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25.01.2022 Your little grommet loves surfing so show them how much you love them by protecting their oceans, waves and beaches for now and the future. Give them a membersh...ip to Surfrider Foundation this Christmas, from only $15 or $85 for the whole family. https://www.surfrider.org.au/membership Photograph by Sean Davey fine art adventure Photography. See more

24.01.2022 Ocean Pollution: The Dirty Facts Were drowning marine ecosystems in trash, noise, oil, and carbon emissions. Thanks to Melissa Denchak for writing this great a...rticle Covering more than 70 percent of our planet, oceans are among the earths most valuable natural resources. They govern the weather, clean the air, help feed the world, and provide a living for millions. They also are home to most of the life on earth, from microscopic algae to the blue whale, the largest animal on the planet. Yet were bombarding them with pollution. By their very naturewith all streams flowing to rivers, all rivers leading to the seathe oceans are the end point for so much of the pollution we produce on land, however far from the coasts we may be. And from dangerous carbon emissions to choking plastic to leaking oil to constant noise, the types of ocean pollution humans generate are vast. As a result, collectively, our impact on the seas is degrading their health at an alarming rate. Here are some ocean pollution facts that everyone on our blue planet ought to know. Ocean Acidification When we burn fossil fuels, we dont pollute just the air but the oceans, too. Indeed, todays seas absorb as much as a quarter of all man-made carbon emissions, which changes the pH of surface waters and leads to acidification. This problem is rapidly worseningoceans are now acidifying faster than they have in some 300 million years. Its estimated that by the end of this century, if we keep pace with our current emissions practices, the surface waters of the ocean could be nearly 150 percent more acidic than they are now. Oregon State University So what happens when the oceans chemistry is knocked out of whack? Marine ecosystemsand the coastal economies that depend on themgo out of whack, too. Take reefs and shellfish, for starters. To build their shells and skeletons, creatures like mussels, clams, coral, and oysters require calcium carbonate (the same compound found in chalk and limestone). But the oceans carbonate levels go down when acidity levels rise, threatening the survival of these animals. Bivalves are at the bottom of the food chain, so these effects ripple up to many fish, seabirds, and marine mammals. More-acidic waters also contribute to the bleaching of coral reefs and make it harder for some types of fish to sense predators and for others to hunt prey. Meanwhile, ocean acidification threatens us land-dwellers, too. The billion-dollar American shellfish industry is the economic backbone of myriad coastal communities, from Louisiana to Maine to Maryland. Already, declining harvests linked to more-acidic waters are estimated to have cost the Pacific Northwests oyster industry nearly $110 million and 3,200 jobs. Trash in the Ocean The majority of the garbage that enters the ocean each year is plasticand here to stay. Thats because unlike other trash, the single-use grocery bags, water bottles, drinking straws, and yogurt containers, among eight million metric tons of the plastic items we toss (instead of recycle), wont biodegrade. Instead, they can persist in the environment for a millennium, polluting our beaches, entangling marine life, and getting ingested