S.U.R.F. Shoreline Users Resource Force

Shoreline Users Resource Force
S.U.R.F. volunteers will be stationed on Navarre Beach to provide information on beach and water safety, coastal habitats, wildlife, clean-up response, beach condidtions, coastal habitats, seafood safety and the county Leave No Trace Ordinace to visitors.

Volunteers will work hours of their own design on the beach, answering questions from visitors to the beach. Volunteers can choose to be at any county access point, including the park and near the Navarre Beach Pier.

*Train Volunteers to provide accurate, fact based information to visitors to Navarre Beach
*Promote a consistent message of the current conditions of the beach
*Promote beach and water safety
*Provide knowledge of coastal systems, habitats, and wildlife
*Provide a positive message of what makes Navarre Beach special


WE NEED VOLUNTEERS!!! To sign up for education/training class, please call The Santa Rosa Help Thy Neighbor Volunteer Center at 850-983-5223. For more information Email surfnavarrebeach@gmail.com or Chrismv@ufl.edu or call (850)777-7884 to find out how to sign up and support our beach!

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Wow, if only every tropical issue we had was as easy a blow as that, eh?  That pesky low still promises to give us on and off rains, some heavy, for the unlucky few. The breeze is fantastic as our temps and dew points are still way up there, leaving us sweating on the beach in heat indexes of well over 100 still.  So the breeze is welcome to help cool us off.

The surf is still rocking!  Our red flags are flying!  Be sure to educate those on the beach about the flag system.  We have a rip current issues all through tomorrow morning at least.

With the ocean churning, keep an extra eye to the sand to see if there is anything that needs reported.  You have phone numbers on the back of your ID card should you need them.

We have had to online visitors this week from England and France. I have a sneaky suspicion that those visitors are two of our very own checking up on their beach while they travel on their summer holiday!  Have a blast ladies!  We'll hug a jelly fish for you!

Please remember to sign in and out at the firehouse, even for those impromptu shifts.  I need to have something to report at the end of the month!  Also, any fun stories, or tales of the tide line, feel free to email me and we'll get them on here. Otherwise, you all are going to get really sick of my goofy stories.

I'll try to remember to get some TD5 photos up later today/this evening.  I love the cloud patterns brought on by our tropical weather.

Other than that: have fun, be safe, and share the beachy knowledge!

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