A stylized illustration of a blue whale jumping over colorful waves with the sun in the sky.
Close-up of colorful agate slices with swirling patterns including red, green, yellow, black, and pink, placed on a textured surface.

What is Surfite?

Surfite is created from layers of cured surfboard resin that build up over time during the board-making process. Each piece forms naturally through months to years of colorful resin pours, creating patterns that can never be replicated.

What began as excess material from shaping boards has become a unique art form. Every Surfite piece carries the layered history of surf culture, craftsmanship, and the ocean itself.

No two pieces are ever exactly alike.

Close-up of colorful glass and sea shell on a white background, with two brown leather cords intertwined in the center.

Pendants

Close-up of a pair of earrings made with colorful ceramic beads and metal hooks, hanging from a wooden display stand.

earrings

Various colorful, irregularly shaped glass pieces with swirled, marbled, and dotted patterns, resting on a fabric surface with a textured pattern.

Material

A person using a rotary tool on a surfboard in a workshop, with a container of paint and a worktable covered in paint splatters nearby, surrounded by colorful rollers and a vibrant, splattered fabric covering.

Resin builds up over time as each surfboard is made.

Close-up of shattered colorful glass pieces with paint splatters, outdoors in a garden setting.

Surfite is collected in large chunks from the surf shops.

Two hands holding a set of colorful glass art pieces outdoors with plants in the background.

Material is cut into small slabs before being cut into unique shapes using a CNC machine.

Collage of colorful jewelry and accessories including **a painted acrylic bracelet, puzzle piece earrings, a purple beaded bracelet, multicolored earrings, a circular pendant necklace, shark-shaped pendants, dolphin-shaped pendants, and layered necklaces**. The central part features a logo with a wave, sun, and waves with the text "Santa Cruz Surfite".

Pieces are made into finished jewelry and other art pieces, each piece is one of a kind.

Upcoming fairs

Come see surfite in person!

Mountain Market

June 5th

23845 Summit Rd, Los Gatos, CA, 95033

Seacliff State Beach: Ocean Fest

June 13th

State Park Drive, Aptos, CA 95003

Pleasure Point Street fair

June 27th

Portola Drive between 41st and 38th Avenues

Santa Cruz Makers Market

July 19th

Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA

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