Surfrider Foundation - Oʻahu Chapter

🌊 Dive into August with us! 🌊

Join our August Public Meeting this Wednesday, August 7th at Box Jelly in Ward! 🗓️

We're thrilled to be joined by Jordan Watson, Deputy Director of PacIOOS, to share insights on empowering ocean users and stakeholders with accurate coastal and ocean data. 📊

📅 Date: Wed, Aug 7, 2024
🕕 Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM HST
📍 Location: Box Jelly
🔗 RSVP Here: https://volunteer.surfrider.org/timeslots/w2F3WxsDTS

Don't miss out on this wave of knowledge! See you tomorrow!
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🌊🌴 Attention, ocean lovers! 🌴🌊

You're invited to join us on Saturday, August 10th, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM HST at Sand Island State Recreation Area for an epic beach clean-up in collaboration ! 🌟

Food will be provided to clean-up volunteers. Plus, volunteers will have a chance to win exclusive giveaways from KaiAloha Supply! 🎁✨

Grab your friends, family, and some reef-safe sunscreen, and let’s make a difference! 🌺🏖️

Sign up now with the link in our bio 🔗

Much of our team is out of town this week for the holiday so we'll be seeing you next month on August 7th! Stay tuned on our social channels or sign up for our monthly newsletter to get all of the details.

Register for our beach cleanup on Saturday 7/13! We'd love to see you there!

🌊🌟 Join us for the Ripcurl x Surfrider Foundation Coastal Defender Tour on O'ahu! 🌟🌊

🤝 WHO: You!
🏖️ WHAT: Beach Cleanup
🏄‍♂️ HOSTS: Ripcurl x Surfrider Foundation O'ahu Chapter
📅 WHEN: Saturday, July 13 @ 9-11am
🌴 WHERE: Ala Moana Beach Park (meet near the volleyball courts)
🌊 WHY: Protecting our ocean & coastlines

🌟 DETAILS: Be part of the change! Join us for a beach cleanup and help keep our beautiful coastlines pristine. Your efforts contribute to the health of our ocean and support sustainable living.

💪 RSVP now and bring your friends! Let's make a difference together. 🌎

👉 Stay tuned for more details about exclusive giveaways! 🌊✨

Ocean Needs More Friends + 40th Anniversary
Surfrider’s 2024 Membership Drive Starts Now! 👏🌊We encourage you to celebrate our 40th Anniversary with us by becoming a member of the Oʻahu Chapter!

By making a donation and joining our grassroots network, you become an official Friend of the Ocean, and help create the groundswell of momentum needed to protect our ocean and coasts for generations to come. Head to the link in bio to donate directly to our chapter now.

Donations benefit many of our programs, including our Blue Water Task Force, our Ocean Friendly Garden in Kaka'ako, our Ocean Friendly Restaurants program, Beach protection Campaigns, Coastal Erosion Campaigns, and it enables us to table at events, host beach cleanups and public meetings where we can share our mission to protect the beaches, ocean and waves of O'ahu.

The Ocean Needs More Friends. 💙

🚨Meeting tonight!! 🚨 Join us tonight to rally together for a first responders center in support of protecting Shark’s Cove. Save Sharks Cove Alliance

North Shore Friends & Allies: We hope you can join us this Thursday at the Mayor's Town Hall in Waialua.

Come early (6pm) to help welcome attendees and show our communities' support for the North Shore First Responders Center!

is tomorrow. 🎉💙 A day we join with Friends of the Ocean worldwide to enjoy waves together. Who will you be celebrating with? Tag them below + click the link in our bio to register for our cleanup at the Stables Turtle Bay! 🏄

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is THIS Saturday! 🎉 Don’t forget to register! 🙌🌊Cleanup is 2-4pm at the Stables at Turtle Bay.

Join us for a Sunset Surf with the Jamie O’Brien Surf Experience! As a thank you for cleaning up the beach, they will be donating surfboards to all volunteers! Unwind after the cleanup or surf with us at the Sunset Pool Bar for a Pau Hana with live music from 4-7pm

Link in our bio to register for the event!


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The countdown is officially on! 🎉🌊🏄

Mark your calendars, the 20th annual will be held on June 15th this year! Stay tuned to find an event near you, and for more information on how you can celebrate!

