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Sunny California | Santa Cruz

Surf Shop
@sunnycalifornia_santacruz
Celebrating Authentic California Culture | Stores: Carmel-by-the-Sea 5th Ave & San Carlos St | Santa Cruz 912 41st Ave
  • eCommerce/DTC
  • Following 3.5K
  • Followers 5.4K
  • Engagement 2.34%
  • Avg comments 5

About Sunny California | Santa Cruz

Sunny California | Santa Cruz (@sunnycalifornia_santacruz) is a Surf Shop creator on Instagram, also filed under eCommerce/DTC. The account has 5,393 followers and 261 published posts. Recent posts average 130 likes and 5 comments, an engagement rate of 2.34%.

Sunny California | Santa Cruz belongs to the nano tier, the band usually drawn between 1,000 and 10,000 followers. Sunny California | Santa Cruz follows 3,526 accounts, so the audience is roughly 1.5 times the size of the list followed. Sunny California | Santa Cruz is set up as an Instagram business account. Flinque files Sunny California | Santa Cruz under Surf Shop, with eCommerce/DTC as a secondary category.

The Instagram bio for Sunny California | Santa Cruz runs to 16 words. The latest activity Flinque has on record for Sunny California | Santa Cruz dates from June 2026.

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261 Posts

Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Sunny California | Santa Cruz, 6 are carousels and 4 are videos. That mix leans toward carousels. 261 published posts give Sunny California | Santa Cruz a moderate archive on Instagram. Against the audience, that is roughly 21 followers for each post published. Sunny California | Santa Cruz also keeps 6 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 84 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include boards, opening, first, grand and pleasure. The captions tag #sunnycalifornia, #surf, #sourcesurfboards, #eastside and #surfboards.

Just 48 hours until the grand opening of SUNNY CALIFORNIA SURF CLUB… Santa Cruz’s premier Surf & Work space in the heart of Pleasure Point! Built for remote workers, creatives, and professionals looking for a productive workspace near the beach. We go way beyond desks and Wi-Fi, offering a premium lifestyle environment with surfboard storage, heated showers, changing rooms, beach cruisers, on-site podcast studios, a coffee bar, and the coolest events and amenities. Sign up for our open house tour this Friday, June 12th 11am-3pm at 9:50 41st Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95062. (Other times also available) Be one of the first to lock in your membership and receive founding member pricing guaranteed for the first year. Sign up for the tour today and get more info at (link in bio)
Introducing SUNNY CALIFORNIA SURF CLUB… Santa Cruz’s brand new Surf & Work space in the heart of Pleasure Point. Built for remote workers, creatives, and professionals who want a productive workspace near the beach. We go way beyond desks and WiFi, offering a premium lifestyle environment with surfboard storage, heated showers, changing rooms, beach cruisers, an on-site podcast studio, a coffee bar, and the coolest events and amenities. Sign up for our open house tour this Friday, June 12th 11am-3pm at 950 41st Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95062. (Other times available) SIGN /pages/sunny-california-surf-club (link in bio)
Fresh batch just landed at Sunny California Surf & Moto on the Eastside.
Boards from 5’10” to 10’0” ready for summer. The perfect fun quiver for everything from knee-high peelers to clean overhead days. Swing by and check them out before they’re gone.
🌊🏄‍♂️☀️

#sourcesurfboards #eastside
NEW SOURCE BOARDS IN STOCK!!!

Ranging from 5’10 Fish to 10’ Longboards!

Perfect for summer;)
#sunnycalifornia #surf #surfboards #surflife
Memorial Day SALE!!! Ends 5/25!!!
50% select items
10% whole store including boards
Get a free coffee with any purchase!
Open 10am-6pm
#sunnycalifornia #santacruz #capitola #pleasurepoint #surf
Grand Opening of Sunny California Santa Cruz in Pleasure Point. May 2nd, 2026
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On the latest episode of Owning the Coast, David McIntosh breaks down what it actually takes to bet on yourself and build something in Santa Cruz.

