On Shore Eco Tours

09/24/2024

Support your local favorites! Onshore and Funky Fins🤙🏻

We are thrilled and truly humbled by this recognition. Sharing our love for the ocean and inspiring young minds is not just our passion—it’s what drives us every day. Together, let’s keep the momentum going to protect our oceans, keeping them clean, safe, and thriving for future generations! Please vote Funky Fins for your favorite Kids, Teen Activity, and Outdoor Recreation. Thank you!

Please vote at topsailstopchoice.com

09/18/2024

The sun is shining and we’re still on for this evening’s cleanup! These heavy rain events tend to wash a lot of debris into the water, so we’ve got some work to do! If you need equipment please arrive at the shop between 5pm-5:30pm, or meet us at Soundside Park at 6! See y’all there 💕

09/18/2024

REMINDER: Come join your Estuary friends next Sunday for a roadside cleanup, celebrating the start of National Estuaries Week. Rt. 17 has been mowed and exposed all the litter than could make its way into our healthy estuaries. We'll meet up at Kimbel Lodge at Hobcaw Barony at 7:00AM and deploy multi-person teams to specific stretches along Rt. 17 between Hog Heaven and the bridges to Georgetown. We should be finished up by 9:00AM. Grabbers, safety vests, bags and roadside safety signs will be provided, and we will get you started with a donut and a smile! Please register at the link below so we know how many supplies we will need. Your consideration is appreciated! See you out there!

https://northinlet.sc.edu/events/clean-up/

09/17/2024

Our hearts go out to everyone affected by the flooding this week, and our hats go off to the incredible first responders that put themselves at risk to keep their communities safe.

09/11/2024

09/11/2024

We’re so grateful for our first responders. We’ll never forget the ones who sacrificed everything to keep us safe. ❤️

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09/10/2024

According to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, the United States has led the world in rates of salt marsh loss. Lets work together to preserve, protect, and restore these critical habitats that we all depend on.

09/09/2024

Please complete and share the 2024 NC Survey!

Who Should Complete this Survey? Staff and volunteers of governmental or non-governmental organizations that are active in the following areas related to marine debris in coastal North Carolina:

🔹 Removal and/or disposal of debris, including abandoned and derelict vessels
🔹Identification of problem debris areas; Recruiting and/or managing volunteers
🔹 Developing policy or laws (or interested in pursuing)
🔹 Waste management
🔹 Developing and or implementing best management practices
🔹 Rewarding organizations/businesses for implementing best management practices/reduction strategies
🔹 Research and technology
🔹 Outreach and education (formal and non-formal educators)
🔹 Advocacy
🔹 Regulatory
🔹 Wildlife rescue and/or rehabilitation (under permit only).

Survey link: https://tinyurl.com/marinedebrissurvey24

09/09/2024

“These important ecosystems are disappearing due to development and climate change, and over the last decade, the U.S. has led the world in rates of salt marsh loss.”

From Maine to Florida, valuable salt marsh ecosystems buffer coastal communities from flooding, provide critical habitat to birds, fish and other wildlife, and support a robust commercial and recreational industry.

These important ecosystems are disappearing due to development and climate change, and over the last decade, the U.S. has led the world in rates of salt marsh loss. To help bring back this ecosystem, Interior launched the Salt Marsh Keystone Initiative.

This initiative aims to build relationships across federal, Tribal, state and local governments and partners along the Atlantic Coast to restore and enhance salt marshes to protect the people, fish and wildlife that depend on them.https://doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/salt-marsh-fact-sheet.pdf

Photo by Robert Bourgot

09/08/2024

North Carolina is home to around 220,000 acres of salt marsh! These incredible ecosystems are vital to the global health of our oceans. Salt marshes are marine nurseries that provide food and habitat for over 75% of our coastal fisheries species. They also help protect our coastal communities against flooding, improve our water quality, and trap carbon that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. Our salt marshes have sustained us culturally and economically for as long as people have lived on our coasts. Y’all come on out and help us keep these waters clean, learn a little bit, or just relax and enjoy the view. We’d love to show you around the little corner of the Carolinas we call home.

09/04/2024

Alright y’all, it’s that time again! It’s been a busy summer and there’s a lot to clean up. Wednesday September 18th (weather permitting) we’ll be hosting a paddle cleanup in the ICW, and we’ll take all the help we can get! Bring your paddle boards, kayaks, or come grab a $5 rental (first come, first served). If you’re a new paddler, we’ll have instructors on site for anyone that may need a little help. All ages and skill levels are welcome! If you need equipment stop by the shop no later than 5:30pm, or just meet us directly at Soundside Park at 6pm. We’ll see y’all on the water!

03/23/2024

When you plan to surf and snowboard into your 70’s-80’s (maybe 90’s!) You better be changing your diet!

02/15/2024

Erica with some more of our Rusty spring

01/03/2024

Happy New Year’s from our family to yours!

06/30/2023

Another awesome teen pizza paddle🤙🏻🐟🪼🐠🦀🦐

06/14/2023

Come on out and paddle with us, the water is warm and the weather has been beautiful!☀️🏝️🦀🐢🦞🐠😎

05/31/2023

Join us at On Shore for a teen paddle this summer!

05/16/2023

Thank you to everyone who came out for the marsh clean up tonight. We collected a lot of marine debris👍and had a ton of FUN!!

05/15/2023

What are y’all waiting for?! See ya at 6pm at the shop😉

05/15/2023

We’ve worked hard the last few years doing our best to keep our island clean, but there’s always more to do! We’re so grateful for everyone that’s come out and been a part of the solution, and tonight we’re kicking off our first marsh cleanup of the season. Meet at the shop tonight at 5:30pm. We’ll see you on the water! 💕🌎🌊

08/14/2022

What a fun family 💗 Thanks for the adventure, we appreciate you!

07/27/2022

These couple wanted to go early. We made it happen

07/13/2022

4th of July fun! Thanks y’all, come back and see us!

06/06/2022

Wednesday at 6pm we’re hosting our next marsh cleanup! See you at the park at 6, or if you need equipment meet us at the shop at 5:30pm!