Capitola Beach, late 1960s
 
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When the Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor was completed in 1964, the jetty blocked sand that had previously drifted down the coast to replenish the Capitola beach. The city suffered without its best visitor attraction until the Army Corps of Engineers built a 250-foot breakwater at the each end of the beach in 1969.
Capitola Historical Museum