The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit grassroots organization dedicated
to the protection and enjoyment of our world’s oceans, waves and
beaches. Founded in 1984 by a handful of visionary surfers in Malibu,
California, the Surfrider Foundation now maintains over 50,000 members
and 80 chapters
worldwide.
Mission
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Small Town of Tofino
Tofino is a small tourist town on the West Coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is located in Clayoquot Sound and we have five beautiful local beaches that provide great surf year round. With a small year round population of 1800, this old fishing town now receives over a million tourists annually. On any given night in the summer, our numbers balloon to 22000!
The most important issue facing Surfrider Tofino is the commercial development of Tofino’s beaches due to tourism. The popularity of Tofino as a tourism hotspot is threatening the very beaches which people from around the world come to visit. Surfrider Tofino is actively involved in minimizing these impacts and ensuring coastal beach integrity, clean water and beach access for all.
Tofino is a small tourist town on the West Coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is located in Clayoquot Sound and we have five beautiful local beaches that provide great surf year round. With a small year round population of 1800, this old fishing town now receives over a million tourists annually. On any given night in the summer, our numbers balloon to 22000!
The most important issue facing Surfrider Tofino is the commercial development of Tofino’s beaches due to tourism. The popularity of Tofino as a tourism hotspot is threatening the very beaches which people from around the world come to visit. Surfrider Tofino is actively involved in minimizing these impacts and ensuring coastal beach integrity, clean water and beach access for all.
Surfrider Tofino
Surfrider Tofino Canada is a registered Canadian charity
based in Tofino founded in 2002. Our Executive Committee comprises of
Dawn Alex, Louise Rodgers, and Ron Weeks.
We are entirely volunteer-run and rely on grassroots fundraising activities to support our various community initiatives.
Surfrider has become the de-facto steward of Tofino’s
local beaches. In cooperation with other local environmental and community
organizations such as the
Raincoast
Education Society-Raincoast Interpretive Centre,
Pacific
Rim Whale Festival and
Friends
of Clayoquot Sound, we undertake regular beach clean-ups and hold
family-friendly community beach events.
We have also made considerable financial investment toward
the enhancement of Tofino beaches. We donated $5,000 to the District of
Tofino for the establishment of a public toilet facility at Cox Bay. We
provided the funds and worked with Parks & Recreation to erect Surf
Etiquette signs to promote safe behaviour in the water.
Recently, Surfrider has been collaborating with Parks & Recreation staff on a number of new initiatives that will further improve the cleanliness, safety and appeal of Tofino’s beaches. Surfrider is contributing significant financial resources toward these projects, including a $3,100 cheque earmarked for bike racks, dog bag dispensers and surf etiquette signs.
Volunteers are always welcome! So, if you’d like to help out just visit our Join page or email us at info@surfridertofino.org.
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