The beach a surf school adopted
In Peniche, every beginner's lesson now ends with twenty minutes on the tide line. The instructors keep a tally of what they find.
Surf & ProtectPeniche, Portugal
Stories
The people protecting the ocean, and the communities who sail, surf, dive and learn on it. Reported from the coast and from the boat.
[ Sample stories: the magazine is being prepared. The organisations, people and figures shown are placeholders. ]
Counting microplastics off Funchal
Six teenagers, one trawl net the size of a pillowcase and a morning's sail along the Madeira coast. The samples went to a lab; the questions stayed on board.
Oceanhand ScienceFunchal, Madeira
Club of the Month: the sailors who log the litter
At a youth sailing club in Heraklion, the Saturday training route doubles as a survey line. The children decide what goes in the notebook.
Club of the MonthHeraklion, Crete
Ghost gear day in Gozo
A dive centre closes to customers for one day a month and sends its instructors down for lost nets instead. We joined the second dive.
Dive for ConservationGozo, Malta
The whale counter of Horta
A cetacean researcher, a cliff-top lookout and the volunteers who keep watch with her. People of the Ocean, from the Azores.
People of the OceanHorta, Azores
From the Boat: Lisbon to the Algarve
The first leg of the route, told from the deck. Two stops, one estuary survey, one lagoon clean, and a lot of waiting for wind.
From the BoatLisbon to Faro, Portugal
Ways to take part
Open calls from the organisations and clubs in our stories.
Ocean Protectors
Conservation organisations, scientists, clean-up campaigns and young activists, and the work they do in the field.
Ocean Communities
Sailing clubs, surf schools, dive centres and instructors: the people on the water every day, and what they see changing.
The Network map
Every organisation we feature is on the map, alongside the clubs, schools and groups working on the same coast.
How we report
- Featured organisations do not pay for coverage.
- We check facts and environmental claims before publishing.
- Every statistic names its source.
- Sponsored projects are labelled as sponsored.
- Partners can correct factual errors. They do not approve our conclusions.