Thank you everyone in Santa Cruz who has helped us get to 20+ years of service for our community! - The Santa Cruz Chapter was one of the first Surfrider chapters to establish a BWTF water testing program back in 1993. In fact, they were performing beach water quality tests before CA State law AB411 went into effect requiring local health agencies to start monitoring beach water quality.
Over the past 20+ years, the chapter has been building a historical record of water quality at area beaches and freshwater outlets from Natural Bridges State Park in Santa Cruz down to Manresa State Beach in Watsonville, CA. There are currently twelve BWTF volunteers in Santa Cruz that collect water samples from 17 local beaches every week. Samples are processed at the chapter’s lab located at the Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor. See where the Chapter is testing and view their data on the BWTF website.