California Lighthouse, Lighthouse in Noord, Aruba.

California Lighthouse is a 30-metre tapering cylindrical tower on an octagonal stone base at Hudishibana, near Arashi Beach. The tower is pale cream or off-white, with small rectangular windows and a gallery with brown metal railing below a glazed lantern room with a dark rounded roof and finial. It stands on a low, flat, rocky shoreline.

The lighthouse was designed in 1913 by French architect Leon Jean Marie Bourgeois, and construction ran from 1914 to 1916. World War I delayed delivery of the light from Barbier, Benard et Turenne in France. The first keeper was Jacob Jacobs from Curaçao; Federico Fingal was the last, in 1962. A restoration in May 2016 marked the centenary of its completion.

The name comes from the British steamship S.S. California, which sank offshore on 23 September 1891. When two police officers from Curaçao came to stop locals from collecting washed-up merchandise, residents laughed because the officers did not know "California" was a ship, not a place. Some islanders later wore items from the cargo, called "drowned goods."

The best time to visit is in the afternoon when the sun is lower and light favors photography. The site is easily reached from the island's center, and a footpath leads from the top area to the base where you can view the ocean.

During construction, a creative solution was found for a major logistical challenge: donkeys from the Figaroa family hauled heavy building materials from Oranjestad port to this remote location. These transports reveal how difficult it was to accomplish such a project on an island without modern roads and vehicles.