by fish and seabirds. Where does all this debris originate? While some is dumped directly into the seas, an estimated 80 percent of marine litter makes its way there gradually from land-based sourcesincluding those far inlandvia storm drains, sewers, and other routes. (An excellent reason why we should all reduce plastic pollution, no matter where we live.) Oil from boats, airplanes, cars, trucks, and even lawn mowers is also swimming in ocean waters. Chemical discharges from factories, raw sewage overflow from water treatment systems, and stormwater and agricultural runoff add other forms of marine-poisoning pollutants to the toxic brew. Ocean Noise The ocean is far from a silent world. Sound waves travel farther and faster in the seas dark depths than they do in the air, and many marine mammals like whales and dolphins, in addition to fish and other sea creatures, rely on communication by sound to find food, mate, and navigate. But an increasing barrage of human-generated ocean noise pollution is altering the underwater acoustic landscape, harmingand even killingmarine species worldwide. Consider the incessant din of the roughly 60,000 commercial tanker and container ships that ply the seas at any given time. The underwater racket that results creates a kind of smog that reaches nearly every corner of the ocean and shrinks the sensory range of marine wildlife. High-intensity sonar used by the U.S. Navy for testing and training causes some of the same effectsand has been linked to mass whale strandings, too. Meanwhile, in the hunt for offshore oil and gas, ships equipped with high-powered air guns fire compressed air into the water every 10 to 12 seconds for weeks to months on end. Traveling as far as 2,500 miles, these deafening seismic blasts disrupt foraging, mating, and other vital behaviors of endangered whales (and may ultimately push some, such as the North Atlantic right whale, to extinction). The blasts lead some commercial fish species to abandon their habitata direct hit on coastal economies dependent on catch rates; they also injure and kill marine invertebrates, including scallops, crabs, and squid. Offshore Drilling In addition to noise pollution, the oil and gas industrys routine operations emit toxic by-products, release high levels of greenhouse gases, and lead to thousands of spills in U.S. waters annually. That oil can linger for decades and do irreversible damage to delicate marine ecosystems. Take the 1989 Exxon Valdez tanker spill in Alaskas Prince William Sound, from which oil still remains, or the BP Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling disaster in 2010, which spread millions of gallons of oil throughout the Gulf of Mexico. But even smaller spills pollute the ocean (and the air) with long-lasting impacts. Even the most advanced cleanup efforts remove only a fraction of the oil, and sometimes they use hazardous technologies. Chemical dispersants used in the largest spill response efforts1.8 million gallons were released into the Gulf after the BP disasterare dangerous pollutants themselves. Ocean Pollution and You The fate of our seas is not only up to the government or industry. Our individual, daily actions matter, too. You can start by reducing water pollution and runoff at home, being more mindful of your plastic consumption, or organizing a cleanup of your local waterway. You can also support the work of NRDC, the Surfrider Foundation and other environmental advocacy groups as well as other businesses and organizations that work to preserve our coasts and waters. Join us in the battle - www.surfrider.org.au

