Welcome to
California Coastal Cleanup Day
Hosted by Coastwalk California/ CCTA in Sonoma County. An official CCD organization under the Coastal Commission.
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Our 2024 Cleanup Sites
In Sonoma County, California.
North Goat Rock Beach
38.44615351, -123.1261322
South Salmon Creek Beach
38.35575122, -123.0662883
South Goat Rock Beach
38.44615351, -123.1261322
Bodega Dunes
38.34307569, -123.0665113
North Salmon Creek Beach
PARTNERING WITH: THE WILDLANDS CONSERVANCY
38.35575122, -123.0662883
Doran Regional Park
38.343, -123.067
Looking for a different location?
Check out the Coastal Commission’s map for ALL of California’s Coastal Cleanup Day sites.
CLICK HERE
Thank You to Our Sponsors
We are deeply grateful for your generous contribution to Coastwalk/California Coastal Trail Association (CCTA) for this year’s Coastal Cleanup Day. Your donation is vital in ensuring the success of one of California’s largest volunteer events, dedicated to removing harmful marine debris and trash from our beautiful coast and inland waterways. With the help of donors like you, we’ve collected over 138,000 pounds of trash and 61,000 pounds of recyclables over the past 20 years. Your support enables us to continue our stewardship and conservation efforts, protecting our precious coastal resources. Thank you again for your generous support. Together, we will keep the California Coast beautiful and clean!
Russian River Watershed Association
World Centric: For A Better World
Bodega Bay Area Chamber of Commerce
Your Business Here!
What is
California Coastal Cleanup Day?
It’s California’s largest annual volunteer event, organized by the California Coastal Commission in partnership with many NGOs and local government partners around the state. It’s an opportunity for people across the state to clean our creeks, rivers, lakes, coast, and shorelines of all kinds, to help restore our environment. This year, Coastal Cleanup Day is on Saturday, September 21. You get to be a citizen scientist. After cleaning up trash from the site, your captain will take your card’s data for the Coastal Commission’s data base.
If you would like to take on a cleanup alone, be sure to use the Clean Swell app!
Did you know?
67 tons of trash and debris were collected on Coastal Cleanup Day, just in 2023.
Trash data collected helps inform state policy. For example, in 2019, Senate Bill 8 was signed into law, effectively banning smoking in all state parks and beaches. This is largely due to the data of cigarette butt collection from the annual Coastal Cleanup Day.
What is the CleanSwell app?
Clean Swell® makes it easy for anyone to make an impact for our ocean. When you head out to clean up in your neighborhood, beach, or park use Clean Swell to be a part of long-lasting solutions. With this app you can easily record each item of trash you collect, which helps scientists and advocates around the world tackle ocean trash at a global scale.
This event is so important to not only our organization, but for the state itself. We would all love to hear how your cleanup went! Send in your craziest trash find photo, proud videos, personal stories and more. We’ll post the most unique item found.
Thank you for being a part of this day.
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