Quality summer camp activities in Santa Cruz, CA

Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County – Joe & Linda Aliberti Clubhouse Programs offer daily afterschool activities that include homework help, art, reading, physical activities, self-directed play, and free healthy meals. Seasonal specialty...

Valley Sports Camp offers Summer Sports Camps, Holiday Camps, After School Enrichment Programs, basketball classes and leagues, and a wide range of games and sports such as basketball, soccer, flag football, hockey, tennis, tennis baseball, ultimate...

The Youth Summer Art Program includes a Summer Art Camp where students take classes in painting and drawing, cartoon art, ceramics, printmaking, and art-meets-science (STEAM) topics. During camp, students work on individual and collaborative...

Seahawk Sports Camps – Soccer includes activities such as mobile striking, footwork agility, and learning to boot the ball on the move with accuracy. Campers also work on gaining ball control and using both feet with confidence. The program includes...

MAH Summer Camps – Dance as Moving Art: Intro to Dancemaking & Storytelling focuses on choreographing original dance pieces. Campers spend time learning movement, storytelling, and collaboration as part of the daily activities. • Schedule: All camps...

Spanish Nature Club is a bilingual forest school and outdoor Spanish immersion program where children climb trees, find bugs, spot wild animals, splash in the river or creek, look for figures in the clouds, and play games. Spanish is introduced...

Santa Cruz SPCA Camps include PAWS and Paint Spring Camp and SUPER PAWS – Animal Heroes Camp. Campers take part in art projects, games, and hands-on activities with shelter animals. Activities include socializing and training animals, creating...

UC Santa Cruz Men's Soccer Camps offers several options, including a Fall ID Clinic, Spring ID Clinic, Summer ID Clinic, and a Summer Youth Camp. The Fall ID Clinic is a single, day-long event for those considering attending and playing soccer at UC...

Camp Capitola offers outdoor games, sports, arts and crafts, drama, weekly beach days, walking field trips, group challenges, dodge ball, scavenger hunts, relay races, recreational sports, movies, ice cream in the village, surfing, paddle boarding,...

Santa Cruz Kids in Nature is a grassroots, outdoor learning program where kids take part in hands-on exploration and play. The program blends Social Emotional Learning, Natural and Cultural History, Art, and Environmental Stewardship, and keeps...

Community Music School of Santa Cruz offers music workshops, concerts, summer camps, and ongoing ensembles for musicians age seven and up. Programs include Teen Band, a Celtic teen band, the SC Harp Festival, the Redwood Music Teen Camp, and music...

Youth Soccer Programs and Clinics offers a Free Youth Soccer Clinic and a Youth Soccer Summer Camp. The program includes both of these soccer activities at no cost to participants. • Ages: 8–18 years old • Price: $0 The program holds accreditation....

Summer Camp at the SUP Shack includes paddle boarding, kayaking, boogie boarding, building and flying kites, tie-dye shirt creation, sandcastle building, soccer on the beach, and daily themed marine biology adventures. Campers also take part in an...

Fern Grove Cooperative Learning offers project-based and emergent (child-centered) learning that includes integrated academics with a play-based focus. Children take part in activities such as language and literacy skills, early mathematics, science...

Santa Cruz Beach Volleyball Club offers beach volleyball through specific programs that include the Young Ones Program (YP), FUNdamentals Training, Training Groups, and a Summer Flex program. The club also hosts events and tournaments for players. •...

Soundwall Music Camps focuses on instrument technique, vocal performance, band dynamics, song writing, and performing in a band. Campers study rock music history, basic music theory, understanding song form, and understanding odd time signatures....

Quaker Center Camp includes a wide range of activities such as group art projects, games, hiking, campfires, campfire songs, a QC camp dance party, and a silent night-hike to the labyrinth. Campers take part in service projects, travel together to...

Redwood Camp offers a classic overnight summer camp with activities such as boating, archery, the Flying Squirrel, the Geronimo Swing, a zip line, the cargo net, and the discovery grove ropes course. Campers also spend time at the Redwood Camp pool...

Four Points Youth Camp offers a mix of STEM, camp games, water games, arts and crafts, and theater. Campers work with robots using an iPad and learn how to program and control them while learning about physics and math. Each day includes multiple...

Camp Thrive includes daily activities such as Mass, group activities, a Daily Virtue Discussion, and a “Learning to Thrive” block with project-based learning in reading and writing, spirituality, technology, arts, and community building. Campers...