Santa Cruz Wharf Collapse 2025 Today. On monday, december 23, 2024, the santa cruz municipal wharf suffered a dramatic partial collapse, sending a significant portion of the structure into the ocean. Santa cruz officials later said that the collapse happened at around 12:45 p.m.
Before the wharf’s collapse and further down the coast, a man died after being trapped by debris washed up by a big wave at sunset state beach, according to the santa cruz county sheriff’s office. Part of the santa cruz, calif., wharf collapsed monday, sending three construction workers into the ocean.