Beach CleanUps

Beach Cleanups are the most immediate action you can take to make our coasts and ocean cleaner and healthier. They are a great way to publicly declare your concern for our local beaches to the various visitors and tourists that frequent them. By picking up trash before it enters the ocean, you prevent the cigarette butts and plastic, which often get mistaken for food, from being eaten by sea animals.

For more info contact bcu@surfriderwlam.org

It is also a fun way to spend a few hours at the beach with friends and family.   Afterwards, we celebrate by surfing at our clean beach!

Beach Cleanups are held on the 1st Saturday of every month between 9a.m. and 11a.m. at various locations.

Here is the 2011 schedule:

• February 5th –  VENICE PIER
• March 5th –       SURFRIDER BEACH
• April 2nd –         SUNSET BEACH
• May 7th –           COUNTY LINE w/Ventura
• June 4th –          VENICE BREAKWATER
• July 9th –            ZUMA BEACH  *** 2nd Saturday due to holiday
• August 6th –       PARADISE COVE
• October 1st –      SURFRIDER BEACH
• October 8th –     SURFRIDER BEACH
• November 5th – TOPANGA
• December 3rd  –DOCKWEILER w/South Bay

To help us run some of the beach cleanups, sign up as a volunteer on our volunteer page:

http://surfriderwlam.org/volunteer/

Add the cleanups to your volunteer calendar and a beach captain will contact you before the cleanup date to coordinate things. Staffing a beach cleanup is one of the best ways to get to know other active members.