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Ocean Sciences
Earth & Marine Sciences Bldg.
A-312 Office
A-316 Mailroom
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Phone: (831) 459-4730
Fax: (831) 459-4882
Email: Ocean Sciences
Directions & Parking

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UC Santa Cruz is located on Monterey Bay in central California about 75 miles south of San Francisco, 45 miles north of Monterey and Carmel, and just over the coastal mountains from Silicon Valley and the San Jose International Airport.

Directions to the UC Santa Cruz Campus:

From Oakland: Take Interstate 880 South to San Jose, where the freeway becomes Highway 17. Continue on Highway 17 South to Santa Cruz. As you enter the city of Santa Cruz, follow Highway 1 North (toward Half Moon Bay) along business Highway 1 (Mission Street). Travel approximately 0.8 mile southwest along Mission Street to Bay Street in Santa Cruz. Turn right on Bay Street and proceed up the hill to the main campus entrance.

From San Jose: Take Highway 17 South to Santa Cruz. As you enter the city of Santa Cruz, follow Highway 1 North (toward Half Moon Bay) along business Highway 1 (Mission Street). Travel approximately 0.8 mile southwest along Mission Street to Bay Street in Santa Cruz. Turn right on Bay and proceed up the hill to the main campus entrance.

From San Francisco: Take Highway 101 South or Interstate 280 South to Highway 85 South. Take 880 South (which becomes Highway 17) to Santa Cruz. As you enter the city of Santa Cruz, follow Highway 1 North (toward Half Moon Bay) along business Highway 1 (Mission Street). Travel approximately 0.8 mile southwest along Mission Street to Bay Street in Santa Cruz. Turn right on Bay and proceed up the hill to the main campus entrance.

From Sacramento: Take Interstate 80 West to the exit for Interstate 680 towards San Jose. In San Jose, Interstate 680 becomes Interstate 280 North. From 280 North, take Highway 17 South. As you enter the city of Santa Cruz, follow Highway 1 North (toward Half Moon Bay) along business Highway 1 (Mission Street). Travel approximately one mile southwest along Mission Street to Bay Street in Santa Cruz. Turn right on Bay and proceed up the hill to the main campus entrance.

From Los Angeles: Take Interstate 5 North. Take Highway 152 West, to Watsonville. Take Highway 1 North to Santa Cruz (toward Half Moon Bay). On Business Highway 1 (Mission Street), travel approximately 0.8 mile southeast to Bay Street in Santa Cruz. Turn right on Bay and proceed up the hill to the main campus entrance.

Parking On Campus

You may visit the parking office or the Kiosk to obtain a parking permit.* Complete information about all parking options can be found at the red kiosk near the main campus entrance at the intersection of Bay and High Streets. The kiosk, which is open 7:00 a.m. to  8:30 p.m. M-F, provides parking permits, maps and other help for visitors.

There is a campus map and noted parking areas (about a 5-10 minute walk from our building) online at:   http://www.ucsc.edu/general_info/maps.html

*A parking permit allows you to park in metered areas as well as other locations. Do not park in “pay station”, handicap, carpool or other especially marked spaces. Please be sure to write in your license plate number in ink and place the permit on your dashboard with the information facing outward. Like other universities, UCSC is very strict about parking regulations and we cannot ‘fix’ tickets.