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Things to do in Santa Cruz

Museums, tours & cruises and farms & pumpkin patches — 16 places to go in Santa Cruz, California. 1 free to enter · most admission $10 to $29. 2 have a verified saving right now.
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Museums in Santa Cruz5

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Tours & cruises in Santa Cruz5

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Farms & pumpkin patches in Santa Cruz2

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Theme parks in Santa Cruz1

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Bowling in Santa Cruz1

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Indoor climbing in Santa Cruz1

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Historic sites in Santa Cruz1

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What’s on in Santa Cruz

3 places in Santa Cruz have something dated on, 6 listings in all, the 5 starting soonest below. Dates and wording are the venue’s own.

Next weekendOct 1 – 31Season

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.

Checked September 14, 2026

“Pumpkins Oct. 1-31st”

Quoted from cunyfarms.com · checked on
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Oct 17Event

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.

From $44.95 per person

“Saturday, October 17, 2026”

Quoted from beachboardwalk.com · checked on
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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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Santa Cruz draws families with a mix of seaside amusement, natural history, and hands-on learning. The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk offers free admission to a seaside amusement park where visitors ride the Giant Dipper, a wooden roller coaster open since 1924 with ocean views, or the hand-carved Looff Carousel from 1911 featuring antique band organs. The Seymour Marine Discovery Center is a University of California, Santa Cruz marine science education center where visitors explore live Monterey Bay marine life through hands-on experiences. The Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History engages visitors with exhibits exploring the region's natural world. Life Lab is a garden-based education center in Santa Cruz that cultivates children's love of learning, nourishing food, and nature through hands-on outdoor experiences. For quieter afternoons, Boardwalk Bowl is a bowling alley where visitors bowl on multiple lanes while enjoying food and entertainment, and the Santa Cruz Roller Palladium is a roller skating rink where visitors of all ages lace up skates and roll around the skating floor.

What this list covers

Santa Cruz has 16 places to go, mostly museums (5), tours & cruises (5), farms & pumpkin patches (2).

11 of them publish an admission price, 11 publish opening hours, 3 have something dated on now, 2 are running a verified saving.

Every figure here was read on the attraction’s own website, most recently on September 25, 2026.

How we know these are real

Savings here are quoted from the attraction’s own website, word for word. This one, for example:

“Buy online & save up to $20!*”

Quoted from beachboardwalk.com · checked on

Common questions

How many attractions in Santa Cruz are running a deal?
2 of the 16 attractions in Santa Cruz currently have a verified saving, covering 15 offers in total. Each is quoted from the attraction’s own website.
What’s on in Santa Cruz right now?
3 attractions in Santa Cruz have something dated running, 6 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 (5), tours & cruises (5), farms & pumpkin patches (2), theme parks (1), bowling (1), indoor climbing (1), historic sites (1).
Are these deals guaranteed to still be available?
No. Every deal here carries the date it was last checked on the attraction’s own website and a link straight to the page it came from, so you can confirm it before you travel. Prices and offers change without notice.
What can we do on the water in Santa Cruz?
Santa Cruz Whale Watching operates boat cruises departing from Santa Cruz Harbor that focus on observing marine mammals and sea life in Monterey Bay. Chardonnay Sailing Charters operates the Chardonnay II, a 70-foot luxury sailboat offering public and private sailing experiences on Monterey Bay in Santa Cruz.
Are there outdoor activities beyond the beach?
Pacific Edge Climbing Gym in Santa Cruz offers rock climbing instruction and fitness facilities. The Great Pumpkin Patch, operated by Cuny Farms, invites families to select pumpkins and gourds in various sizes and shapes. Rodoni Farms is a third-generation farming operation spanning over 300 acres in Santa Cruz, California.
What indoor attractions work on a rainy day?
The Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History in downtown Santa Cruz presents rotating exhibitions of contemporary art and local history. The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center overlooks Monterey Bay and features interactive exhibits about marine ecosystems. The Mystery Spot is a gravitational anomaly located in the redwood forests just outside Santa Cruz, California.