In search of perfect waves, surfers travel all around the world and engage with thousands of coastal communities all-year-round.
The concept of surf economics - also known as surfonomics - has been used by environmental, surf-related non-governmental organizations (NGO) like Save The Waves Coalition and Surfrider Foundation to evaluate economic benefits derived from surfing.
The analysis always takes into consideration the increasing number of harmful coastal developments and pollution events that threaten surf spots.
Surf economics quantifies the economic benefits that surf tourism brings to local communities while simultaneously addresses and promotes the need for a coastal conservation mindset.
Surfonomics applies natural resource economics to better understand the economic value of waves and surfing to coastal communities and the consumer surplus that surf breaks provide to millions of surfers.
March 12, 2021 |
Surfing
Surfing is a free recreational outdoor activity with approximately 35 million participants worldwide.
In search of perfect waves, surfers travel all around the world and engage with thousands of coastal communities all-year-round.
The concept of surf economics - also known as surfonomics - has been used by environmental, surf-related non-governmental organizations (NGO) like Save The Waves Coalition and Surfrider Foundation to evaluate economic benefits derived from surfing.
The analysis always takes into consideration the increasing number of harmful coastal developments and pollution events that threaten surf spots.
Surf economics quantifies the economic benefits that surf tourism brings to local communities while simultaneously addresses and promotes the need for a coastal conservation mindset.
Protect the Maldives!
Save The Waves Coalition and partners have launched an international campaign to #SaveOurWavesMaldives
Save The Waves and international partners are supporting local surfers and grassroots organizations in the Maldives to protect waves under immediate threat from development and infrastructure projects that are compromising some of the Maldives’ most precious surf spots.
Many of the country’s numerous and pristine surf ecosystems have been affected or outright destroyed by construction and infrastructure projects aimed at protecting private development interests in recent years.
Now local surfers estimate that there are approximately 20 waves that are immediately threatened by an infrastructure project, or have already been damaged or lost due to development.