Clean Water And Healthy Beaches For Everyone

San Francisco Surfrider Foundation (S/F)² — Join our powerful network to ensure our oceans, waves, and beaches are here for future generations to enjoy.

Our Mission

Where the land meets the sea

What We Fight For

Plastic Reduction

Reducing the impact of plastics in the marine environments that surround us.

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Ocean Protection

Defending our ocean from challenges threatening the vitality of the ecosystem.

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Beach Access

Working with decision-makers to ensure full and fair beach access for all to enjoy.

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Coasts & Climate

Taking on issues that threaten our beaches and natural shorelines.

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Clean Water

Protecting the health and sustainability of our planet's most precious resource.

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The Surfrider Foundation is dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world’s ocean, waves and beaches, for all people, through a powerful activist network.

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Blue Water Task Force

Water quality monitoring

Blue Water Task Force (BWTF)

Provides critical water quality information to protect public health at our local beaches and to raise awareness of local pollution problems and to bring together communities to implement solutions.

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Ocean Friendly Gardens

Getting back to basics

Ocean Friendly Gardens (OFG)

Ocean Friendly Gardens are designed to mimic nature and restore resilient coasts and the natural water cycle by creating native habitat, conserving water, and reducing runoff that causes pollution at the beach and in our local waterways.

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Beach Clean Ups (BCU)

Stewards of our local beaches & breaks

Beach Cleanups

There are many ways to help our local beaches and breaks. Come to one of our scheduled cleanups, schedule a private cleanup, or clean up on your own.

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Message In A Bottle (MIAB)

Art and Education

Message In A Bottle (MIAB)

This community-driven program combines creativity and sustainability to inspire positive environmental action. Through hands-on events like mending and repair workshops, clothing swaps, and collaborative art projects, the program empowers individuals to reduce waste, embrace reuse, and rethink their relationship with resources. By blending education with practical solutions, it fosters a culture of care—for our planet and the things we own—while building stronger, more resilient communities. Whether learning to repair a favorite garment or creating art that raises awareness, participants leave with new skills, connections, and a shared commitment to sustainability.

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Hold On To Your Butts

Cigarette butts are plastic

Hold On To Your Butts (HOTYB)

Show your love for SF! If you smoke —
find and use a buttcan and we’ll recycle all your butts.

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Ocean Friendly Restaurants

From table to trash

Ocean Friendly Restaurants (OFR)

By reducing disposable waste, restaurants have the power to greatly reduce their impact on San Francisco’s ocean and beaches.

The OFR program offers restaurants an easy way to show their commitment by making sustainable choices for our ocean.

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Shotgun Wad Watcher

What’s with all the wads?

Shotgun Wad Watcher

Plastic shotgun wads show up in great numbers along waterways and shorelines throughout the world. Projected from shotgun barrels – the plastic wads are shot into marshes or over water where they are difficult to retrieve.

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Our Network

Volunteer

Join Our Network

We're always looking for volunteers to help affect change locally. Join us.

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The Surfrider Foundation is committed to fostering a just, equitable, diverse and inclusive organization for all people who protect and enjoy the world’s ocean, waves and beaches.

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