BRING BACK OUR BEACHES

San Clemente's Beaches Are Disappearing... Get the Facts. Take Action.

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Q & A with Dr. Brett Sanders

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Running Out Of Time: The Race to Save San Clemente's Beaches

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BBOB Speaks with CBS8 Reporters

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Unintended Consequences

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San Clemente’s Beaches Are Disappearing…

Get the Facts. Take Action.

San Clemente’s coastline, like much of the Southern California coastline, has been under duress for over a decade. What are the root causes, the solutions, and the tradeoffs between taking action and not? Watch this 13-minute video by the team at Bring Back Our Beaches for the answers.

Our Mission

To Raise Awareness of:

The critical state of San Clemente beaches and surf spots;
How natural sand replenishment to San Clemente beaches has been severely disrupted; and
The value of beaches and recurring beach nourishment programs.

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Happy Holidays, sand fans! The North Pacific is revving up, preparing to deliver powerful WNW swells to San Clemente beaches beginning this weekend, and potentially more for next week. What does this mean for all this new sand we just emplaced? Will

The super rippable, often lengthy lefthander (with rights off the peak!) known as Cottons Point plays a crucial role in shaping sand movement and preserving San Clemente’s beaches. Most importantly, Cottons serves as the southern bookend to San

Here’s the deal, folks: San Clemente needs the Local Match. What’s a Local Match, you might ask? It’s our share of the dough, i.e. it’s the money San Clemente puts in to unlock State and Federal grants for beach projects. Thin

Well, folks, the sand spigot’s been turned off, the big noisy machines have packed up, and the Bayport dredge has sailed off into the sunset. But hey, let’s not forget to admire the masterpiece they left behind: beaches that actually look

Some waves look like virtual fairy tales. Take Mundaka, for example. The crown jewel of the Basque Country and beloved CT stop on the Dream Tour for 10 years, picture a firing, wind-groomed left-hander rifling in a bay with a medieval village on the

So, in our last post we explained how Snapper Rocks — and largely the entire Superbank — got its groove, thanks to some ingenious sand placement. Of course, we forgot to mention a little ‘ole sand-bottomed dream wave named Kirra&hel

Indeed, when humans f**k around with Nature, the results can be, well…mixed. Oftentimes, when we develop one feature — another (or a previous one) collapses. This is particularly evident when messing around with natural sand flow. But al

While it’s a bit of a bummer when a clear majority is still about 3 points shy of a SUPERmajority…them’s the breaks. Currently, a YES vote for Measure BB is at 63.67%, when 66.67% is needed for it to pass, so it’s looking lik

What a welcome sight to see the Bayport off our coast again, ready to deliver sand to our shores for the next couple weeks!

As for the election, well, it ain’t over till the big girl sings, but with over half of the votes counted, YES on BB c

Here’s the deal: San Clemente needs 1-2 million cubic yards of sand to recharge the littoral cell—a one-time boost to get us back on track. After that, we’ll just need smaller, recurring top-offs. But OCTA’s contribution? At b