On May 14-15, 2025 the Surfrider Foundation will host our ninth annual Coastal Recreation Hill Day! Hundreds of Surfrider activists from chapters and student clubs across the country will meet with our elected representatives in Congress to carry forward our demands for ocean protection and clean water at our beaches for ALL. This year will be a virtual event to ensure widespread engagement from across our network.
This Hill Day continues the lasting legacy of Surfrider’s annual federal advocacy event, which has engaged over 1,000 activists in 1,000 bipartisan meetings with federal elected officials since 2016. Not only do these events put coastal protection on the national agenda, they provide valuable, life-long skills that empower and inspire participants, including training in public speaking, civic engagement, advocacy, and community building.
Our 2025 federal priorities will focus on protecting our ocean against new offshore oil drilling, ensuring clean water and public health on our beaches, and fighting against rollbacks on essential coastal protection policies.
Our 2025 federal priorities will focus on protecting our ocean against new offshore oil drilling, ensuring clean water and public health on our beaches, and fighting against rollbacks on essential coastal protection policies.
Support the BEACH Act to fund beach water quality testing and public notification programs across the nation; and provide the support and flexibility necessary for states to monitor their beaches where public health is most at risk from polluted water.
Pass the Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act to ban the release of pre-production plastic pellets from plastic manufacturing, processing and transport facilities. Currently, trillions of plastic pellets are released in to our nation's waterways each year.
Prohibit New Offshore Oil Drilling in US waters off the West Coast, East Coast and Eastern Gulf of Mexico to protect coastal communities and marine wildlife from oil spills, toxic drilling muds and exacerbated impacts of climate change.
During Surfrider's annual Coastal Recreation Hill Day, hundreds of activists, recreation industry leaders, partners and athletes have the opportunity to meet with our nation’s federal leaders and urge them to protect our coasts and ocean. Check out all the action in the videos below!
Join our network and help us tackle the issues that face our ocean, waves and beaches.