Comments on: State of the Beach

State of the Beach

MLIS — Sun, 05 Jun 2005 20:05:39 -0800

Surfrider is a nonprofit environmental organization that produces a annual "State of the Beach" (explanation here) report with information about US beach access (public access and private ownership issues), water quality, beach erosion, surfing, links and more. Reports are available for Hawaii, West Coast, Gulf States, Southeast, Mid Atlantic, Puerto Rico, Northeast and Great Lakes. In-depth Water Quality reports for beaches in CA, HI, TX, AL, and parts of FL, as well as results of beach water testing conducted by (or sanctioned by) Surfrider Chapters are also available. There are also Surfrider chapters in: Australia, Brazil, Canada (no website), Europe and Japan. EPA: Beaches is also an excellent resource for information about the condition of US beaches. [via LII New This Week]

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Sun, 05 Jun 2005 20:38:20 -0800

Yeah, but what about The West Virginia Surf Report?

By: iron chef morimoto

iron chef morimoto — Sun, 05 Jun 2005 21:48:40 -0800

Surfrider's everywhere in Southern California, but I didn't realize they were national. Jewel used to raise money for them fairly regularly. not that that should be held against them.

By: Parannoyed

Parannoyed — Sun, 05 Jun 2005 21:52:05 -0800

Seems a bit old hat, but good condensation of relevant links and excellent subject matter. Definitely best of the web. I give this post a 9.4. (It would have been a 10 if you'd just stuck the landing)

By: MLIS

MLIS — Sun, 05 Jun 2005 22:14:18 -0800

I hit the lip, wasn't that enough?

By: hortense

hortense — Sun, 05 Jun 2005 22:18:02 -0800

Helicopter views of California coast (from Oregon /Mexico) warning clicking on image opens HUGE high res image. this is my favorite beach to watch surfing.

By: biffa

biffa — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 05:50:41 -0800

A new assessment of UK beach quality was released last week by the Marine Conservation Society.

By: psmealey

psmealey — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 08:59:56 -0800

[this is good] My wife and I have been members of Surfrider since we lived in Washington State in the 90s, and have even contributed to the effort in cleaning up the Sound here in Connecticut. Thanks for posting this, this is an excellent org that more people should know about.