Dockweiler Dune Restoration and Beach Cleanup: Surfrider LA x TBF

Join Surfrider and The Bay Foundation's vibrant volunteer community in tackling plastic pollution — one cleanup at a time. Your efforts help remove harmful waste and fuel real policy change through data collection and advocacy.

Purpose

Surfrider beach cleanups serve to raise awareness about the trash and litter problem confronting our waterways. The data collected from the trash you find at our cleanups helps shape Surfrider’s plastic reduction policy campaign initiatives.

Role

Along with joining an active and vibrant community of volunteers, you will gain some insight into what we do at the Surfrider Foundation at our LA Chapter and at national level, collect trash from the beach, weigh your findings, and sort/record items found for our trash database.

In 2024, over six cleanups, volunteers removed over 2,000 pounds of trash from Tower 49 alone!

Learn more about the Bay Foundation and Dockweiler Dune Project

Important Information

Tower 49 is the 3rd parking lot to the northwest of the Vista Del Mar and Imperial Highway main entrance kiosk. Parking is $13. Volunteers are encouraged to carpool or bike to the beach.

Participant safety is a top priority, but participation is at your own risk.

• All participants must wear CLOSED-TOE shoes and the provided GLOVES to participate
• Gloves, grabbers, reusable trash bags, sunscreen, and a water refill station are provided—just remember to bring a reusable water bottle
• All participants (including children attending with adult guardians) must be registered individually by completing the sign-up here, which includes our waiver
• All minors under 18 must be registered as such with parental consent registration, additionally, all minors under 16 must have parent or guardian present at the cleanup
• Student groups may request a group reservation prior to the cleanup date by emailing cowens@la.surfrider.org
• Company groups interested in scheduling or joining a beach cleanup please inquire here

Disclaimer

While every effort is made to ensure the safety of participants, the host organizations is unable to guarantee that the areas we are cleaning will be free of hazardous materials. There are risks and hazards of participating in beach cleanups, including, but not limited to, the risks of possible injury, infection, or diseases as a result of contact with needles, condoms, metal objects, burning embers, or other hazardous materials found at the cleanup or from over-exertion and environmental conditions.

At every beach cleanup, Surfrider Los Angeles staff provides volunteers with safety guidelines at the beginning of the event that participants must follow to prevent the aforementioned risks and hazards of such events. These include proper disposal of waste collected, off-limit areas that may be hazardous or contain sensitive wildlife habitats, ensuring proper hydration, and sun protection. Additionally, Surfrider staff will inform participants of the location of lifeguards in case of emergency and will instruct all participants to not pick up hazardous materials such as needles, chemical containers, or dead animals.

Volunteers are encouraged to exercise caution, wear appropriate protective gear provided at the cleanup, and follow all safety guidelines during the cleanup.