Explore Ecology Coastal Clean-Up

The largest volunteer effort in California, Coastal Cleanup Day is our day to give back to the ocean, beaches, and creeks that make Santa Barbara County such a wonderful place to live. Get outside, enjoy nature, and remove marine debris from our beaches and waterways.

Volunteers of all ages can participate at any of the 2023 cleanup sites. Pre-registration is not required, but is encouraged. Everyone who registers will be entered in to a drawing to win some awesome prizes!  To register, click here.

Each site will have a captain on hand to provide necessary instructions and supplies. Please bring your own gloves, buckets, and other reusable cleanup supplies to lessen the plastic footprint of this event. If you don’t have any, we will have plenty of cleanup materials for everyone.

Everyone who participates in the cleanup will fill out a waiver- you can do this on the day of the event or sign an electronic waiver online. Once the waiver is complete, you’ll receive an email with your completed form. Please save the email and show it to your cleanup site leader at the start of Coastal Cleanup Day.

Link to the Waivers: 

English: https://us.services.docusign.net/webforms-ux/v1.0/forms/a786e1bea5d95939960512ee3a1d2851

Spanish: https://us.services.docusign.net/webforms-ux/v1.0/forms/226153493a8820cafc5ca8e4de9043bf

If you can’t make the cleanup on the 23rd, we encourage you to cleanup any time during the month of September. Be sure to record your data using the Clean Swell app and your cleanup will be included in Coastal Cleanup Day! Make sure to allow location services and add Explore Ecology as your group name. 

Coastal Cleanup Day is brought to you by Explore Ecology and our partner the County of Santa Barbara Resource Recovery and Waste Management, with support from the Cities of Santa Barbara, Goleta, and Solvang. The California Coastal Commission organizes the statewide event and the international event is organized by the Ocean Conservancy.

Let Dennis know if you are interested and he will register as a group and let you know what beach we will be working.