The Surfrider Foundation is dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world's ocean, waves and beaches, for all people, through a powerful activist network
6
812 Victories
(32 in 2022)
177 Active Campaigns
Coasts + Climate
Solution? Adaptation!
Protecting and Strengthening Goal 18!
Surfrider is:
Advancing policy to ensure better coastal management (set backs, ecosystem protection, managed retreat)
Restoring sand dunes and carbon storing wetlands and mangroves
Fighting bad projects on and off our coast
Living shorelines
advocacy+conservation
Managed retreat+restoration
Surfer’s Point, Ventura
Sea Level Rise Projections for California
4-8 inches by 2050 according to NOAA
By 2050, “moderate” (typically damaging) flooding is expected to occur, on average, more than 10 times as often as it does today, and can be intensified by local factors.
Seals sculpture Channel Islands Harbor �
1 ft SLR
About 2 feet of sea level rise along the U.S. coastline is increasingly likely between 2020 and 2100 because of emissions to date.
2 ft SLR
Failing to curb future emissions could cause an additional 1.5 - 5 feet of rise for a total of 3.5 - 7 feet by the end of this century.
Ca coastal commission estimates 5.5 ft increase in sea level along segments of California's coast by the year 2100
6 ft SLR
Rincon with 6 ft SLR
Ventura point with 6 ft SLR
Pt. mugu with 6 ft SLR
What’s at risk:
revetment and seawalls cover 18 miles of Ventura County’s coastline
Nature-based Solutions
Cardiff living shoreline
Coastal Wetlands
Blue carbon ecosystems sequester 5x more carbon than forests on land
Seagrass meadows
OVER 95% OF THE CARBON IN SEAGRASS MEADOWS IS STORED IN THE SOILS
Coastal Dunes
Protect coastlines against storms and sea level rise
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