| Soquel Creek | |
| Name Other: | Rosario del Beato Serafin de Asculi[1] |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | California |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Santa Cruz County |
| Subdivision Type5: | Cities |
| Subdivision Name5: | Soquel, Capitola |
| Length: | 16miles[2] |
| Discharge1 Location: | USGS Soquel Creek gage (11160000) |
| Discharge1 Min: | 405cuft/s |
| Discharge1 Max: | 15800cuft/s[3] |
| Source1 Location: | Southern Santa Cruz Mountains |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 37.1103°N -121.9106°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 3000feet |
| Mouth: | Monterey Bay |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 36.9717°N -121.9519°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
| Basin Size: | 42sqmi |
| Tributaries Left: | West Branch Soquel Creek, Burns Creek, Laurel Creek, Hester Creek |
| Tributaries Right: | East Branch Soquel Creek, Fern Gulch, Asbury Gulch, Amaya Creek, Hinckley Creek |
Soquel Creek is a southward flowing 16miles creek that begins in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Santa Cruz County, California and enters Monterey Bay at Capitola Beach in Capitola, California.
The redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) forests of the middle and upper watershed were heavily logged during the second half of the 1800s, and into the twentieth century. Most of today's forests are second growth, with most trees now over one hundred years old.
Water quality of the creek is measured.[4]
Soquel Creek drains the largest watershed of mid-Santa Cruz County, and passes through the communities of Soquel and Capitola. Part of the creek's upper reaches flow through Soquel Demonstration State Forest and the western part of The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park. About 25% of the headwaters of the watershed are on land protected by the state.[2]