Santa Cruz Flooding 2024 Update. Waves slammed the santa cruz wharf, causing damage to the structure on sunday, feb. Santa cruz county’s seacliff state beach and rio del mar esplanade flooded thursday, prompting an evacuation warning and street closures.

Fortunately, the amount of rain arriving with this pacific storm should mostly be “beneficial” — about half an inch inland and up 1.5 to 2 inches near the coast, forecasters at. The san lorenzo river in santa cruz county is also at risk of flooding.