Artwork by the talented Dusty Nomad 🎨🌊

🌊 Join us under the Honolulu Night Market lights! 🌙 This week, we'll be tabling to share our mission and recruit new volunteers! 🏄‍♂️ Looking to dive into community action and protect our beaches and oceans? Come check out our table from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and be part of the wave of change! 🌟 See you there!

Dive into the heart of community action! 🌊 Join us at Box Jelly on June 5th, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm for our June Public Meeting. 🗓️ Learn all about how the Blue Water Task Force tackles Brown Water Advisories and preps for King Tide Season with Dr. Dan Amato, Chair of the Task Force. Let's make waves together! 💙

North Shore Friends & Allies: We hope you can join us this Thursday at the Mayor's Town Hall in Waialua.

Come early (6pm) to help welcome attendees and show our communities' support for the North Shore First Responders Center!

In honor of Earth Month, we're launching a fundraiser to help our Ocean Friendly Garden (OFG)! 💧 🌍
Help us reach our goal of $6,500 by the end of April to cover our water bill for 2024. Donate directly via the link in our bio to help us reach our goal! Every drop counts!

Hawaii Still Has A Serious Cesspool Problem! The state needs to speed up upgrade conversion rates and help homeowners with the costs. House Bill 1892 is being heard this afternoon in the Senate Ways and Means Committee and has the potential to speed up conversion rates.

Hawaii Still Has A Serious Cesspool Problem The state needs to speed up upgrade conversion rates and help homeowners with the costs.

SaveSharksCoveAlliance SaveSharksCoveAlliance is working to protect Sharks Cove on the North Shore of Oahu from the threat of a commercial development.

Had a lovely day for a beach cleanup 🏝️🧼 at Waimea Bay full of rainbows 🌈 , and early April showers ☔️ with great peeps 🐥 🐥🐥 Mālama Pūpūkea-Waimea Save Sharks Cove Alliance The Arch Project Hawaii. We rallied after to protect Sharks Cove from mall development. Don’t want to see a mall go up at Sharks Cove??? Go to bio and sign the petition! 3000 more signatures needed!

Sign the petition to save Sharks Cove before they build a mall there! Go to Save Sharks Cove Alliance to find out more.

Action Alert! Please take 2 minutes to call or email Chair Kyle Yamash*taʻs office and request a hearing in the Finance committee for Senate Bill 2322 (SB 2322).

Representative Kyle Yamash*ta

Call: 808-586-6200

Email: repyamash*[email protected]

SB 2322 will improve the stateʻs coastal water quality monitoring program. This bill died in the Finance committee last year and we really need to show support so he will schedule it!

🚨Awesome water quality sampling opportunity below!🚨

🧪 Check out these incredible Blue Water Task Force samplers and Xstream Team Captains Kimeona Kane and Sherine Blooma!

📆 This Sunday morning, March 3rd, the Xstream Team will be performing water sampling in 5 communities around the island in Waimānalo, Waianae, Kahaluʻu, the Ala Wai and Haleʻiwa! 💧If you’re interested in water sampling and helping educate the community on water quality, this is the opportunity for you!

📧 Join this dedicated group of volunteers by contacting BWTF coordinator Dan Amato

📆 Mark those calendars because our public meeting for June is right around the corner!

Join us on Wednesday, June 7th for pizza from and a presentation from our guest speaker: Dolan Eversole.

📍Find us on the Lanai of Box Jelly located on the 3rd floor of Ward Center

🗣️ Don’t forget to stay afterwards to meet the team and talk story with us!

📆 Mark those calendars because our public meeting for June is right around the corner! Join us on Wednesday, June 7th for pizza from @mokukitchen and a presentation from our guest speaker: Dolan Eversole. 📍Find us on the Lanai of Box Jelly located on the 3rd floor of Ward Center 🗣️ Don’t forget to stay afterwards to meet the team and talk story with us!

📌Public Chapter Meeting coming up SOON📌

Our public meeting for the month of May is coming up right around the corner on Wednesday the 3rd! Be sure to join us at located on the third floor of Ward Center from 6-8pm!

Pizza is provided by and make sure to stay afterwards to talk story with us as well! Hope to see you all there!

📌Public Chapter Meeting coming up SOON📌 Our public meeting for the month of May is coming up right around the corner on Wednesday the 3rd! Be sure to join us at @theboxjelly located on the third floor of Ward Center from 6-8pm! Pizza is provided by @mokukitchen and make sure to stay afterwards to talk story with us as well! Hope to see you all there!