We also dive into the story behind the new Sunny California Surf & Moto Shop on 41st Ave. If you haven’t been already, make sure you check it out and support local 🤙

Full episode streaming now online, on Spotify, and Apple podcasts 🎙️
3 pack for the racks. Such a rad batch of boards we are happy to put on the racks in their Santa Cruz flagship store. This is just 3 of 9. Swing by their store and give these the good ol arm test.

These first ones are:
5’7 Hot Octopus Magic
7’2 Prom Queen
5’10 The Bang!

More size options hitting the racks soon

All boards made start to finish. We have some sick boards rolling through the shop.

#surfshop #surfing #shortboard #midlength #fish
Yesterday, Sunny California opened the doors… and the community rolled in and filled the room.

All day long, people moved through it all — the tours, the art, the retail, the boardroom, the stage — and somewhere in that flow, Sunny California came alive in a way you could actually feel.

And the night ended the way it always should… together.

The Vibes Spring Issue Pick Up Party had all the normal feels with co-host Black Surf Santa Cruz, slinging 🌭’s, Selecta 7 setting the tone on the decks, and Ribsy’s Nickel making history as the first live act in the building to close out the night.

These days are really what it’s all about…

And none of it happens without the vision and hospitality behind Sunny California — truly, thank you for opening the doors and welcoming this community in. Feel like this is the first of many nights like this 😎

🎥🎞️:
Welcome to Capitola!!

This grand opening celebration was not what we were expecting. We heard from the founder of Sunny California, David McIntosh speak about what his vision was for this project and we think he nailed it. It’s not just a shop. It’s where community happens. We heard about the beautiful mission of Black Surf from Jadyn-Kathleen, the non-profits Community Engagement Intern. Vibes magazine, together with Sunny California, brought the vibes wayyyy up!! ✨

Get down to Sunny California to kick off your summer look. Bikinis that kill, cords that snuggle you on foggy days, and boards that carry you across the 🌊. They got you.

Vibes magazine. It’s more than just a magazine. It rallies our community together. To quote Brian in his editorial Opening Vibes, “and maybe that’s part of why something that used to come so naturally- a basic instinct of connection, community, just being with each other -can feel harder to find now”.
Community is seeing, doing, touching, feeling, laughing, and crying together. And we did a lot of that last night with our community. We encourage you to go out in your community and be together.♥️🤝

#vibesmagazine #shoplocalsantacruz #communitylove

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Sunny California | Santa Cruz's engagement

Sunny California | Santa Cruz's engagement rate on Instagram is 2.34%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 43 followers. An average post collects 130 likes and 5 comments, close to 26 likes for each comment.

Engagement rate

2.34%

Avg likes
130
Avg comments
5
Interactions : followers
1 : 43

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Who is Sunny California | Santa Cruz?

Sunny California | Santa Cruz (@sunnycalifornia_santacruz) is a Surf Shop creator on Instagram, also filed under eCommerce/DTC. Sunny California | Santa Cruz is set up as an Instagram business account. The Instagram bio for Sunny California | Santa Cruz runs to 16 words.

How many followers does Sunny California | Santa Cruz have?

Sunny California | Santa Cruz has 5,393 followers on Instagram (5.4K). Sunny California | Santa Cruz follows 3,526 accounts, so the audience is roughly 1.5 times the size of the list followed. 261 published posts give Sunny California | Santa Cruz a moderate archive on Instagram.

What is Sunny California | Santa Cruz's engagement rate?

Sunny California | Santa Cruz's engagement rate on Instagram is 2.34%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 43 followers. An average post collects 130 likes and 5 comments, close to 26 likes for each comment.

What does Sunny California | Santa Cruz post about on Instagram?

Flinque files Sunny California | Santa Cruz under Surf Shop, with eCommerce/DTC as a secondary category. Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Sunny California | Santa Cruz, 6 are carousels and 4 are videos. The 10 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for Sunny California | Santa Cruz repeatedly use the words boards, opening, first, grand and pleasure. Sunny California | Santa Cruz's captions carry hashtags such as #sunnycalifornia, #surf and #sourcesurfboards. Sunny California | Santa Cruz writes those captions mainly in English. Sunny California | Santa Cruz keeps 6 story highlights, which open with a free Flinque account.

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