Capitola Wedding

Capitola is a city in Santa Cruz County, California on the coast of Monterey Bay. The population was 10,033 at the 2000 census. Founded as "Camp Capitola" by Samuel A. Hall in 1874, Capitola was named for a heroine in the popular novels of E.D.E.N. Southworth, favored by Hall's daughter Lulu. Capitola is known as the oldest beach resort on the west coast.

Capitola is a popular tourist town because of its trendy shops and restaurants on the shore directly connecting to a fishing wharf and a large, sandy beach. The census-designated area of Aptos and city of Santa Cruz are also located close to Capitola.

Capitola is located at 365835N, 1215717W (36.976250, -121.954750)GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.4 km (1.7 mi). 4.2 km (1.6 mi) of it is land and 0.2 km (0.1 mi) of it (4.14%) is water.