Suncoast Chapter proudly participates in the Adopt-A-Shore Program in Manatee County.  As part of the program, the chapter is responsible for cleaning up our adopted section of beach at least twice a year. 

In addition to that special beach in Bradenton we aim to touch all our Gulf coast beaches and shorelines with clean up activities held once a month. 

Here are some of the beaches in our region we intend to clean up this year.

Upham Beach

Sand Key

Sunset Beach

Madiera Beach

St. Pete Beach

Treasure Island Drum Circle

Clearwater Beach

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Citrus County locations

If you see litter on the beach~pick it up!

If its too much for you to handle~contact Surfrider!

To Volunteer for the beach cleanup committee please click here 

Check the forecast & calendar page for cleanup dates and locations.

The Suncoast Surfrider Foundation has developed a project called the Surfrider LocalS Campaign. The project aims to promote safer surfing on Gulf Coast beaches, fostering a culture of respect and responsibility and a reduction in the incidence of surf rage. Get educated and stay informed through your local surf shops and local Suncoast Surfrider Foundation.

If you have any comments on beach etiquette and behavior or you want to help join the cause, please forward your comments to suncoast@surfrider.org  or contact Thomas at TPaterek@ut.edu.

Suncoast Surfrider asks that all surfers be aware that the waves are for all to share and that a small amount of consideration will go a long way in making our beaches enjoyable for all.

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If this campaign makes you want to go on a lo cal diet, thats great too.

Take a second look at the headline picture on the home page.

 Is it a lobster? Or is it a balloon? 

Photo taken on Daytona Beach, Florida, summer 2008. 

All over the globe, people feel the effects of plastic in our ecosystem.

Click on the links below to see two of the many plastics videos available on the web.

Youtube video  Plastics, just say no!

 Ocean Of Plastic Youtube video on the effects of plastic 

There is a section of the Pacific Ocean twice the size of the continental United States called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Within it, 100 million tons of plastic swirl in a vortex of currents. There is so much plastic in the water that it outnumbers zooplankton by six to one!

This plastic ends up in the stomachs of marine birds and animals. In fact, one million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals die globally each year due to ingestion of or entanglement in plastics.

Plastic is forever, with virtually every piece of petroleum based plastic ever made still in existence. That's why it's so critical to our oceans and beaches that we dramatically reduce our use of plastics, especially single-use plastics, starting today.

You can make a difference for our world's oceans, waves and beaches -- pledge to rise above plastics today.

THE PLEDGE

I commit to do my part to rise above plastics and protect the world's oceans, waves and beaches from plastic pollution. I will do this by:

- Using reusable bottles for my water and other drinks. By using just one reusable bottle, I will keep 167 single-use plastic bottles from entering the environment.

- Using cloth bags for groceries and other purchases. For each reusable bag I use, I will save approximately 400 plastics from being used.

- Recycling the plastic bags and bottles I already have. For every thirteen plastic bags I don't use, I will save enough petroleum to drive a car one mile.

What Suncoast is doing

• Reviewing a printed copy of the Plastics Campaign Activitst Tool Kit.
• Developing a simple campaign plan to be presented to the board outlining goals, targets, tactics and persons in charge.
• Forming a plastics campaign committee.  To get involved in this new committee please send email to the chapter at suncoast@surfrider.org