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santa cruz, located at the northern shore of Monterey Bay, was originally appropriated funding for a lighthouse in the early 1850's. The lighthouse was not built until 1868. The light, a wooden structure with a tower. The fixed fifth-order Fresnel lens was first lit on December 31, 1869. In 1878, the lighthouse was threatened by the gradual erosion of caves underneath Lighthouse Point. The following year the wooden lighthouse was placed in rollers and moved about 300 feet inland. Today, most of the original lighthouse site is gone. Erosion made part of the original foundation and cistern visible in the 1990s. a fourth-order lens was installed in 1909. In 1941 an automated light was placed on a wooden tower near the original lighthouse. During World War Two the lighthouse was used as a lookout tower. The lighthouse now serves as a surfing museum chronicling the history of surfing as relates to steamers lane. For surfers this spot is very special.