Although California may be famous for its surfing and swimming, the state ranked among the worst in beach water quality nationwide, coming in 22nd out of 30 coastal states. Los Angeles County was home to the most polluted beach water, with 20% of samples exceeding state standards.
In May, Heal the Bay also ranked Los Angeles beaches as worst in the state for water quality.
Bacteria can flow into beach water from sewage accidents such as the spill that forced closures in Long Beach on Monday. Storm water flowing through urban areas can also pick up animal waste, fertilizer, motor oil and other contaminants that are dumped into the ocean.
"We've described it as a toxic soup," Mehta said in a telephone interview Tuesday.
Although researchers linked 9% of contamination to sewage and 3% to storm water, the vast majority (81%) came from unknown sources.
"Boo (age 12) and Hannah (age 14) paddle to raise cancer awareness and money to hopefully find a cure. The two will be taking on the Missouri 340 Aug 4-7. The 340 mile race is the world’s longest non-stop river race, starting in Kansas City and ending in St Charles. Impressive. Here’s a link to Boo’s blog website. You can get to their donation page on the Susan B Komen site from there…"
Locals in Marina del Rey have been lucky have a gray whale take a break on its migration up the coast to stop and hang out in the mouth of the marina for the last week. It's been pretty cool for everyone to see the whale cruising around while we pass by on our canoes during practice. One of the joys of being in the ocean. (And it finally continued it's journey ) LA Times article
Keiki Program
Monday, 08 June 2009
Our next generation paddling team kicked off this past Sunday June 7th. We are proud to bring back our Summer Keiki Program this summer. We held an open house for all interested youth paddlers, ages 10-18. It's a great way for kids to learn the sport while taking part in an ocean sport with history, culture and teamwork. The youth program will run twice a week and prepare the kids for sprint races in July. Download Flyer Practices (Starting June 9th) Tuesday 3:30pm to 5pm Sunday 1pm- 3pm
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