Findings

Surfrider's overall findings from research into the state of our beaches and coastal waters continue to point out the need for more comprehensive collection and interpretation of data so that we can track the health of our beaches and the nearshore ocean environment. The data that does exist points to continued and widespread water quality, coastal access, erosion response and beach ecology concerns.

Here are the overall findings of our research into the state of our beaches and coastal waters:

• Indicator information is (still!) difficult to find.
  
• Very little information is easily accessible and "user friendly".
  
• Indicator information can be confusing.
  
• We need better ways to determine the health of our beaches.
  
• The information that is available on beach health gives us cause for concern.
  
• Identifying and solving beach health problems requires looking at the big picture.