🚨BWTF Results for the last two weeks are in!🚨

While the rain has stalled for now, many of our east side sites are still highly contaminated as the rainfall that usually resides in that area continues.

Be sure to check our reports and stay safe during this spring break when out on the windward side of the island!

(🔵= low bacteria, 🟡= medium, 🔴= high)

🔴Chocolates
🔴Hakipu’u Boat Ramp
🔴He’eia Stream
🔴Inoaole Stream
🔴Kahalu’u
🔵Kahaone Loop Pools
🔴Kaʻalawai (Black Point- East)
🔵Kaʻalawai (Black Point/Cromwells)
🔴Kaiaka Bay
🔵Kailua Beach Park
🔴Kaimalino
🔴Kaopuni Stream
🔴Kuli’ou’ou Stream
🔵Magic Island Bowls
🟡Magic Island Canoe Launch
🔵Pokai Bay - Bay Side
🔵Pokai Bay - ocean side
🟡Pūpūkea tide pools
🔴South Kaneohe Bay
🔴Waiāhole Beach Park
🟡Waialae Beach Park
🔵Wailupe Beach Park
🔵Kawela Bay
🟡Point Panic - Stairs

🚨BWTF Results for the last two weeks are in! 🚨 While the rain has stalled for now, many of our east side sites are still highly contaminated as the rainfall that usually resides in that area continues. Be sure to check our reports and stay safe during this spring break when out on the windward side of the island! (🔵= low bacteria, 🟡= medium, 🔴= high) 🔴Chocolates 🔴Hakipu’u Boat Ramp 🔴He’eia Stream 🔴Inoaole Stream 🔴Kahalu’u 🔵Kahaone Loop Pools 🔴Kaʻalawai (Black Point- East) 🔵Kaʻalawai (Black Point/Cromwells) 🔴Kaiaka Bay 🔵Kailua Beach Park 🔴Kaimalino 🔴Kaopuni Stream 🔴Kuli’ou’ou Stream 🔵Magic Island Bowls 🟡Magic Island Canoe Launch 🔵Pokai Bay - Bay Side 🔵Pokai Bay - ocean side 🟡Pūpūkea tide pools 🔴South Kaneohe Bay 🔴Waiāhole Beach Park 🟡Waialae Beach Park 🔵Wailupe Beach Park 🔵Kawela Bay 🟡Point Panic - Stairs

Be sure to come out and join us tomorrow at the Ocean Friendly Garden at Kaka’ako for the creation of Genki Balls! The Genki Balls made tomorrow at the garden will be fermented and thrown into the Ala Wai on April 1st!

🚨Volunteers Needed🚨 Message us here or on our instagram and reach out through email if you are interested in becoming a core volunteer!

Join us tomorrow in Kaka’ako for a garden workday and ’Ulu pruning! Sign up here: https://x.gldn.io/e/V9VrB8HFGxb

Itʻs time to move away from the ocean! There are a number of bills that have already been introduced at the state level to support buyouts of critically vulnerable properties and strengthen statewide protection for our beaches.

‘Victims to the ocean’: Battle over beachfront erosion rises again with monster surf The big surf is once again eating away the sand on the beach, leaving residents on edge and lawmakers scrambling to find a fix.

Two big developments on illegal shoreline hardening on the North Shore:

1. An illegal seawall built by the OʻSheas 5 years ago will be removed and disposed of by December 31st, 2024. They will also be liable for a fine of $50,000, plus $2,500 in administrative fees. This is an important step in deterring future coastal homeowners from trying the same thing. Also, this house is now for sale....

2. Josh VanEmmerik (who poured concrete on the shoreline in October) was granted a 60 day extension by the city to remove the concrete barrier. This is disappointing, and it is even more frustrating that he asked for a permit to install temporary emergency shoreline protection measures. We hope this permit is denied, considering that he bought both properties within the last year and signed a sea level rise disclosure statement when purchasing the neighboring property in August 2022.

The community needs to continue to fight to protect our public beaches and shorelines.

North Shore property owner offers to take down concrete barrier poured on Sunset Beach But his attorneys also want permission to use another temporary erosion control measure.

Come out to on Wed 11/2 for our monthly public meeting! We’ll be jamming on our November priorities to fight for water quality, coastal preservation, and plastic pollution across Oahu. Hope to see you 🤙🏾🏄🏽‍♂️🌈🎉