Listens to the Tofino Brownies Earth Day message here….

Over 100 million visitors flock to U.S. beaches every year to enjoy the sand, sunshine and water. Despite how much we cherish our beaches, coastal water quality continues to be threatened by discharges of stormwater and sewage. Decades of neglect have left America’s wastewater infrastructure in disrepair, outdated and failing. Sewage spills and failing wastewater infrastructure threaten coastal water quality by discharging raw and under-treated sewage into local waterways and the ocean. Many communities are still not even serviced by sewers, but instead are connected to outdated systems, like septics and cesspools, that never adequately treat wastewater. Watch the video!

Alys Hoyland of Surfrider Pacific Rim speaks to the House of Commons in Ottawa on the Zim Kingston container spill situation. MP’s listen, ask questions, and actively praise Surfrider Foundation for all of its involvement in the ocean and beach protection.

In the fall of 2019, Surfrider Pacific Rim launched the Cut the Cutlery campaign to eliminate plastic and bioplastic

cutlery. The campaign focused on building community compliance while working collaboratively with the District of

Tofino and the District of Ucluelet to amend existing bylaws to include single-use plastic utensils.

Have your say on the federal single-use plastic prohibition regulations using our easy how-to guide! Public comment period closes March 5th - there’s no time to lose!

It should come as no surprise to learn that plastic is toxic. Numerous studies have outlined the physical dangers that the chemicals in plastic present. From disrupting our hormones to causing cancer, the list of possible side effects goes on. However, an often overlooked impact of the plastic problem may just result in the next major mental health crisis.

Lucas Harris is Surfrider Canada’s first Executive Director and will lead Surfrider Foundation Canada through the process of becoming an international affiliate organization of the Surfrider Foundation based in the US, as it aims to strengthen and expand the existing Canadian chapter network. Under Harris’s leadership, the organization will build out its advocacy and chapter tools to support grassroots campaigns around key issues including, plastic pollution, water quality, beach access, coastal preservation and ocean protection.

It’s been nearly three months since 109 shipping containers went overboard in B.C. waters, and to date, 105 of them are still missing.

Four of the MV Zim Kingston’s containers washed up along the north coast of Vancouver Island last November, but Canadian Coast Guard says the rest are unaccounted for.

It’s been three months since 109 shipping containers were knocked from a cargo ship traveling through rough seas off the west coast of Vancouver Island, yet the location of all but four remain unknown.

There are many ways we as a community, are able to help our planet and oceans heal. Some ways are a lot smaller than others but make a big impact, one of which is making the simple change to not using plastic cutlery. This small change will keep thousands of unnecessary plastics from flowing into the oceans and streams, or onto forest floors.

Have you ever wondered where your wetsuits end up when they’re tossed? Yep, you guessed it - oceans and landfills! In an attempt to find a more local solution for Surfrider’s Wetsuit Reincarnation Program, which previously involved shipping wetsuits to California to be upcycled into amazing yoga mats, Surfrider volunteer, Karen Hendry, began researching potential local partners to collaborate with to upcycle everyone’s favorite surfwear material, neoprene.

Surfrider Pacific Rim is riding into the New Year with a cool $40,183 donation from the Blue Friday initiative.

We are where we are thanks to your hard work, dedication, and commitment to our ocean, beaches and waves! Let’s celebrate some 2021 highlights.

>600kg of debris removed from Radar beach!

Last month, students from UBC, UVic, and Ucluelet Secondary School gathered for a day of Ocean Optimism and inspiration!

Last month the MV Zim Kingston spilled more than 100 shipping containers in rough seas off of Vancouver Island. Just this week we received reports of container debris washing up from Haida Gwaii to Clayoquot Sound. If there’s one thing we can be sure of, it is that this issue is not going away.

20K Raised At Surfrider Sessions Fundraiser, Zim Kingston Container Spill, Blue Friday Initiative & always much more…

Shred Neoprene is a social enterprise based in Tofino, BC with a mission to collect, grind and upcycle neoprene through innovative solutions and partnerships in Canada.

Surfrider Pacific Rim’s ‘Take Back the Tap’ campaign encourages folks to drink tap water