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Sea Level Rise - It is critical that community planners make informed decisions when deciding how to react to rising sea levels. The wrong choices could lead down a path where beaches disappear, coastal tourism and fisheries suffer or where billions of dollars are lost to storm-damaged and flooded properties. Luckily, several states have adopted policies to ensure that beaches, dunes, or wetlands are able to migrate inland as sea level rises. Much more needs to be done, though, and it is upon us to push our decision-makers to plan wisely and make the right decisions for the future of our coast.

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We're Loving Bali to Death

"Environment group Walhi says the tourism industry is responsible for the contamination of 13 beaches...Bali's 3.2 million residents and almost 3 million visitors produce 20,000 cubic meters of garbage every day. Of this, three-quarters is not collected by any service." - excerpts from this article in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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The Surfrider Foundation State of the Beach report is our continually-updated assessment of the health of our nation’s beaches. It is intended to empower concerned citizens and coastal managers by giving them the information needed to take action. For over ten years we have been collecting information on beach access, surf zone water quality, beach erosion, beach fill, shoreline structures, beach ecology and surfing areas to get an understanding of the condition of our nation’s beaches.

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