Global ocean festival comes to Scottburgh
The Ocean Festival includes a series of global events that aim to engage with communities, educate about the importance of conservation, and inspire people to take action to protect the world's oceans.
Scottburgh Beach is one of the participating locations for the Ocean Festival, to be held around the globe from June 5 to 11.
According to the organisers, the festival is aimed at commemorating World Oceans Day on June 8, and will be celebrated under the theme ‘Planet Ocean: Tides are Changing’.
The Ocean Festival founder, Russel Symcox, said it includes a series of global events that aim to engage with communities, educate about the importance of conservation, and inspire people to take action to protect the world’s oceans.
“We are super excited to be organising some positive events in celebration of World Oceans Day, with our goal to encourage as many people as possible to acknowledge and understand the importance of the oceans. As Sylvia Earle succinctly put it: ‘No water. No life. No blue, no green.’ There’s a lot of amazing work already being done in ocean conservation, but we all have a role to play. Through the Ocean Festival, we hope to ignite a collective movement that preserves this life-giving force,” said Symcox.
He added that attendees to this year’s festival can look forward to several engaging outdoor events and activities suited to all ages, saying that the central goal of the activities is to celebrate the human connection with the ocean and raise awareness about the importance of its health and protection.
On Thursday, June 8 (World Oceans Day), there will be a beach clean-up at Scottburgh Main Beach from 2pm to 4pm and there will also be another clean-up at the Mahlongwa River from 4.30pm to 5.30pm.
On Friday, June 9, there will be Ocean Festival conservation talks at Cutty Sark Hotel from 12.30pm to 2pm and there will also be a MTB ride from Cutty Sark Hotel (Renishaw Trails) from 2.30pm to 4.30pm.
There will be a Cutty Sark Pro Surf Contest at Scottburgh Beach from 7.30am to 4pm on Saturday, June 10 and there will also be a beach clean-up Run/Walk at Scottburgh Beach from 10am to 12pm on the same day.
The Ocean Festival event continues at Cutty Sark on June 10 from 5pm.
On Sunday, June 11, the Cutty Sark Pro Surf Contest will be held at Scottburgh Beach from 7.30am to 4pm and the Leatherback Surfski Challenge at Scottburgh Beach and Aliwal Shoal will start from 8am to 1pm on the same day.
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