Volunteer in San Diego

We believe that we all have a right to live in a clean and healthy environment, and we all have a responsibility to help keep it that way. That’s why we host opportunities for you to volunteer to protect San Diego’s ocean, beaches, bays and inland waters. We can’t save San Diego’s coastal waters without you.

Water Quality Monitoring

Coastkeeper’s Water Quality Monitoring Program creates a pathway for residents to get involved and learn the science tools they need to understand their watersheds and directly influence local resource management. The data collected by these volunteers is a powerful tool – it fills the gaps created by limited agency resources. New water quality volunteers must attend a training session. Check specific dates in our events calendar. Sign up now.

Volunteer Core

San Diego Coastkeeper's Volunteer Core is a trained group of volunteers who aid in our efforts toaccomplish our mission. Each volunteer creates a custom volunteer plan. While the plan must be in line with our organizational goals, we tailor them to your interests, time commitment and abilities. Each training session will consist of three 2 hour sessions over the course of a three-week period, particularly on May 2, May 9 and May 16. This is the next step to joining an exclusive level of volunteers. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to reserve your spot

Beach Cleanups

We love to play on clean beaches, that's why we have twice-monthly beach cleanups and our biggest one, Coastal Cleanup Day, every year. If you want to participate at one (or more) of our beach cleanups, you can freely join (remember to download and complete the liability waiver). Check our events calendar for the specific cleanup dates. If you want to get involved in the event planning and organization of our beach cleanup program, sign up now through the form.

Pollution Patrollers

Are you interested in getting involved with the helping San Diego Coastkeeper identify local pollution problems? And work with our Environmental Law and Policy Clinic? If you would like to learn more about legislative and regulatory advocacy to protect San Diego’s waters, Pollution Patrollers program might be perfect for you. Pollution Patrollers is a two-fold program:

• Initiative-specific organized patrols gather data to help us identify the extent of specific pollution problems around San Diego gauge whether the county and all the cities comply with federally mandated regulations
• Trained volunteers become our "eyes and ears" throughout the county to identify, document and report pollution problems that you encounter during your daily life.

Check Pollution Patroller training dates in our events calendar. Sign up now.

Boat Captains

Boaters and San Diego Coastkeeper are meant for each other. From its inception in 1995 as San Diego Baykeeper, we have been out on the water combating pollution in San Diego.   Patrolling the water that boaters enjoy is a part of our mission and, in fact, having our own boat Clean Sweep out on the water is a requirement for being a member of the Waterkeeper Alliance. San Diego Coastkeeper relies on volunteer boat captains and skippers to continue patrolling our waters and reach out to boaters about environmentally friendly boating practices. Keep in mind, to apply as boat captain you will need to have a captain's license and/or 5+ years of boating experience. Sign up now.

Outreach

Our outreach events come in all shapes and sizes - from educating students at San Diego Science Festival to huge events like Walk the Watershed and Coastal Cleanup Day. Why not help spread the word about how San Diego Coastkeeper protects our ocean by going to and running events that educate the public on pressing issues? If you are outgoing, passionate about environmental protection and have a little time to give, we would love to have you join us. San Diego Coastkeeper has an orientation program with flexible scheduling that allows you to choose the right events for you. Sign up now.

Internships

Do you want to join our team to get experience in legislative work, marketing or event planning? If you are passionate about the environment and want to get experience for your future career, check the internships available, and we hope to work with you soon.

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