Suncoast Reef Rovers

More smiley faces from this weekend! 🤗 Congrats to our raffle winners, and big thanks to everyone who joined us for yummy food at Sharky's On the Pier afterwards- the perfect way to wrap up a great cleanup! 💙

HUGE thank you to everyone who came out to support our Venice Fishing Pier Cleanup this past weekend! 💙 We couldn’t have done it without our incredible volunteers who helped recover trash from the water and lucked out with some amazing visibility.

Meeting Recap🗓️✔️

Thank you to everyone who joined us! This month we heard from Carol McCoy of Coastal Wildlife Club, who shared her contagious passion for sea turtle monitoring and conservation. The club monitors nesting beaches from South Casperson to Don Pedro State Park and supports patrols, strandings, tagging, and rehabilitation efforts. 🐢

One visual that stood out to us was a young sea turtle found with 898 pieces of plastic inside- a reminder of how plastic pollution impacts marine life and why our work through underwater cleanups matters so much.

We hope to see you at the next meeting- every third Wednesday of the month!🌊

Our monthly meeting is tomorrow at 6:30pm on the 15th at Venice City Hall featuring guest speaker Carol McCoy from Coastal Wildlife Club🐢

Our annual Venice Fishing Pier Cleanup is also this weekend- don’t forget to sign up on our website!

Our Annual Venice Fishing Pier Cleanup is coming up this month! Sign up using the link to receive more details and support us as a diver, kayaker, or topside volunteer!🤿

https://forms.gle/q2JrKWPVe5iHrUjh7

A very successful 2025 Great Egmont Key Cleanup✅

A group of us boated over to Egmont Key yesterday to support Tampa Bay Estuary Program & Suncoast Aqua-Ventures with cleanup along with over 200 other volunteers on the island. Many hands make light work!

Calling All Suncoast Reef Rovers!
Please Help Support this Sarasota Bay Watch cleanup at Tarpon Lagoon and Higel Park!

SUNDAY, AUGUST 3rd, (8AM to 12pm)

Sign up here! Divers, topside and Kayaks still needed!

Tarpon Lagoon and Higel Park Underwater Cleanup Dive into action at Tarpon Lagoon and Higel Park for an exciting underwater cleanup! We'll be clearing out marine debris and lost fishing gear that threaten local wildlife and disrupt these vital ecosystems. Your help goes a long way in keeping our waters safe and beautiful.

🌊 Tarpon Lagoon & Higel Park Underwater Cleanup
📍 Venice, Florida
📅 Sunday, August 3
🕗 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Join us for a community cleanup to remove marine debris and lost fishing gear from Tarpon Lagoon and Higel Park. We're looking for experienced certified divers, kayakers, topside volunteers, and photographers. Students can earn community service hours, and all volunteers are invited to enjoy a free lunch after the cleanup, provided by the Venice Yacht Club.

Let’s protect marine life and keep our waters beautiful—bring your friends and make a difference!

Special Thanks to our Partners for their support! Venice, Florida Municipal Government Sarasota Bay Estuary Program Freedom Boat Club Suncoast Reef Rovers



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Suncoast Reef Rovers will be holding our next meeting on Wednesday July 16 at 6:30pm at Venice City Hall (401 Weat Venice Ave, Venice, FL)

Our very special guest speaker will be Margie Ploense from Eternal Reefs! (Www.eternal reefs.com)

They are a wonderful organization that make permanent living legacies that memorialize the passing of a loved one by helping to preserve and protect the marine environment for future generations.

Words cannot express the debt of gratitude we owe this man. He has been a passionate defender of our environment. Tirelessly volunteering his time, experience, money and effort to protecting the environment and our waterways. He is a friend, master diver, advocate, and teacher. Federico has been a regular volunteer and leader with local groups like Suncoast Reef Rovers, Suncoast Aquaventures, Sarasota Bay Watch and many many more. He will be inc missed! He will be leaving the gulf coast to head out west for other opportunities with his family and we will sorely miss him!