Have you tuned into EP. 10 of #TheSurfriderPodcast yet? 🎙️🌊
Hawaii’s water looks pristine. The data tells a different story. 🔎
Surfrider’s Blue Water Task Force tests the spots most beach programs don’t — the streams where kids play, the waterways locals and tourists wade through and surf every day. In this episode, Mara Dias shares what they’ve been finding in Hawaii, and why checking water quality should be as routine as checking the swell before you head out.
🎧 Available on all major podcast platforms. Full episode via link in bio!
#TheSurfriderPodcast
Ocean Friendly Restaurant Spotlight: number5kitchen in San Carlos, California 🌊✨
At @number5kitchen , the menu moves with the season — shaped by what’s available, what’s responsible, and what’s at its peak. Located in the heart of the San Francisco Peninsula, this small independently owned restaurant cooks to the ocean’s rhythm, emphasizing local sourcing, seasonal ingredients, and whole-product cooking.
A few of their #OceanFriendly practices:
🚫 No single-use plastics.
🐟 Seafood sourced based on season, availability, and responsible fishing practices.
🌿 Whole-product cooking: using trims, shells, and byproducts in stocks, sauces, and seasoning.
🔁 A constantly changing menu shaped by what is responsibly available that week.
Visit the link in bio to read the full spotlight!
📸 @chickendropphotography
#OceanFriendlyRestaurant #OceanFriendlyRestaurantSpotlight
Chonkers is a friend. 🦭🌊
At 3x the size of a typical @pier39 sea lion, Chonkers knows better than anyone that the ocean is worth showing up for. And right now, it needs more friends like him, and like you!
Join us and become a friend of the ocean.
Link in bio to get involved. 💙
📸 @pier39
#TheOceanNeedsMoreFriends #FriendOfTheOcean
“What we do on land shows up in the ocean.”
Heidi Beltz (@heidimae808 ) is the Ocean Friendly Gardens Coordinator and a Blue Water Task Force member for Surfrider’s Maui Chapter (@surfridermaui ) 🌊🌱 A Lāhainā resident and dedicated steward of Maui’s coastlines, Heidi has helped plant 2000 native trees to restore the watershed above Honolua Bay and testified at environmental hearings to protect the island’s fragile reef ecosystems. For Heidi, caring for the land and caring for the ocean are one and the same.
Visit the link in bio to check out the spotlight!
#SurfriderActivistSpotlight
📢 Paddle Out to Protect Our Coast! 🌊✊
On May 17th, the 11th anniversary of the 2015 Plains All American oil spill, we’re coming together as a community to oppose efforts by Sable to restart the same oil pipeline — and the larger threat posed by a new federal offshore drilling proposal that threatens wildlife, ecosystems, communities, businesses, and our climate.
🗓 When: May 17th, Gather at 8:30 am
📍 Where: Refugio State Beach, Santa Barbara County
🚨 Why: This past winter, more than 300,000 people submitted official comments opposing the Trump administration’s plan to open over 1.2 billion acres of U.S. ocean to new offshore oil and gas drilling. That was a historic showing from surfers, anglers, businesses, coastal families, and scientists from across the country, all saying the same thing: not off our coasts.
Any day now, a revised plan will be released, and we’ll see if they listened. We will then have 90 days to make our voices heard, one last time. This will be your final opportunity to speak up.
For those in the Santa Barbara area, we invite you to join us for a community gathering with special guest speakers, a paddle-out protest, and even free breakfast. Together, we will demonstrate the power of coastal communities united against offshore drilling. 🌿🚫🛢
Sign up via link in bio.
Your daily dose of hope 🌊
Surfrider volunteers, staff, and California chapter leaders joined hundreds of other ocean activists in Sacramento to remind our state legislators that our oceans are worth protecting and that our voices actually matter! We talked about reducing plastic pollution, stopping offshore drilling, protecting coastal ecosystems, and making beaches more accessible for everyone.
Our elected officials work for us, and when we show up together, they listen!
Visit the link in bio to learn more about Ocean Day and how you too can take action.
This is your sign to go outside ☀️🌊
Warmer days. Golden hours. Salty breeze. Our Spring ’26 Collection was made for all the moments this season has in store.
Visit the link in bio to get ready 💙
#WearYourSupport
Reef Friendly Sunscreen Guide 🪸🌞🌊
Did you know that Hawai’i, Key West, and Palau have banned certain chemical sunscreens altogether to protect their marine ecosystems? Certain chemical ingredients like oxybenzone and octinoxate are toxic to coral reefs, fish, and are even being reevaluated by the FDA for human safety risks.
The good news? Making the switch to reef-safe sunscreen is simple. Surfrider’s new Reef Friendly Sunscreen Guide is your go-to resource for:
🔎 Spotting harmful ingredients
🐚 Finding safe mineral sunscreens
🌞 Staying sun-safe AND reef-safe
Visit the link in bio to read the full 2026 #ReefFriendlySunscreenGuide, and save this post so you know exactly what to look for when you shop for sunscreen!
#ReefFriendlySunscreen
As we wrap up our tenth annual Coastal Recreation Hill Day, we are taking a moment to celebrate the strength, determination, and tenacity of our powerful, nationwide network. 🙌
185 Surfrider members, activists, ambassadors, and business partners across the country met with over 100 of our nation’s federal leaders to achieve one goal: a clean ocean and healthy beaches for ALL. We are so grateful to everyone who participated and stood up for our coasts on Hill Day. 🌊
Head to the link in bio to learn more, and find out ways you can support #SurfriderHillDay!
185 Ocean Advocates Take Capitol Hill 🌊👏
This week, activists across the country have been meeting with federal leaders to advance our 2026 priorities: protecting clean water and public health on our beaches, fighting against rollbacks on essential coastal protection policies, and protecting our ocean against new offshore oil drilling.
In our tenth year of hosting Coastal Recreation Hill Day, we aim to amplify the voices of the coastal recreation community and inspire strong federal leadership to protect our ocean and beaches.
Head to the link in bio to learn more and find out ways you can support #SurfriderHillDay!
Today, we kick off Surfrider’s 2026 Coastal Recreation Hill Day! 👏 185 Surfrider activists from chapters and student clubs across 28 states and territories will meet with over 100 elected representatives in Congress to urge them to protect our ocean and coasts. 🌊
Our 2026 federal priorities will focus on ensuring clean water and public health on our beaches, fighting against rollbacks on essential coastal protection policies, and protecting our ocean against new offshore oil drilling.
Want to get involved? Visit the link in bio to add your voice to these critical campaigns.
#SurfriderHillDay
