Our Projects

In August of 2010, SEA’s West Coast/North Outpost was alerted by surfers in Pacifica, California that the surf breaks of Linda Mar South Beach , including the breaks “Boatdocks,” “Creekmouth,” and “Taco Bell” are in the probable path of contaminants issuing from the San Pedro Creek mouth that flows into the Pacific Ocean across the […]

On February 20th SEA sponsored the first in a series of local beach clean ups held at Cardiff State beach. SEA Executive Director Andrew Mencinsky organized and attended the clean up which produced approximately eight bags of trash and recycled materials which were removed from a 400-yard area of beach from the south side of […]

On June 2, 2010, Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle issued Executive Order 10-07 establishing two Hawaii Surfing Reserves on the island of Oahu. The order establishes the Duke Kahanamoku Surfing Reserve (surf breaks from the Ala Wai canal to Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium) and the North Shore Reserve (waves from Ali‘i Beach Park to Sunset Beach) […]

Here’s a story about surfers’ rights to access and scheduling oversights on huge public construction projects: specifically, the project informally known as “The Pleasure Point Seawall”. This site is located in Santa Cruz County, California and is surfed year-round by people of all ages.When SEA first looked over the proposed construction schedule for the project, we quickly noticed that […]

Help protect and preserve the California Coastline! Send a letter to Governor Schwarzenegger saying “NO” to offshore oil drilling. Help stop the Tranquillon Ridge Oil & Gas Project off of Santa Barbara. By Mail Download this letter to Governor Schwarzenegger. Print, sign, and mail it to: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger State Capitol Building Sacramento, CA 95814 Online […]

The 4th Annual SEA Paddle around NYC hosts some of surfing top legends, raises money for Surfers Healing. SEA event organizers Darrick Doerner & Andrew Mencinsky joined by 3 time world champion and legend Tom Curren, Keith Malloy, Gerry Lopez and 80+ friends for a 28 mile paddle around NYC and this year have added […]

The Story The Cove exposes the slaughter of more than 20,000 dolphins and porpoises off the coast of Japan every year, and how their meat, containing toxic levels of mercury, is sold as food in Japan and other parts of Asia, often labeled as whale meat. The majority of the world is not aware this […]

Since November, 2007 the West Coast/North Outpost has been heavily-involved in advocating for bans on polystyrene (expanded plastic foam or Styrofoam) food take-out containers in restaurants and other food-service businesses around Monterey Bay and elsewhere in  California, and in the past three years we have also advocated for the reduction in single-use plastic carryout bags. […]

Since November, 2007 the Santa Cruz Chapter has been heavily-involved in advocating for bans on polystyrene (expanded plastic foam or Styrofoam) food take-out containers in restaurants and other food-service businesses around Monterey Bay in California. Why? Well, because it’s a no-brainer for anyone who cares at all about the health of oceans and wildlife and […]

The New Jersey Surf Reef enters modeling design phase at the state level. After an 18 month stall at the state level due to lack of funding and political will, the SEA NJ surf reef project is now being modeled using the wave tank at Stevens Instititute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. In a meeting […]