Baykeeper Updates Related to Bay Recreation

Blog Post: May 6, 2022
At 9pm on April 30, swimmers from an open water relay team jumped into the inky black waters of the Napa River and embarked on an epic journey to San Francisco’s Aquatic Park. The 36-mile swim was a benefit for San Francisco Baykeeper and a tribute to pioneering vintner and Obsidian Wine Co....
Press Release: April 25, 2022
Dramatic Video of Swimmer at Daybreak on the Bay   What:  A six person relay team of open water swimmers will enter the Napa River from Poseidon Vineyard in Napa, and then emerge the following day at Aquatic Park in San Francisco—with bottles of the newly released 2021 Rosé for the Bay in hand....
BK In The News: October 26, 2021
Gary Emich is a very avid swimmer. His name is synonymous with open water swimming worldwide. He has literally swum in some of the most challenging waters in the world. Living on Pedro Point, he has a short walk to Linda Mar Beach where almost daily he can be found swimming laps. If he’s not on the...
Blog Post: April 11, 2020
Updated: On March 17, 2020, Baykeeper further challenged the Regional Board's flawed plan before the oversight agency, urging the State Water Board to reject the plan as inadequate. Baykeeper's scientists maintain that the Petaluma River is currently so contaminated with bacteria that people will...
Featured Stories: April 3, 2020
There’s a lot of uncertainty at the moment about how COVID-19 spreads. But what we do know is that raw sewage is rife with pathogens of all kinds—and spills of untreated sewage spike during a rainstorm.  For this reason, it’s especially important that swimmers avoid the Bay during this time. April...
BK In The News: December 13, 2018
An hour before sunrise on a cool October morning, a small group of swimmers (what they call a pod) meets on the beach of the South End Rowing Club in San Francisco’s Aquatic Park... Swimmers in the Bay can feel good about water quality, says Sejal Choksi-Chugh, director of the San Francisco...
Featured Stories: December 22, 2017
​"I loved it beyond anything I had anticipated," says Mimi Osborne about the day in 1979 when she started swimming in San Francisco Bay. "To be in water that has its own motion, and its own wildlife, is wonderful." She's been swimming in the Bay ever since. Five mornings a week, she's in the water...
Blog Post: June 17, 2015
It’s safe to go in the water at most Bay Area beaches when the weather’s dry, according to the Annual Beach Report Card released today. A few Bay Area beaches have clean water even during wet weather. But at several local beaches, the water is too polluted to go in, in both wet weather and dry. The...
Blog Post: June 2, 2015
More than 100 swimmers, sailors, stand-up paddle boarders, surfers, kayakers, and rowers—along with Bay enthusiasts on the Hornblower hybrid ferry, the classic sailing schooner Freda B, and the Baykeeper pollution patrol boat—paraded on the water in the second annual Bay Parade on Sunday May 31. It...
Column: May 1, 2015
\Attention all swimmers, kayakers, rowers, stand-up paddlers, surfers, boaters, sailors and Bay enthusiasts—come join San Francisco Baykeeper’s second annual Bay Parade. It’s going to be a spectacular celebration on the Bay, for the Bay! On Sunday, May 31, starting at 11 a.m., you’re invited to...

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