PROTECTED AREAS
We protect surf ecosystems by creating well-managed protected areas in high priority coastal zones that overlap with high quality surf.
Save The Waves achieves long-term conservation goals and creates impact from the ground up through our two global programs: World Surfing Reserves (WSRs) and Surf Protected Area Networks (SPANs).
WORLD SURFING RESERVES
SURF PROTECTED AREA NETWORKS
RECENT NEWS IN PROTECTED AREAS
Surf Guides from the Coast of Oaxaca and Save The Waves Advocate for the Protection of Huatulco’s Surfing Waves
An on-the-ground updates from Mexico Coordinator Efraín Olachea and Alfredo Salazar Lopez, as surf ecosystem conservation efforts come together in Oaxaca.
Behind the Scenes: Advocating for ‘State Surfing Reserves’ in California
How Save The Waves has been working hand-in-hand with Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin, D-Thousand Oaks, to introduce and pass a bill that would help establish ‘Surfing Reserves’ along the California coastline.
Big Step Forward in the Azores: First “Municipal Surf Ecosystem Reserve” on Graciosa Island
The first Municipal Surf Ecosystem Reserve on Graciosa Island, Azores has been approved. This recognition constitutes a strategic measure for the protection and integrated management of the island’s surf breaks and natural resources.
New Global Guide Sets Best Practices for Protecting Surf Ecosystems
Three leading conservation organizations — Save The Waves Coalition, the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law (SPDA), and Conservation International — have released the “Guide of Best Practices for Surf Ecosystem Conservation,” the most comprehensive global resource of its kind, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
How Do We Create Protected Areas?
We use a combination of voluntary conservation agreements, economic incentives, coalition-building and regulatory frameworks to achieve this goal by creating individual Reserves (WSRS) and Networks (SPANS).
