Grover Beach, CA, United States is a submarine cable landing point in United States (coordinates 35.1206°, -120.6214°). It serves 4 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in United States's international connectivity infrastructure.
Grover Beach is a city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. The population was 12,701 at the 2020 census, down from 13,156 in 2010. Grover Beach is the location of the Pacific Crossing 1 (PC-1) cable landing station, where trans-pacific submarine communications cables come ashore and connect to the North American telecommunication network. Wikipedia
Connected submarine cables
Operators landing at Grover Beach, CA, United States
Cables landing at Grover Beach, CA, United States are operated by 6 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including Cirion Technologies, Keppel T&T, Meta, Pacific Crossing, Seren Juno, Telin. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.
Connectivity profile
From Grover Beach, CA, United States, international traffic can reach 9 countries through 4 cable systems. Destinations include Costa Rica, Guam, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Panama, Philippines, Singapore and 1 more.
Monitoring status
No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Grover Beach, CA, United States in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.
About the cables
- Bifrost (2025) — BIFROST is the longest submarine cable we monitor. Nineteen thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight kilometres of fibre, stretched from Jakarta across the Indonesian archipelago, through Davao and Manado in the Philippines, via Tuas in Singapore, out to Alupang in Guam, and then across the full width of the Pacific Ocean to three North American landings — Grover Beach in California, Winema in Oreg Read more →
- JUNO (2025) — JUNO is a point-to-point submarine cable linking United States and Japan. Landing at Grover Beach, Minamiboso, Shima, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
- Pan-American Crossing (PAC) (2000) — Pan-American Crossing (PAC) is a cross-regional submarine cable connecting Panama, United States, Mexico, Costa Rica. Its 5 landing points at Fort Amador, Grover Beach, Mazatlán, Tijuana, Unqui bridge the networks of North America, Central America, providing an important path for international data traffic. Read more →
- Pacific Crossing-1 (PC-1) (1999) — Pacific Crossing-1 (PC-1) is a point-to-point submarine cable linking Japan and United States. Landing at Ajigaura, Grover Beach, Harbour Pointe, Shima, it provides a direct fiber-optic path between the two countries, serving as both a primary data route and a redundancy option for neighboring cable systems. Read more →
Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.
Which submarine cables land at Grover Beach, CA?
Four submarine cable systems land at Grover Beach: Pacific Crossing-1 (PC-1), Bifrost, JUNO, and Pan-American Crossing (PAC).
When was the first cable laid in Grover Beach, CA?
The Pacific Crossing 1 (PC-1) cable system, which is one of the cables landing at Grover Beach, was deployed in 2016.
Which oceans does the submarine cable landing point in Grover Beach serve?
Grover Beach serves the Pacific Ocean, bridging between North America and Asia-Pacific regions.
Who are some of the notable operators present at this landing point?
The operators present include Telxius for Bifrost and Equinix for JUNO. Pacific Crossing 1 is operated by a consortium including Telefónica, SingTel, and KDDI.
Why was Grover Beach chosen as a landing point?
Grover Beach was selected due to its strategic location in the United States, providing access to major telecommunications networks. The area also benefits from stable geology suitable for cable landing stations.