24.01.2022 Get your crew together TODAY for an epic virtual Surfrider event! From 12pm until Midnight AEST, you will have the opportunity to join Adventure Reels and Surfr...ider for The Best of OCEAN FILM FESTIVAL WORLD TOUR Volume 1. If you jump online and sign up, youll be directly contributing to Surfrider with 20% of the proceeds going to us! This is your ONE AND ONLY chance to view this program so get your popcorn really and support Surfrider TODAY. More info HERE https://bit.ly/3cMFMTH

23.01.2022 Join us in the 30th year celebration of Clean Up Australia ........ Surfrider always supports ethical and like minded organisations. Our longstanding relationship oozes respect

21.01.2022 Give what you can please......

21.01.2022 Cheers and thanks - have a great break

21.01.2022 For almost 30 years, we have been actively protecting our ocean, waves & beaches. With the ever-increasing threats to our fragile coastline, Surfriders work is... now even more critically important. If you give our ocean, waves & beaches a gift of protection before the 30th of June youll receive a tax deduction this financial year. Donate now and be part of our mission HERE : https://bit.ly/2YtMDh9 Photography : Peter Jovic

19.01.2022 Here is the question that should be asked after we have lost thousands of homes, ruined the hopes and livelihoods of thousands of people, put thousands of peopl...e at risk, lost countless animals and their habitats, lost human lives, caused grief, affected people all over the world, witnessed the mismanagement and lack of care of our governments, and the story never ends - why are we not engaging and using our Indigenous People to head our Fire Management Programs? Please do not misunderstand - we very much appreciate the courage, efforts, expertise and time our magnificent and valiant firefighters / volunteers / community are undertaking. We all commend you and appreciate your hard and exhausting work but I have personally witnessed the incredible preventative or creative works that our Indigenous People undertake to manage their Land.........it is amazing and it works. Ill just insert some words from the Aboriginal culture: Meaning of fire Fire is an important symbol in Aboriginal culture. Traditionally it was used as a practical tool in hunting, cooking, warmth and managing the landscape. It also holds great spiritual meaning, with many stories, memories and dance being passed down around the fire; Cultural Burning is a contemporary term used to define this traditional practice. Cultural Burning practices were developed by Aboriginal people to enhance the health of the land and its people. It includes burning (or prevention of burning) for the health of particular plants and animals; Indigenous fire management involves the lighting of cool fires in targeted areas during the early dry season. The fires burn slowly, reducing fuel loads and creating fire breaks; The first fire burns a circle around Aboriginal peoples living area so they are safe. Early dry-season, cool fires trickle through the landscape and burn only some of the fuel, creating a network, or mosaic, of burnt firebreaks. These stop the late dry-season, hot fires; and Cool burning reduces the amount of damage done by hot fires to ecosystems by promoting new plant growth and clearing natural waste materials. It makes sense to me - our Aboriginal People are fire management geniuses. Thank you to everyone for these great pictures and words - if I havent thanked or credited you individually or personally .......... it is not out of disrespect. We are all in this together and I / We are all on your mission/ drive for what we are experiencing, to NEVER happen again.

19.01.2022 "If governments work together to address the threats facing Earths marine ecosystems, they could recover in just 30 years."

18.01.2022 What do you love ?

17.01.2022 Stockton Beach Erosion Fact Sheet Before Newcastle Harbour construction, sand moved south to north along the Newcastle coastline, a large sand bar extended ove...r 1000 m off Stockton and there was no significant coastal erosion After construction of 1100 m long breakwaters and excavation of a channel 18 m deep and 150 m wide, it is virtually impossible for new sand to enter the south Stockton compartment Existing sand continues to move north with longshore transport, resulting in a long term loss at Stockton of 10 million cubic metres of sand, at an average rate of 41000 cubic metres per year (4000 truckloads) The erosion is not natural or a result of sea level rise. It is artificial and manmade. This can be seen by comparing Nobbys Beach which is growing, with Stockton Beach 700 m away that is shrinking Although there are climatic cycles superimposed, the net long term trend is for increasing erosion, and it is now worse than at any time in the past The NSW Government received $1.75 B for the sale of the Newcastle Port in 2014. Annual coal exports generate $15 B with royalty payments going to NSW. The cost of restoring the beach is around $10 m, approximately 0.005% of the sale price, or about the value of two coal ship cargoes, of which there are around 5 per day The cost of the erosion includes loss of local business, loss of the only local daycare, loss of surf lifesaving activities, loss of boardrider club activities, injuries from the seawalls, exposure to toxic dump sites, danger to the caravan park, loss of sporting facilities (Dalby Oval), and loss of lifestyle (no beach for recreation) Seawalls increase the wave energy in front of them leading to increased sand removal and beach loss. Accelerated erosion occurs where the seawall ends. Seawalls also require costly maintenance, and create safety hazards as they break up and no longer regarded as best practice in coastal engineering The majority of the Stockton community want the beach restored with ongoing sand nourishment, not a seawall and a permanent loss of the beach When a similar problem was created by NSW breakwater construction at the Tweed River, the NSW Government constructed a sand bypass at an ongoing cost of around $5m/year Thanks to Ron Boyd and Stockton Community Action Group for putting together this info sheet, and thanks to Peter Lewis for creating this great image

