Surfrider Foundation - Ventura County Chapter

10/13/2026

LAST 2026 RESPECT THE RINCON PARKWAY BEACH CLEAN UP recap

Twelve energetic volunteers stayed the course after Hurricane Rachel took a turn toward San Diego during the night and our 6.1 wave height was impacted by warmer ocean temperatures, adding a least another foot to predicted wave heights. Our Rincon Parkway short beaches and short swells brought in set after set of microplastic and large trash items like this very large tarp.

We still managed to pick up 96 pounds of trash and recycling from the parking lot and exposed sand along with 495 cigarette butts.

Due to high tide conditions in November and December (and likely January) we are protecting the safety of our volunteers and cancelling the last two cleanups of 2026.

Learn more about what VC Surfrider Foundation has done to drive input about sea level rise impacts in northern Ventura County at:

https://ventura.surfrider.org/news/rising-seas-narrow-beaches

For questions, email [email protected]

10/12/2026

10/08/2026

BLUE WATER TASK FORCE - Chapter meeting resources

Missed our Tuesday night Chapter meeting featuring Nathan Cool, expert wave and weather forecaster.

Use the QR code to download his presentation or watch our recording at:
https://youtu.be/oE-K-sdYA1E

Here are other El Nino preparedness resources:

wavecast.com

https://www.coastal.ca.gov/climate/extreme-weather/el-nino/

How Does El Niño Impact Ocean Ecosystems? | Scripps Institution of Oceanography

For a pdf of Nathan's presentation, email [email protected]

10/02/2026

Join us for Surfrider's Climate Week! We're coming together to restore Port Hueneme Dunes, build community, and strengthen coastal resilience.

Surfrider's Climate Week is a national effort to empower communities to address coastal challenges and take hands-on climate action through nature-based solutions.

Location: Port Hueneme Beach Park
Date: 10/3/2026
Time: 9-11 am
RSVP: link in bio

Let's take action together — restoration is climate action! 🌊🌱

09/26/2026

Many thanks to everyone who came out to the C. St. cleanup this morning and braved the summer temperatures! We got 100 lbs. of trash and ~600 cigarette butts off the beach just in time for the Hands Across the Sand event! Join us next month on Oct. 24 - link in bio.

09/25/2026

Looking for weekend plans? Join Californians across the state standing together in opposition to offshore oil and gas drilling! 📢 🌊

✊Hands Across the Sand to Protect our Coast: Ventura
📅 Saturday, September 26 from 11:00-12:30 pm
🏖️ C Street Beach, West of Ventura Pier

The Ventura County coast is directly threatened by the Trump Administration's upcoming 5-year offshore oil and gas leasing plans, with new leases off our beaches expected to be announced in the next few months.

Join us for a fun event of direct action and community building! There will be engaging speakers, a moment of collective action, and food!

RSVP at bit.ly/handsacrosssandvc or at the link in our bio!

Surfrider Foundation - Ventura County Chapter
Ventura Sierra Club
Indivisible Ventura
Unidos 805
Justice For All Ventura County

09/24/2026

Thanks to the volunteers who came out to participate in California Coastal Cleanup day at Ormond Beach and across the state! Surfrider and the City of Port Hueneme picked up 1100 pounds of trash-from pieces of furniture and tires to small pieces of plastic.
Photos by Marie Martin

09/23/2026

BLUE WATER TASK FORCE - Get ready for El Nino impacts

Scientists are predicting a very heavy El Nino rain events for our wet weather this season.

Check out these resources and events: links are also in our bio.

1. Get Prepared- California Coastal Commission's special webpage helps you get ready for our incoming El Nino weather season and know how to respond to storm damage:

https://www.coastal.ca.gov/climate/extreme-weather/el-nino/

2. Help build coastal resilience. Join our Hueneme Beach dune restoration project on Saturday, October 3, 2026, 9 - 11 a.m. during Surfrider's Climate Action Week.

https://x.gldn.io/e/6RRmsX1OF6b

3. Come learn more about El Nino - Come to our Tuesday, October 6, 2026 Chapter meeting at Poinsettia Pavilion from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. to hear expert storm wave and weather forecaster, Nathan Cool, wavecast.com present on El Nino predictions.

RSVP here: https://x.gldn.io/e/iYhoalQAC6b

BWTF reminds everyone to practice the 72 hour rule after every rain event. Avoid contact with streams, rivers, culverts, drains and the ocean for 72 hours after it rains to avoid contracting a waterborne illness while stormwater runoff sends bacteria, chemicals, oils, and fertilizers into our waterways.

?s - contact [email protected]
or check out our ventura.surfrider.org homepage for more information.

Photo credit: Scott McCarty

09/15/2026

Join us at our October chapter meeting! 🌊 Nathan Cool will be talking about El Niño prediction models and the impacts El Niño will have on our local coast this Fall and Winter.

Free and open to the public!

09/15/2026

RESPECT THE RINCON PARKWAY - clean up update/CALTRANS bridge closure #72 news

Fifteen heat and humidity hardy volunteers showed up on Saturday to pick up 85 pounds of post Labor Day trash and recycling at the Rincon Parkway Day Use section. Our Rincon Parkway trash consisted of over 20 dog p**p bags, more than 350 pieces of fragmented plastic larger than a dime as well as many pieces of clothing, sandals, and sand toys. Help your friends and families to remember to check your space before you leave the beach and don't leave anything that will pollute the Santa Barbara Channel, home to migratory marine life.

Our next cleanup is Saturday, October 10, 2026, from 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Sign up here: ventura.surfrider.org at beach cleanups - Respect the Rincon Parkway.

NOTE: CALTRANS has posted notice that the Ventura Overpass Bridge at Exit #72 from the 101 to Hwy 1 will not be closed until Spring, 2027. We will continue to meet for beach cleanups until the bridge closure.

?s - email [email protected]