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Dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of our ocean, waves, and beaches, for all.

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How do dunes protect our beaches and community? 🌾🌊

Join us to learn about native plants, coastal resilience, and how you can get involved! Coastal ecologist, Peter Baye, Ph.D. will be here to answer all your dune questions. 🌱

📍 MK Think at Ocean Plant, 800 Great Highway
🗓️ Wed, Oct. 7, 2026
🕡 6:30-8:00 PM

Free & open to all. RSVP required. Light food + drinks. BYOP (bring your own plate) to keep it low-waste ♻️

Thank you to @mkthink for hosting us in their space.

🔗 RSVP: link in bio on our events calendar or go to qrco.de/obdunes

📸: @gurufoto by @surfridersf

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In case you missed our FULL HOUSE chapter meeting this month at @patagoniasf (🙏) about federal threats to the ocean, the main takeaway was that community matters!

So does signing @surfrider action alerts, and staying engaged. And guess what? You’ve got a chance to hop on board with all these good ideas again next month when we gather to talk about dune restoration work at ocean beach at our chapter meeting on October 7.

Thanks so much to @newarafaltas_ Matt Koller @ali_rubin and @lauraawa for keeping us ready to make our voices heard for the ocean 😤

@gurufoto you are a photo legend 📸 by @surfridersf

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Rule # 1 of our Executive Committee: ALWAYS show up for the photoshoot (just kidding we love you anyways @krystlefresh!)

Rule # 2 is protect the beach.

We are so excited about this year’s executive committee members who are helping us to support programming, grow our membership and connect with partners.

Read more about ‘em at the linkinbio

Photo shoot and reel by @lauraawa taken in Ocean Beach, San Francisco by @surfridersf

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Climate Action in California 👏

From October 2–11, Surfrider is celebrating our inaugural Climate Week, bringing communities together to explore how we can take action for our coasts and climate.

Through the Climate Action Program, chapters across the Golden State have:
💪 Engaged 2,000 volunteers
🌱 Installed 2,200 native plants
🗑 Removed 42,800 lbs of invasive plants

But there's more work to be done!

Roll up your sleeves and join a climate week restoration event, and attend Surfrider's webinar on Monday, October 5 at pm PST to learn more about coastal projects where Surfrider and local communities are restoring beaches and building resilience to climate change.

Link in bio to RSVP for the webinar + volunteer events! by @surfridersf

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Today is the day! Surfrider Climate Week is officially underway! 🙌🌎

For the next ten days, chapters across the country are hosting restoration workdays and educational opportunities demonstrating what coastal resilience looks like when a community shows up for it.

Visit the link in bio to find an event near you, and to register for our Climate Action webinar!

📸: Photos 1 & 9 by Guru Khalsa @gurufoto, Photo 2 by Benito Woodward @stokedshare, Photos 5 & 10 by Alexandra Fisher @alexandralfisher, Photo 6 by Zachary Zeilman @z_blaze, Photo 7 by Zoe Finney @zoesurfs, Photo 8 by Michael Perkins

#SurfriderClimateWeek by @surfridersf

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Four sites tested. Fresh results live. 🌊📊

Thanks to our Blue Water Task Force volunteers for collecting and processing this week’s samples across San Francisco. Don’t paddle out blind—tap the link in our bio for the full Enterococcus report: sf.surfrider.org/programs/blue-water-task-force 🏄‍♂️✨

@surfridersanmateo @calsurfrider @surfridermarin by @surfridersf

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🌊 Tomorrow is the day! Join us at Ocean Beach at 11:00 a.m. for Hands Across the Sand. We will gather, hear how to get involved in local Bay & coastal protection and clean energy efforts, and join hands to form a human banner at noon.

🙋 RSVP: bit.ly/sfbayhats or link in bio 🔗

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Sierra Club chapters and partners will be organizing in 10 different locations up and down the coast to send a clear message: Our coast is not a sacrifice zone for industry profits!

Join us to stand up for a healthy coast and against offshore oil drilling.

📅 Saturday, September 26
🕚 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
📍Ocean Beach at Stairwell 19/Great Highway near Beach Chalet taken in Ocean Beach by @surfridersf

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10/1 Update: Governor Newsom signed 3 (AB 1448, AB 762, & SB 1268) and vetoed 1 (AB 2253) of the remaining four bills. Thank you to everyone who took action to get those bills across the finish line.

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🚨 TAKE ACTION! Tell Governor Newsom: Sign Bills to Protect the Coast!

Eight of Surfrider California’s priority bills have made it through both chambers and landed on the Governor’s desk. Governor Newsom has signed three (yay!) and vetoed one (boo!), leaving four bills still awaiting action.

The Legislature did its part. Now it’s time for the Governor to act.

The remaining bills would:
🛢️help prevent new offshore oil drilling
🚬 reduce disposable vape pollution
♻️ improve recycling labels
🏕️ & promote equitable outdoor access

Tell Governor Newsom to sign these bills into law and protect our coasts and oceans! Take action now - link in bio. by @surfridersf

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This Saturday, rally to say NO to offshore drilling and YES to clean energy at Hands Across The Sand!

Help send a message to our local leaders, Sacramento legislators, and the federal government that the waters off California should be off-limits to new offshore oil drilling.

Event locations include Mendocino, Bodega Bay, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Grover Beach, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Oceanside, and San Diego. For more info and links to each of the events, please visit https://www.sierraclub.org/california/join-us-nationwide-hands-across-sand-saturday-9-26
or the link in our bio on Instagram. by @surfridersf

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14 days ago

We gathered at Sunset Dunes to celebrate Plover Appreciation Day and admire the plovers at Ocean Beach.

We were delighted to see the new interpretive signage at Judah, with lots of helpful information on our dune ecosystem, our plover neighbors and ways to share the park and beach to protect these special places.

Thanks to the phenomenally talented illustrators who worked on the plover cartoon sign (@abrawnart and @marielart18 ) and the maps sign (@kellly.gif ). Check out their websites: kellyyong.com adrianbrawn.com marieldelajarasmith.com

Thanks to @sunsetdunespark for supporting this project and @surfridersf for creating the dune signage!
Thanks to John Lindsey @thegreathighway for printing & installing signs.
Thanks to Martha Abbene for sign design.

And thanks to everyone who joined us for Plover Appreciation Day! by @surfridersf

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Join us at Ocean Beach this Saturday for California Coastal Cleanup Day!

🗓️ Sat. Sept. 19, 2026
🕓 9am-12pm
📍 Sloat & Ocean Beach

Register at sf.surfrider.org/calendar taken in Ocean Beach, San Francisco by @surfridersf

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21 days ago

BAY AREA, the final stop of our Summer Pop-up Tour is this weekend, 9/18-19, at the Patagonia San Francisco Store @patagoniasf. 🤩

Join us for a chance to try an exclusive Smoked Mussel Miso ice cream sundae with @sharedcultures and @strausfamilycreamery, a repair workshop with custom block prints and @marinfrenchcheese, and a Saturday morning run hosted by @pacrunclub and a brunch bar featuring @eatlittlesesame, @painterlandsisters, @lilbucksworld, and @diasporaco. All proceeds from the weekend will go towards @surfridersf, a local nonprofit working to protect our oceans and coasts. And we’ll have food🐟 and beer🍻 at all events, of course!

Click the 🔗 in our bio and RSVP for the weekend before spots fill up. taken in San Francisco, California by @surfridersf

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