Published prices run from $2 to $66, both of them Santa Cruz Whale Watching’s, across 5 attractions in Santa Cruz that publish their own. Each figure is that venue’s own price line for what it names, which is not always plain admission, and each attraction’s page carries the rest of its rates.
What’s on in Santa Cruz right now?
3 attractions in Santa Cruz have something dated running, 9 listings between them. Each carries its own dates and the venue’s own sentence, and nothing is listed once its dates have passed.
Is there anything free to do in Santa Cruz?
1 attraction in Santa Cruz says on its own website that admission is free. We only say free when the venue does, unqualified — a child rate priced at nothing is not a free attraction.
What kinds of attractions are included?
museums (3), farms & pumpkin patches (2), tours & cruises (2), theme parks (1), bowling (1), zoos & aquariums (1), indoor climbing (1).
Are these deals guaranteed to still be available?
No — we show the date each deal was last checked against the attraction’s own website, and we link straight to the page it came from so you can confirm before you travel. We never publish a deal we could not read on the venue’s own site.