17.01.2022 Surfrider Australia has teamed up with the Schmidt Ocean Institute to relay much needed information to the people of the World regarding their research and disc...overies Microplastics: Surface to Sediment Cairns, Australia July As plastics are broken down in the ocean particles form, and their physical properties change (e.g., density, size, shape), they become ingrained in marine snow and sink through the water column. As they sink their density discontinuity slows, stopping the sinking process and allowing an aggregation of microplastic particles to form. Over time, snow particles containing microplastics continue to sink and end up in the sediments, producing a historical record as a function of depth. Dr. Scott Gallager (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) and his team will meet R/V Falkor in Australia to better understand the fate of microplastics from surface to sediments in areas of accretion and dispersal. The science team will study and quantify the abundance and polymer type of microplastics in the deep sea using new technology developed to detect and quantify microplastics. Using a suite of tools and technology including Falkors High Performance Computing and numerical modeling, airborne imaging, Lagrangian surface floats, robotic surface samplers, midwater samplers and robotic systems, genomic sequencing, benthic samplers and ROV SuBastian, the scientists will provide a complete end-to-end description and characterization of where the missing plastics may be located. Surfrider Australia shall keep you all informed via: Website: www.surfrider.org.au Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SurfriderAus Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/surfrideraus Twitter: https://twitter.com/surfrideraus

16.01.2022 Just over a week into Plastic Free July and we're stoked with the positive action that our community is taking to give plastic the flick. If you want to go the... extra mile and contribute to this incredible global movement, jump on the Biome Eco Stores website and grab yourself something special. Our friends at Biome have everything you need to reduce waste for LIFE! Make sure you enter the unique code SURF20 so that 5% of your sale goes straight towards Surfrider. Shop HERE https://bit.ly/3iGQFe2

16.01.2022 Another great chapter to the Surfrider story ............. keep the ball rolling. Thank you Tom - you are a Legend and a big thank you to everyone that supported Surfrider and once again, Tom

16.01.2022 Just over a week into Plastic Free July and were stoked with the positive action that our community is taking to give plastic the flick. If you want to go the... extra mile and contribute to this incredible global movement, jump on the Biome Eco Stores website and grab yourself something special. Our friends at Biome have everything you need to reduce waste for LIFE! Make sure you enter the unique code SURF20 so that 5% of your sale goes straight towards Surfrider. Shop HERE https://bit.ly/3iGQFe2

14.01.2022 WOW ......... another oil spill. Hey, SCOMO are you starting to get the picture?

14.01.2022 The Surfrider family are there - what about you? Lets all get together

14.01.2022 Thank you ........... Fair Food Forager and Surfrider Chair - great partnering

13.01.2022 Sea Turtles might actually confuse the smell of plastic with food, according to a recent study. By making the switch from single-use plastic and choosing to re...-use, were consciously taking steps to stop excessive plastics from streaming into our waterways and harming turtles and other marine life. Find out how you can be part of the solution here https://bit.ly/33gO3ML

13.01.2022 Congratulations to the 4 amazing rowers from team Atlantic Ambition who raised money for Surfrider Foundation Australia. They rowed across the Atlantic Ocean arriving 11th out of 35 teams. They rowed for 39 days ... 2 hours on / 2 hours off!! Rowing, sleeping, eating for 3,000 miles of non stop rowing! So proud of you fellas!! Thank you.

12.01.2022 To celebrate our oceans and mark World Oceans Day on Monday 8th June, We have teamed up with the Ocean Film Festival Australia World Tour to raise funds via a v...irtual Ocean Film Festival. For the whole month of June we invite you to view any of the Ocean Films on Adventure Reels TV plus 3 special Surfrider Foundation virtual events. When you pay to view any of these films 20% of the rental fee will be donated directly to Surfrider Foundation Australia. Simply enter the promo code SURFRIDER when transacting your film to ensure the donation is captured. This applies to ALL Ocean Films on Adventure Reels TV from today until the end of June. Want to know more and learn about the FREE ONLINE SCREENING of the incredibly powerful new feature film The Story of Plastic? Click here and find out more https://bit.ly/3eGd4We

11.01.2022 Join us - www.surfrider.org.au

11.01.2022 While most of us are in hibernation mode, you might be wondering what you can do to be part of our mission to protect our oceans, waves and beaches. Jump online... and join us by becoming a member. Memberships start from only $25.00 per year and you get the greatest sense of community by being involved in our incredible programs. https://www.surfrider.org.au/membership

