Mitchell's Cove

Surf Guide

Ever see Clint Eastwood's Sudden Impact? That house on the point at Mitchell's Cove is where Sondra Locke was living in the movie. Mitchell's Cove is a right point that loves a low tide and a winter swell in the overhead to double-overhead range. When Mitchell's is firing, it is one of the better right points on the California coast. This place is fickle and finicky, but it can blow your mind on the right day. A few winters ago, Josh Loya rode a wave from Outside Swift Street all the way through to Mitchell's. During the big swell of October 28, 1999, while the nuts were towing in to 50-foot Maverick's, the rest of Santa Cruz got to surf perfect, low-tide, 6-foot Mitchell's Cove.