‘View From The Top’ in Santa Cruz

A Silicon Valley family finds bliss in a clifftop retreat where the great outdoors—and the killer Santa Cruz surf—are always calling

Far below the blufftop where this Santa Cruz home keeps watch, swells form and skate along the water’s surface. Many crest at impressive heights—this is arguably a California surfing capital, after all—but peering out the home’s wall-to-wall windows, the waves seem small in the context of their vast ocean setting.