The Bay Foundation

After our Blue Waters festival, join the crew with Catherine Breed and The Bay Foundation in Santa Monica tomorrow afternoon, Saturday, October 3rd at 4pm! 🏊‍♀️�

The event will take place on the public beach behind Annenberg Community Beach House in close proximity to The Bay Foundation and City of Santa Monica’s restored Santa Monica Beach Dunes! 🌊⛱️

Swim California x Santa Monica Meet Catherine and hear from The Bay Foundation!

Join us this October 🌊

Looking for ways to get outside, connect with your community, and help enhance Santa Monica Bay? Join us at one of our upcoming events!

🌊 Upcoming October Events 🌊

📅 Saturday, October 3, 2026
• Join us for our Restore the Dunes, Meet the Birds: Dockweiler Beach Dunes restoration event and help shape native dune habitat while learning more about the birds that call the coast home🐣

📅 Saturday, October 3, 2026
• Come out to our first-of-its-kind Blue Waters: Santa Monica Bay Boating Festival at Burton Chace Park in Marina del Rey. Enjoy a free community event celebrating Santa Monica Bay, clean boating, and ocean stewardship ⛵

📅 Saturday, October 3, 2026
• Swim California and Catherine Breed next community pop-up is taking place at our Santa Monica Beach Dunes site near the Annenberg Community Beach House! Come hear from the team about this epic swim across California and also from TBF about our mission to protect and enhance the local coastline.

📅 Saturday, October 17, 2026
• Help restore the Manhattan Beach Dunes and support a healthy, thriving coastal ecosystem 🌱

📅 Saturday, October 31, 2026
• Join us & Santa Monica Yoga this Halloween for a Special Morning of Mindfulness and Santa Monica Beach Dunes restoration effort! Your participation will contribute to increasing biodiversity and enhancing coastal resilience.

Visit the link: https://www.santamonicabay.org/events/ to learn more and RSVP. We hope to see you this month!🫶

Congratulations! Thank you for your support and for the shared commitment to caring for and protecting the coast! 🌊💙

🌊 Thank you for celebrating the coast with us at our recent Coastal Connections event! 💙

We’re grateful to everyone who joined us last week for Coastal Connections, TBF’s fundraising event that celebrates connections to the coast as well as the people and partnerships that help protect it. Tremendous thank you to all attendees and donors, your support and generosity propels our mission.

A special thank you to our 2026 honorees: Ben Allen, Lindsey P Horvath, Greg Rachal, and Marie Rachal of Black Surfers Collective for their dedication, leadership, and impact in enhancing Santa Monica Bay. 🌊

And thank you to everyone who made the evening possible all around - TBF’s board, staff, collaborators and beyond. We so appreciate all that you do and having you in our community as we work together to protect the places we all love. Cheers and thanks! 💙🌿

🌊 to National Estuaries Week! 🌿

Each year, is a celebration of these incredible ecosystems and the benefits estuaries provide. What’s an estuary? An estuary is a partially enclosed, coastal water body where freshwater from rivers and streams mixes with salt water from the ocean. They support vast, biodiverse communities of plants and animals, often called the “nurseries of the sea”. They are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, providing a multitude of valuable environmental services that also drive local economies. This special week encourages us to get outside, explore, learn about, enjoy, and take part in protecting the incredible estuaries around the nation that connect communities to the coast. 💙

🌊 Did you know that Santa Monica Bay is part of the Santa Monica Bay National Estuary Program (SMBNEP), one of 28 National Estuary Programs created by Congress in 1987 to restore and protect these coastal waters? The Bay Foundation is the nonprofit host entity of SMBNEP, implementing innovative nature-based solutions in and along Santa Monica Bay to increase coastal resilience, enhance ecosystems, and benefit communities. ☀️

This National Estuaries Week, we invite you to get outside and explore your local coast. Join us at an upcoming volunteer event to learn and discover some incredible beach dune ecosystems right along Santa Monica Bay!🌿🏖️

Given this special week, we also want to thank Senators Alex Padilla & Senator Adam Schiff and our U.S. representatives for their continued support of the Santa Monica Bay National Estuary Program, the estuaries, and all they do for California’s communities, economy, and ecosystems. 💙

🌊 The Bay Foundation is featured in The Log!

Read all about the Blue Waters: Santa Monica Bay Boating Festival, happening October 3 at Burton Chace Park in Marina del Rey! 🎉

The free festival will bring boaters, marine experts, and community organizations together to celebrate boating and ocean stewardship while sharing ways to help protect the waters that make Southern California boating possible. 🌊💙

Read the full article: https://thelog.com/blue-waters-boating-festival-celebrates-boating-and-ocean-stewardship/

Everyone is welcome, RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blue-waters-santa-monica-bay-boating-festival-tickets-1991487843750?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Blue Waters Boating Festival Celebrates Boating and Ocean Stewardship | The Log The Bay Foundation will bring boaters, marine experts and community organizations together Oct. 3, 2026, at Burton Chace Park for a free festival focused on enjoying Santa Monica Bay while […]