On Giving Tuesday this year, we look back on 2024 with great pride in our Coalition and the conservation work we have achieved together.
Our advocacy for Endangered Waves never stops. 50,000+ actions were taken in support of our campaigns in 2024.
Save The Waves joined campaigns in Puerto Escondido, Mexico and Uluwatu, Indonesia to defend beloved waves under threat.
The fight for Punta Conejo continued with a final proposal to the Mexican Government for the first-ever coastal “Área de Protección de Flora y Fauna ” in Oaxaca to preserve:
- 3,503 acres of land
- 6.5 miles of coastline
- 3 surf breaks
- 1277 acres of mangrove forest
- 4 local communities
- 500+ fishermen and salt workers
- 40+ species of bird
- 4 species of turtle, including the endangered Olive Ridley
In our World Surfing Reserves this year, we built stewardship and climate resilience capacity across the 13 Reserves, including:
12+ new surf breaks dedicated
under the Oriente Salvaje World Surfing Reserve in El Salvador, including Las Flores and Punta Mango
45 hectares of totora ponds restored
in the Huanchaco World Surfing Reserve to build climate resilience and support ancestral fishing practices
300+ tree seedlings planted
in 2 dunes restoration events to protect Guarda do Embau’s coastline from climate change
175+ native trees planted
in 2 restoration projects along the newly established trails in the Playa Hermosa World Surfing Reserve
300+ surveys completed
that will determine the economic value of surfing in Santa Cruz and surfers perspectives on adaptation measures to climate change
We are pushing the boundaries of surf conservation to safeguard against climate change:
- Launched the world’s first surf ecosystem insurance pilot project in El Salvador’s Oriente Salvaje World Surfing Reserve
- Completed the first ever Surf Break Vulnerability Assessment, which identified which surf breaks in the Santa Cruz World Surfing Reserve are most vulnerable to the effects of sea level rise
- Trained all World Surfing Reserves partners to collect and analyze critical climate vulnerability data of their surf ecosystems to make predictions
- Co-published cutting edge research with Conservation International on the overlap between surf ecosystems and irrecoverable carbon
