Upcoming Conference: Coastal Conditions Symposium May 11th-12th, 2026
Coastal Conditions Symposium Seymour Marine Discovery Center, Santa Cruz, California May 11th-12th, 2026 For more information, go to the conference site here.
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Peter Douglas Coastal Stewardship Award
CSBPA is happy to announce this new award category to recognize an individual or organization who has supported the mission of CSBPA to enhance social equity and public access to the California Coast for all, through policy, planning, activism, advocacy, management, and governance. The recipients of the Peter Douglas Coastal Stewardship Award can have a…
Coastal Conditions Conferences
Coastal Conditions Conferences 2026 Coastal Conditions Symposium (Santa Cruz, CA) 2018 Coastal Conditions – Strategies for the Present and Future Conference (Bodega Bay, CA) 2015 Coastal Future Conditions Workshop (Pacifica, CA)
H2O 2023 Conference
California Shore and Beach Preservation Association (CSBPA) and Beach Erosion Authority for Clean Oceans and Nourishment (BEACON) are excited to invite you to the Headwaters to Ocean (H2O) Conference (it is back)! November 29-30, 2023 at Crown Plaza Hotel in Ventura, CA Guided field trip of Surfers Point afternoon on November 28 – Now Sold…
Snap the Sand
CSBPA Needs Your Help to Build a Database of California Beaches’ Grain Sizes In collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, CSBPA kicked off a California “Snap the Sand” campaign at the September 2022 ASBPA National Coastal Conference. SandSnap is a community-developed tool for collecting beach sediment grain size information, essential for engineers, scientists, and…
Headwaters to Oceans Conferences
Headwaters To Oceans (H20): CSPBA has teamed with CalCoast, UC Irvine, BEACON and others to present this bi-annual conference which has become well-recognized as a means for coastal and watershed managers, scientists and interested parties to meet, present research and exchange ideas. H2O 2025-Joint National Coastal Conference with ASBPA H2O 2023 Conference H2O 2017 Conference…
Webinars
Webinars CSBPA 2021 Webinar Series – The Changing Sediment Landscape & Future of California’s Shores and Beaches
Through the Lens of Orville Magoon
CSBPA is excited to share a new interactive website…. “Through the Lens of Orville Magoon” is a collection of Orville’s 4,000+ slides (site photos), along with stories of the California coast. Check it out, learn about the amazing Orville Magoon, and add your own story: Through the Lens of Orville Magoon (arcgis.com). Many thanks to…
CSBPA 2021 Webinar Series
CSBPA 2021 Webinar Series – The Changing Sediment Landscape & Future of California’s Shores and Beaches Webinar series completed; stay tuned for follow-on events planned for 2022. 11 March – Climate and our coastal future. Watch the webinar here. Featured Speakers: Jon Warrick, Research Geologist, US Geologic Survey Sam Veloz, Climate Adaptation Group Director, Point…