The numbers add up fast: roughly 783,000 surf sessions take place annually across the 31 breaks that make up the Santa Cruz World Surfing Reserve. Putting figures into words, that's about $12.8 million at one foot, $12.6 million more at two feet, and another $9.1 million at three feet. More Inclusion NeededThe report also highlights that access to Santa Cruz surf isn't equal. Local groups like Black Surf Santa Cruz are working to address that, and the researchers made a point to include those perspectives. And with climate change creeping higher up the beach, the decisions Santa Cruz makes now about how to handle its coastline will ripple far beyond the lineup.