09.01.2022 NOPSEMA have just granted Equinor its environmental licence to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight. After 14 months of protests involving almost 100 coa...stal communities and tens of thousands of people NOPSEMA and EQUINOR have completely ignored community concerns. They have ignored the risks to our marine environment, Indigenous cultural sites and coastal communities. The community consultation by Equinor has been a complete sham as coastal communites who risk getting their beaches covered in black oil sludge have been ignored. This decision is a disgrace. We are angry. Equinor beware a pissed off surfing community. See more

09.01.2022 Jump on TODAY and DONATE to Surfrider Foundation Australia. Youll be supporting our oceans, waves & beaches AND its also a tax-break. Win win! Give HERE https://bit.ly/2VrhXeo

08.01.2022 Its time for the second official #surfsupcleanup event! @h2coco in partnership with @surfing_nsw and @surfrideraus are proud to be Rescuing Our Oceans by hosting a beach clean up at this weekends Tradies Surfmasters event at Cronulla Beach. H2coco brand ambassador and Bondi Lifeguard @harriesbondi will be playing host for the occasion so to meet Harries and get involved, head down to the H2coco tent on Saturday 19th from 8:30am where we will be taking registrations! The cl...ean up kicks off at 9:30am! One lucky participant will WIN an awesome prize pack at the end of the clean up! If you cant make it down but are keen to contribute to the cause, you can donate directly to Surfrider Foundation Australia by visiting surfrider.nationbuilder.com/donation

08.01.2022 Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from your Surfrider Foundation family

08.01.2022 Its coming NSW!

07.01.2022 Come on Australia, lets not be quiet. Tell Equinor and Norway that we dont want them drilling for oil in our Bight. #nowaynorway #drillingiskilling

06.01.2022 2019 FIGHT FOR THE BIGHT (FFTB) HISTORICAL REVIEW April 2019 Have a great Christmas- hey EQUINOR were NOT going away. This is too important to us in Australia. One of the many peaceful protests conducted nationwide. This one on April 28 is the Sydney paddle out making it on to SBS News. Thanks to Layne Beachley, Dr Kerryn Phelps MP, Surfrider Chair Susie Crick and everyone for getting involved. Equinor, you have no social license in Australia.#FightForTheBight

06.01.2022 Jump on TODAY and DONATE to Surfrider Foundation Australia. You'll be supporting our oceans, waves & beaches AND it's also a tax-break. Win win! Give HERE https://bit.ly/2VrhXeo

04.01.2022 Finishing up your International Surfing Day celebrations and ready to kick your feet up? We've got you covered. Jump onto Adventure Reels TV and rent one of th...eir EPIC films below. Remember to enter the special promo code SURFRIDER to make sure 20% of your funds goes straight to Surfrider and our mission to protect our oceans, waves and beaches. Watch HERE https://bit.ly/2YeM8HA

04.01.2022 Atlantic Ambition arrived into Antigua after rowing for 39 days across the Atlantic raising funds for Surfrider Foundation Australia. What can be said - amazing adventure by amazing people. You are true Legends and beautiful people..........thank you for you inspiring leadership.

03.01.2022 Really stoked to announce SURFRIDER GARDENS was unveiled today at Narrabeen beach by Michael Regan, the Mayor of Northern Beaches Council!

03.01.2022 Its TIME to listen and ACT

02.01.2022 Finishing up your International Surfing Day celebrations and ready to kick your feet up? Weve got you covered. Jump onto Adventure Reels TV and rent one of th...eir EPIC films below. Remember to enter the special promo code SURFRIDER to make sure 20% of your funds goes straight to Surfrider and our mission to protect our oceans, waves and beaches. Watch HERE https://bit.ly/2YeM8HA

01.01.2022 Lets all help a great organisation help you and your community. Thanks