The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and preservation of our world’s oceans, waves and beaches. Founded in 1984 by a handful of visionary surfers, the Surfrider Foundation now maintains over 50,000 members and 63 chapters across the United States and Puerto Rico, with international affiliates in Australia, Europe, Japan, and Brazil.

The O‘ahu Chapter's mission is to improve water quality, keep and open beach and ocean access, and to assure responsible development on the island of Oahu. Aside form running our monthly beach clean-ups, meetings, fundraisers, and educational booths at various events, our main efforts currently include

• opposing the Turtle Bay expansion without an updated Environmental Impact Statement;
• addressing beach access issues in Aina Haina, at Kaisers/Bowls, and in Kaka‘ako;
• sponsoring and helping to run the new Surfrider Spirit Sessions Program to help at-risk troubled teenage girls through surfing;
• focusing on chapter growth by developing and utilizing intern positions; and
• developing a state-wide run-off reduction campaign with the Kauai, Maui, and soon-to-be Big Island Chapters that will help the Hawaii chapters to work closely with one another.

Surfrider Foundation's Executive Director visited Oahu in January and
recorded a podcast with our two co-chairs for the Oahu Chapter. Check it
out and hear some of the issues that our chapter's been working on:
http://oceanswavesbeaches.blogspot.com/2008/02/hawaii-podcast-scott-werney-a
nd-marvin.html