The Surf Conservation Partnership is an unprecedented strategic alliance between Conservation International and Save The Waves to protect the world’s best waves
and the incredible marine and coastal ecosystems that surround them.


Jason Momoa
is The Wave
Inspired by the work of the Surf Conservation Partnership, 'The Wave' joins the award-winning #NatureIsSpeaking series. Jason Momoa - Aquaman actor, Hawaiian-native and ocean sustainability advocate - teams up with Conservation International and Save The Waves Coalition to protect and preserve our global coastlines and surf ecosystems. Directed by world-renowned surf filmmaker Taylor Steele.




Our goal is to sustainably manage hundreds of waves and millions of hectares of coral reefs, coastal forests and other critical habitats in areas that otherwise would not be conserved.
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Goals are important,
but action is better.
Where do we start?
Creating Surf Protected Area Networks

We create Surf Protected Areas by working with local communities and governments. Using surf breaks as the anchor to mobilize interest and gather support.
Surf Protected Areas aim to conserve larger surrounding ecosystems - including miles of coastlines, large areas of coastal forests, and critically important coral reefs and mangroves.
Surf Protected Areas aim to conserve larger surrounding ecosystems - including miles of coastlines, large areas of coastal forests, and critically important coral reefs and mangroves.
By removing threats of overfishing, deforestation, plastic pollution and unsustainable development – helping nature and people to thrive.
In Surf Protected Areas, surf breaks are a focal point, but the protected areas conserve much larger surrounding ecosystems including miles of coastlines and large areas of forests. This holistic approach brings about ecosystem-based conservation.
In Surf Protected Areas, surf breaks are a focal point, but the protected areas conserve much larger surrounding ecosystems including miles of coastlines and large areas of forests. This holistic approach brings about ecosystem-based conservation.
Across the globe, more than 85 percent of the world's best surf breaks are located in areas that are critically important for marine and coastal conservation.
Fiji
Working with local partners, SCP is developing a country strategy to create a network of Surf Protected Areas.Hawai'i
SCP is developing a surf conservation strategy for the Hawaiian Island that honors the critical role of surfing in Hawaiian culture and in people’s relationship to and concern for the ocean.Costa Rica
Save The Waves has approved the World’s newest World Surfing Reserve at Playa Hermosa near Jaco and SCP will build from there to create a national network of Surf Protected Areas.
Healthy coastlines and quality surf breaks have immense social and economic value to local communities.
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By 2025,
together we will
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