Welcome back snowy plovers!

Join us on Saturday, 8/22, between 11 am and 2 pm, to welcome back our local Western Snowy Plovers to Ocean Beach.

Our plovers leave their home every May and June to nest elsewhere but always return to Ocean Beach to live for the majority of the year. The beach area between Lincoln and Sloat is designated the "Snowy Plover Protection Area".

We are partnering with the Park's Conservancy's Roving Ranger program. Look for the Roving Ranger truck parked at the Judah entrance to Ocean Beach at Sunset Dunes Park. We'll have fun family friendly activities like making snowy plovers out of cotton balls and lots of information about our beloved snowy plover neighbors!

We'll also have plover viewing opportunities out on Ocean Beach. Volunteers will be stationed with spotting scopes for folks to view the plovers from a safe distance.

National Park Service biologists will be on hand to answer questions about the plovers and how we can share the beach to protect their habitat.

And look for the Sunset Dunes Park mascot, "Snowy D. Plover" to make an appearance!

We hope to see you there!

Photo credit: Travis Smith (@tsmithbirdphotos)

Join us to help revegetate the dunes at Ocean Beach! 🌎 🌊🌾

We’ll be installing brush to protect the newly planted native dune grass from wind erosion.

🗓️ Wednesday, June 6, 2026
🕢 9:30am - 12:00 pm
📍 Judah and Ocean Beach

Sign up at the link in bio or at qrco.de/oceanbeachdunes

Ocean Beach Noticing Lab @ Sunset Dunes

Join us for a drop-in, hands-on exploration of Ocean Beach through interactive “Noticing Tools” that help us see how this coastline is changing in real time. Rotate through activities: where we map how even small shifts in water level move the shoreline, where sandcastle experiments reveal how waves and rising seas reshape where we build, where we uncover the stories hidden in every grain of sand. 

Together, these short, family-friendly activities invite you to observe patterns, ask questions, and connect what’s happening at the beach to bigger conversations about climate change, sea level rise, and the impacts on wildlife and our coastal communities. Come notice, play, and share how you imagine a more resilient future.  

Learn how climate change and sea level rise are impacting ocean beach community: Humans, Snowy Plovers, and Dunes.

The Roving Ranger will be out at Sunset Dunes +Judah to engage visitors and community members about climate change and sea level rise. 

Join us to help revegetate the dunes at Ocean Beach! 🌎 🌊🌾

We’ll be installing brush to protect the newly planted native dune grass from wind erosion.

🗓️ Wednesday, May 6, 2026
🕢 9:00am - 12:00 pm
📍 Judah and Ocean Beach

Sign up at the link in bio or at qrco.de/oceanbeachdunes

Reserve in advance, learn and socialize about the Past, Present and Future of the Middle Reach and South Ocean Beach, hosted by Sierra Club SF Group, Ocean Beach Institute, and Westside Family Democratic Club (WFDC). The walking tour will be led by Coastal Erosion and climate change experts, Westside residents, and advocates Chase Davenport and Brian Reyes of Friends of Sunset Dunes and Sierra Club SF Group. Leashed dogs and children :p are welcomed!

​Stay for a Happy Hour after for Drinks at The Riptide on Taraval and Pizza from Brother's Pizza (nextdoor) courtesy of Sierra Club SF Group and WFDC (while supplies last).

​Agenda

​5:30PM: Meet at Noriega Cross of formerly Great Highway at the Heart Sculpture

​5:40-6:20PM: Walk along the Way south to Sloat and discuss placemaking at stops along the way

​6:20-7:00PM: Walk to Southern Extension to Discuss Coastal Erosion and Climate Change

​7:00PM: Gather at The Riptide for happy hour.

Please RSVP on Luma

Join us this Earth Day to help revegetate the dunes at Ocean Beach! 🌎 🌊🌾

We’ll be installing brush to protect the newly planted native dune grass from wind erosion.

🗓️ Wednesday, April 22, 2026
🕢 9:00am - 12:00 pm
📍 Judah and Ocean Beach

Sign up at the link in bio or at qrco.de/oceanbeachdunes